Unite Flagship

UNITE flagship is a competence centre that conducts high-quality research with a focus on societal impact as part of the Research Council of Finland’s Flagship Programme. The name UNITE stands for “Forest-Human-Machine Interplay” and our motto is “Building Resilience, Redefining Value Networks and Enabling Meaningful Experiences”. We want to support the forest sector's transition to a climate-smart, resource-efficient, multi-functional, and humane biosociety. Our goals include: • Enhancing forest resilience • Furthering the sustainable provisioning of ecosystem services for society • Strengthening the ability of forests to adapt to, and mitigate, climate change • Supporting meaningful human-forest interactions now, and for generations to come Our mission is to make Finland the global leader in applying versatile forest bioeconomy expertise, novel geospatial technologies, advanced decision-support tools, and gamification.