As every year, the practical part of the study project "Landscape System Analysis Northern Finland" in the Master Landscape Science took place in the boreal and subarctic regions of Northern Europe.
Altogether 25 students from the ERASMUS partner Universities Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH), University of Eastern Finland Joensuu/Finland (UEF) and University of Life Sciences Tartu/Estonia (EMU) took part in the extensive field works under the supervision of Benjamin Burkhard and Alexander Störmer (PhyGeo/LUH) as well as Timo Kumpula, Franziska Wolff and Elias Koivisto (UEF). The applied landscape ecological field methods used included UAV (drone) remote sensing with different sensor systems, Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS), GNSS satellite positioning, land use and vegetation mapping, ecosystem service assessments, and peatland surveys with a chamber drill in Finland and Norway. The collected data will be analysed by the participating students in the second part of the study project in the winter semester 2025/26.
