Project
Building Skills and Business Among Nature Restoration
Project sponsors
Using Data-Driven Management as a Tool to Promote Climate-Smart, Biodiversity-Conscious, and Forest Damage Risk-Aware Forestry
The goal of the TIEME project is to improve the level of forest and nature management by disseminating the latest information and supporting forest owners' decision-making.
The TIEME project aims to reduce the role of traditional advisory services by shifting the focus to forest owners adopting data-driven management skills themselves and making informed decisions about their forest assets. Forest owners and forestry professionals are provided with up-to-date information that enables independent and informed decision-making in forest management. The project aims to strengthen the role of forest owners as active operators and decision-makers who guide and manage their forest ownership sustainably and diversely. Special attention is paid to promoting diverse forest management, climate resilience, and damage resistance.
The project organizes information sessions and workshops and pilots a new digital, experiential, and customer-oriented way of disseminating information. Expanding the knowledge base of forest owners shifts the role of forestry professionals from decision-makers to consultants, supporting decisions and learning-supporting role.
The project promotes the implementation of regional forest program goals, which emphasize the sustainable utilization of forests in a diverse manner, considering local conditions. The project also aims to respond to EU and Finnish goals, such as increasing biodiversity, improving the quality of nature management, and mitigating climate change through climate-resilient and damage-resistant forest management.
The target group and beneficiaries of the TIEME project are forest owners, especially new forest owners, and forestry professionals. Additionally, representatives of environmental administration can benefit from the information produced by the project.
The project is implemented in the Central Finland region, but the materials produced in the project are available nationwide. The project implementation period is from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027.
The project is carried out by the Finnish Forest Centre and Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences. The project is co-financed by the EU's rural development funding, and the support is granted by the Central Finland Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment. The total funding is €407,502.38.
For more information: Henna Pitkänen, Project Manager
Henna.Pitkanen@jamk.fi
+35850 340 7301
Project results
So far, the project has organised several events and shared information on topics such as climate-resilient forest management.
A survey has been conducted among forest owners regarding their information needs, objectives, and experiences related to decision-making. The responses will be processed anonymously and used for planning the project´s training programmes, scientific research, and publications. The survey has now closed.
A demo version of the digital learning pathway being developed to support new forest owners is now available.
The learning pathway includes material for self-directed learning that helps participants gain confidence in forest ownership. It guides users in making forest management decisions based on their own goals and objectives. Though practical examples and scenarios, the pathway illustrates how different forest management choices may affect the future development of a forest.
We are now looking for pilot participants among new and prospective forest owners.
Through the learning pathway, you will learn to identify your own goals as a forest owner, examine your forest and different forest management options through the lens of those goals, and make informed decisions by using available information, guidance, and forest data resources.
Leave your contact details vie the registration form below and we will send you a link to the materials.
Registration for the learning pathway: Ilmoittautuminen oppimispolulle: Webropolilla luotu kysely
You can find information about the TIEME project on JAMK´s Forest Nature website: Uudelle metsänomistajalle apua päätöksentekoon | Jamk, where you can learn more about the project, its events, open materials, and forest-related information.
Updated 16 September 2026.