Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
My research focuses mainly on human aspects of sustainable agricultural production, with particular interest in farmer-oriented research and agricultural policy for biodiversity objectives.
Post-doctoral activities:Pollinator-friendly farms: advisory materials for farmers (Nessling Foundation 2021); Report series on results-based payments (2020 National Trust, UK); Grasslands, biodiversity and business report (2019 Latvian Fund for Nature), Horizon 2020 project HNV-Link (2018); Finnish inventory of demonstration farms for (2017 Horizon2020 project Plaid Peer to Peer project.
Professional organisations: Vice-chair of Cultural Landscapes Association, Finland; PerinneELO Finnish Expert Group of Semi-natural Grasslands.
Teaching and mentoring: Supervision of final projects at bachelor and master's (pro gradu) levels, HENVI course in food loss and food waste, and bachelor-level courses in restoration and management of cultural landscapes.
Professional experience outside of Finland includes: Milennium Ecosystem Assessment follow-up programme and other activities at United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi, Kenya; farm-based field research in Järna, Sweden.
Farming, gardening: Approximately five years organic and biodynamic farming in different aspects of garden and field production as well as cattle herd manager.
External positions
Deputy member, Perinnebiotooppien päivitysinventointien ohjaus- ja arviointityöryhmä (Advisory and Steering Working Group for the National Cultural landscapes Inventory 2019-2021)
Member representing Cultural Landscapes Association, Finland, Perinnebiotooppien hoidon asiantuntijaryhmä PerinneELO
Vice Chair, Perinnemaisemayhdistys (Cultural Landscapes Association, Finland)
Fields of Science
- 119 Other natural sciences
- agroecology
- cultural landscapes
- high nature value farmland
- agri-environment
- farmer-oriented research
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Den pollinerarvänliga gården: – principer och praxis för ett pollinerarvänligare jordbruk
Translated title of the contribution :Pollinator-friendly farms: Principles and practices for pollinator-friendlier farming Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional
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Kukkiva petopenkka - Pölyttäjäystävällinen maatila
Translated title of the contribution :Flowering beetlebanks – Pollinator-friendly farms Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products › Professional
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Pölyttäjäystävällinen maatila: Periaatteet ja käytännöt pölyttäjäystävällisempään maatalouteen
Translated title of the contribution :Pollinator-Friendly Farms: Principles and practices for pollinator-friendlier farming Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional
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Pölyttäjäystävällinen tuotanto: win-win pölyttäjille ja tuottajille
Translated title of the contribution :Pollinator-friendly farming: win-win for pollinators and producers Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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Grasslands of Northern Europe and the Baltic States
Dengler, J., Birge, T., Bruun, H. H., Rašomavičius, V., Rūsiņa, S. & Sickel, H., Jun 2020, Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes. Goldstein, M. & DellaSala, D. (eds.). 1. ed. Elsevier, Oxford, p. 689-702 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Pollinator-Friendly Farms: Advisory materials for farmers
01/01/2021 → 31/12/2021
Project: Other project
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PLAID: Peer to Peer Learning : Accessing Innovation through Demonstration PLAID
15/09/2017 → 15/04/2018
Project: Other project
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Activities
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Land Use Policy (Journal)
Traci Birge (Reviewer)
30 Mar 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Pölyttäjäystävällinen maatila
Traci Birge (Invited speaker)
23 Jan 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Pölyttäjäystävällinen maatila (Pollinator-Friendly Farms)
Traci Birge (Chair of organizing committee) & Eija Hagelberg (Speaker: Chair)
8 Dec 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Pölyttäjäystävällinen maatila (Pollinator-friendly farms)
Traci Birge (Speaker)
7 Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Land Use Policy (Journal)
Traci Birge (Reviewer)
27 Apr 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press / Media
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Farms should be pollinator friendly (article in Finnish. Maatalouden tulee olla pölyttäjäystävällistä)
16/02/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Welcome pollinators! (article in Finnish. Tervetuloa pölyttäjät)
01/01/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Farmer Peter Rehn takes initiative to help pollinators (Material in Swedish: Bonden Peter Rehn tog eget initiativ för att hjälpa pollinerare)
16/08/2021
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Flowering beetlebanks (Pollinator-friendly farming) (Media in Finnish. Kukkivat petopenkat, pölyttäjäystävällinen maatalous).
14/07/2021 → 16/07/2021
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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TULEVAISUUDEN SATOA EI OLE ILMAN PÖLYTTÄJIÄ/ WITHOUT POLLINATORS, THERE WILL BE NO CROPS
17/11/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media