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#13 Louise: Combating and valorising food waste
How can food waste be reduced and food production become more sustainable? Louise is a PhD student at the Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU). She examines ways to combat food waste where possible and how to valorise it where necessary. Department & Group: Department of Energy and Technology Supervisors: Mattias Eriksson (main supervisor), Ingrid Strid, and Pedro Brancoli Dissertation title (as for now 😀) Environmental assessment of food waste recovery and valorisation of food by-products Topic – in brief Sustainable food systems and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) How can we produce more food from the resources we already have? And how can we decrease the environmental impacts of food…
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#8 Max: Modelling climate impacts of forest management and wood use scenarios
(How) can forestry and wood-products contribute to climate change mitigation? Max is a PhD student at the Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU) and he conducts research on forest management and wood use scenarios with regards to greenhouse gas dynamics with a focus on Sweden. Department & Group: Department of Energy and Technology Supervisors: Per-Anders Hansson, Ragnar Jonsson, Johan Stendahl, & Torun Hammar Dissertation title (as for now 😀) Quantification and improvement of forest product climate characteristics from a system perspective Topic – in brief The challenge Climate change increases the pressure on forests in many ways: ‘Natural pressure’ a rise in droughts, forest fires, strong winds and insect outbreaks…