The Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) jointly host EFINORD Regional Office at the premises of SLU Faculty of Forest Sciences in Umeå, Sweden.
Ms. Västilä has worked as a Senior Researcher at the Finish Forest Research Institute, Metla for the past 20 years. She has also been acting as Customer Manager at the Metla Vantaa Unit since 2010. She has long experience in project management and in facilitating cooperation and coordination between different partners in e.g. IUFRO-WFSE special project (World Forests, Society and Environment) which is based on networking between different organizations and individuals from all over the world aiming to produce and disseminate scientific publications.
EFINORD promotes and facilitates transnational cooperation between EFI Associate Members in the Nordic-Baltic region, especially to support the development of a sustainable bioeconomy, including the implications, trade-offs and synergies related to intensifying forest management, increasing biomass production and ensuring the provision of ecosystem services.
