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Join mailing listFive quesions with Eve Veromann
Let’s get to know the people behind FutureScapes better. This time, five questions are answered by Eve Veromann, Team Lead of our Agroecology Research Group.
Our Root Ecology Group was featured on "Osoon"
Our Root Ecology Group members Ivika Ostonen-Märtin and Marian Klaus talked on “Osoon” about an exciting new way to monitor root growth underground.
Coffee morning - September 2026
In Setpember 2026 we had our fiftteenth coffee morning on the topic „Estonia’s Vegetation in a Point Cloud: Making National LiDAR Data Ecologically Usable“.
Aveliina Helm talked on "Osoon" about wooded meadows
On September 14, the episode of “Osoon” took viewers to the wooded meadow of Palupõhja, one of Estonia’s most species-rich and valuable natural areas. The importance and history of Estonia’s wooded meadows was also discussed by Aveliina Helm, head of our Landscape Biodiversity Group.
Five quesions with Kuno Kasak
Let’s get to know the people behind FutureScapes better. This time, five questions are answered by Kuno Kasak, Team lead for FutureScapes Environmental Technology Working Group.
Merle Karro-Kalberg spoke on "Ökoskoop" about biodiversity in urban areas“
Merle Karro-Kalberg, a member of our Landscape Biodiversity research group, joined the Estonian radio programme Ökoskoop to discuss how biodiversity can be supported in urban environments.
Five quesions with Evelyn Uuemaa
Let’s get to know the people behind FutureScapes better. This time, five questions are answered by Evelyn Uuemaa, the Principal Investigator of FutureScapes and team lead for our Landscape Geoinformatics Lab.
Five quesions with Ivika Ostonen-Märtin
Let’s get to know the people behind FutureScapes better. This time, the five questions are answered by Ivika Ostonen, head of our Root Ecology Group.
Participation in the World Biodiversity Forum
Triin Sellis, a member of our Agroecology Research Group, participated in the World Biodiversity Forum 2026 in Switzerland, where she presented ways to assess the impacts of agriculture on biodiversity more accurately.
Aveliina Helm as an opponent at the University of Helsinki
At June 26, the Head of our Landscape Biodiversity Group, Aveliina Helm, served as the opponent for Pasi Pouta’s doctoral dissertation at the University of Helsinki, which focused on vascular plant diversity in urban grasslands.









