Facts about Forest & Landscape

Forest & Landscape is a national centre for research, education and consultancy services within forest and forest products, landscape architecture and landscape management and also urban planning and design. We are a centre at LIFE – Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen.

We work with research and development, education and extra curricula courses, monitoring, consultancy and extension, official contingency planning and also development and environmental assistance within our scientific fields:

• Forest
• Forest products and greenery
• Park and landscape
• Nature and landscape management
• Planning
• Outdoor recreation and tourism

Furthermore we work with applied ecology, genetics, economy, policy, sociology and education associated with these fields.

Forest & Landscape has some 300 employees and an annual budget of about 180 million DKK.

Vision

Forest & Landscape strive to have the best coherent programme for research, education and extension for the forest and nature managers and urban and landscape managers of the 21st century in order to promote sustainable development.

Mission

Forest & Landscape carry out:

• Research and development
• Education and extra curricula courses
• Consultancy and extension
• Official contingency planning
• Development and environmental assistance

The work is done within the scientific fields of forest, landscape and planning.

 

Target group

The main target groups of Forest & Landscape are:

• Practitioners
• Private businesses
• Potential students
• Public authorities
• Other researchers

History

Forest & Landscape was established on 1st January 2004 through a merger of the Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute, the Danish Forestry College, the Danida Forest Seed Centre and parts of the Department of Economics and Natural Resources of the former KVL - the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Denmark.

Our full name is Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen.