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Coffee morning - September 2025

Coffee morning - September 2025

In September 2025 we had our sixth coffee morning on the topic “How does AI help to map drainage ditches?” The presentation was given by Holger Virro, a …

Inaugural lecture by Professor of Environmental Technology Kuno Kasak

Inaugural lecture by Professor of Environmental Technology Kuno Kasak

The head of our Centre of Excellence’s Environmental Technology Working Group and Professor of Ecotechnology at the University of Tartu, Kuno Kasak, will give …

Aveliina Helm's interviews to BBC, Politico and BFBS Podcast

Aveliina Helm's interviews to BBC, Politico and BFBS Podcast

Our Centre of Excellence member, Professor of Restoration Ecology, Aveliina Helm, has in recent days given several international media outlets insights into the …

FutureScapes scientists at the Paide Opinion Festival

FutureScapes scientists at the Paide Opinion Festival

On August 8–9, 2025, Paide hosted the 13th Opinion Festival, with engaging forest-themed discussions featuring our Centre of Excellence experts. The Ecosystem …

Participation at the Living Planet Symposium in Vienna

Participation at the Living Planet Symposium in Vienna

On June 23 –27, 2025, our Centre of Excellence team was represented at Europe’s largest remote sensing conference – the ESA Living Planet Symposium in Vienna. …

Aveliina Helm as a guest on "Esimene stuudio" talk show

Aveliina Helm as a guest on "Esimene stuudio" talk show

On June 18, 2025, Aveliina Helm, leader of our Centre of Excellence Landscape Biodiversity Group and Professor of Restoration Ecology at University of Tartu, …

Participation at the Nordic-Baltic Food systems conference

Participation at the Nordic-Baltic Food systems conference

From May 26–28, 2025, the 1st Nordic-Baltic Food systems conference and policy forum #NFN2025 took place in Helsinki, where our project partners from the Centre …

Ministry of Climate recognition

Ministry of Climate recognition

On May 14, the Estonian Ministry of Climate awarded nature conservation badges to outstanding conservationists, and among them were two members of our Centre. …

Newsletter - Spring 2025

Newsletter - Spring 2025

Newsletter is in Estonian.

Coffee morning - May 2025

Coffee morning - May 2025

In May 2025, the fifth coffee morning of the Centre of Excellence was held on the topic “How can we (or can’t) use machine learning to map the carbon …