Heini Kujala
Biographic Data
| ID | 6015443 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heini Kujala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heini |
| FAMILY NAME | Kujala |
| SIGNATURE | KUJALA H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9772-3202 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Identifying priority urban green areas for biodiversity conservation and equitable recreational accessibility using spatial prioritization
Spatial prioritization for biodiversity and equitable accessibility of green areas. • Mismatch between single-objective priorities for biodiversity and accessibility. • Spatial prioritization can assist mitigating trade-offs in urban planning. Sustainable urban planning requires identification of priority areas for people and biodiversity that should not be lost due to urban growth. We present a spatial prioritization of urban green areas of the …
Prioritizing global land protection for population persistence can double the efficiency of habitat protection for reducing mammal extinction risk
Halting the alarming rate of species extinction, driven primarily by habitat destruction, motivated the international community to adopt the Global Biodiversity Framework (2022) and its targets aimed at reversing habitat and species loss. Because of urgency and resource constraints, a key challenge is meeting targets effectively and efficiently. Here we conduct a global prioritization linking 70,492 unique population maps and life history charact…
Input data resolution affects the conservation prioritization outcome of spatially sparse biodiversity features
Detailed spatial data are an essential part of land use planning and decision-making. Their spatial resolution sets limitations to their use, as coarse datasets are not suitable for detecting small-scale phenomena. In this study, we explored the effects of spatial resolution on the ecological outcome of a conservation prioritization process in Zonation software. Our study area was in Evo, southern Finland, covering a mosaic of managed and conserv…
Modelling the regional potential for reaching carbon neutrality in Finland
The EU aims at reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 and Finland by 2035. We integrated results of three spatially distributed model systems (FRES, PREBAS, Zonation) to evaluate the potential to reach this goal at both national and regional scale in Finland, by simultaneously considering protection targets of the EU biodiversity (BD) strategy. Modelling of both anthropogenic emissions and forestry measures were carried out, and forested areas import…
Role of data uncertainty when identifying important areas for biodiversity and carbon in boreal forests
Forest conservation plays a central role in meeting national and international biodiversity and climate targets. Biodiversity and carbon values within forests are often estimated with models, introducing uncertainty to decision making on which forest stands to protect. Here, we explore how uncertainties in forest variable estimates affect modelled biodiversity and carbon patterns, and how this in turn introduces variability in the selection of ne…
Effect of forest management choices on carbon sequestration and biodiversity at national scale
Forest management methods and harvest intensities influence wood production, carbon sequestration and biodiversity. We devised different management scenarios by means of stakeholder analysis and incorporated them in the forest growth simulator PREBAS. To analyse impacts of harvest intensity, we used constraints on total harvest: business as usual, low harvest, intensive harvest and no harvest. We carried out simulations on a wall-to-wall grid in …
Integrating carbon sequestration and biodiversity impacts in forested ecosystems
Credible biodiversity offsetting needs public national registers to confirm no net loss
In the face of the ongoing biodiversity crisis, questions are arising regarding the success, or lack thereof, of biodiversity offset schemes, where biodiversity losses from human development are compensated by producing equitable gains elsewhere. The overarching goal of offsetting is to deliver no net loss (NNL) of biodiversity. Assessing whether offsetting does indeed deliver NNL is, however, challenging because of a lack of clear and reliable i…
Taming a Wicked Problem
The rising popularity of biodiversity offsetting as a tool for balancing biodiversity losses from development with equivalent gains elsewhere has sparked debate on many fronts. The fundamental questions are the following: Is offsetting good, bad, or at least better than the status quo for biodiversity conservation outcomes, and what do we need to know to decide? We present a concise synthesis of the most contentious issues related to biodiversity…
Effect of forest management choices on carbon sequestration and biodiversity at national scale
Forest management methods and harvest intensities influence wood production, carbon sequestration and biodiversity. We devised different management scenarios by means of stakeholder analysis and incorporated them in the forest growth simulator PREBAS. To analyse impacts of harvest intensity, we used constraints on total harvest: business as usual, low harvest, intensive harvest and no harvest. We carried out simulations on a wall-to-wall grid in …
Modelling the regional potential for reaching carbon neutrality in Finland
The EU aims at reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 and Finland by 2035. We integrated results of three spatially distributed model systems (FRES, PREBAS, Zonation) to evaluate the potential to reach this goal at both national and regional scale in Finland, by simultaneously considering protection targets of the EU biodiversity (BD) strategy. Modelling of both anthropogenic emissions and forestry measures were carried out, and forested areas import…
Role of data uncertainty when identifying important areas for biodiversity and carbon in boreal forests
Forest conservation plays a central role in meeting national and international biodiversity and climate targets. Biodiversity and carbon values within forests are often estimated with models, introducing uncertainty to decision making on which forest stands to protect. Here, we explore how uncertainties in forest variable estimates affect modelled biodiversity and carbon patterns, and how this in turn introduces variability in the selection of ne…
Input data resolution affects the conservation prioritization outcome of spatially sparse biodiversity features
Detailed spatial data are an essential part of land use planning and decision-making. Their spatial resolution sets limitations to their use, as coarse datasets are not suitable for detecting small-scale phenomena. In this study, we explored the effects of spatial resolution on the ecological outcome of a conservation prioritization process in Zonation software. Our study area was in Evo, southern Finland, covering a mosaic of managed and conserv…
Taming a Wicked Problem
The rising popularity of biodiversity offsetting as a tool for balancing biodiversity losses from development with equivalent gains elsewhere has sparked debate on many fronts. The fundamental questions are the following: Is offsetting good, bad, or at least better than the status quo for biodiversity conservation outcomes, and what do we need to know to decide? We present a concise synthesis of the most contentious issues related to biodiversity…
Credible biodiversity offsetting needs public national registers to confirm no net loss
In the face of the ongoing biodiversity crisis, questions are arising regarding the success, or lack thereof, of biodiversity offset schemes, where biodiversity losses from human development are compensated by producing equitable gains elsewhere. The overarching goal of offsetting is to deliver no net loss (NNL) of biodiversity. Assessing whether offsetting does indeed deliver NNL is, however, challenging because of a lack of clear and reliable i…
Prioritizing global land protection for population persistence can double the efficiency of habitat protection for reducing mammal extinction risk
Halting the alarming rate of species extinction, driven primarily by habitat destruction, motivated the international community to adopt the Global Biodiversity Framework (2022) and its targets aimed at reversing habitat and species loss. Because of urgency and resource constraints, a key challenge is meeting targets effectively and efficiently. Here we conduct a global prioritization linking 70,492 unique population maps and life history charact…
Input data resolution affects the conservation prioritization outcome of spatially sparse biodiversity features
Detailed spatial data are an essential part of land use planning and decision-making. Their spatial resolution sets limitations to their use, as coarse datasets are not suitable for detecting small-scale phenomena. In this study, we explored the effects of spatial resolution on the ecological outcome of a conservation prioritization process in Zonation software. Our study area was in Evo, southern Finland, covering a mosaic of managed and conserv…
Modelling the regional potential for reaching carbon neutrality in Finland
The EU aims at reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 and Finland by 2035. We integrated results of three spatially distributed model systems (FRES, PREBAS, Zonation) to evaluate the potential to reach this goal at both national and regional scale in Finland, by simultaneously considering protection targets of the EU biodiversity (BD) strategy. Modelling of both anthropogenic emissions and forestry measures were carried out, and forested areas import…
Role of data uncertainty when identifying important areas for biodiversity and carbon in boreal forests
Forest conservation plays a central role in meeting national and international biodiversity and climate targets. Biodiversity and carbon values within forests are often estimated with models, introducing uncertainty to decision making on which forest stands to protect. Here, we explore how uncertainties in forest variable estimates affect modelled biodiversity and carbon patterns, and how this in turn introduces variability in the selection of ne…
Effect of forest management choices on carbon sequestration and biodiversity at national scale
Forest management methods and harvest intensities influence wood production, carbon sequestration and biodiversity. We devised different management scenarios by means of stakeholder analysis and incorporated them in the forest growth simulator PREBAS. To analyse impacts of harvest intensity, we used constraints on total harvest: business as usual, low harvest, intensive harvest and no harvest. We carried out simulations on a wall-to-wall grid in …
Integrating carbon sequestration and biodiversity impacts in forested ecosystems
Identifying priority urban green areas for biodiversity conservation and equitable recreational accessibility using spatial prioritization
Spatial prioritization for biodiversity and equitable accessibility of green areas. • Mismatch between single-objective priorities for biodiversity and accessibility. • Spatial prioritization can assist mitigating trade-offs in urban planning. Sustainable urban planning requires identification of priority areas for people and biodiversity that should not be lost due to urban growth. We present a spatial prioritization of urban green areas of the …
Biodiversity (9 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Environmental resource management (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Biology (7 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Environmental Science (6 works) · Forest Management and Policy (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economics (4 works)