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Prof. Forbes has a background in applied ecology and geography in northern high latitudes, with special emphasis on permafrost regions. His experience is circumpolar, encompassing studies of rapid land use and climate change in Alaska, the Canadian High Arctic, various regions of northern Russia, and northernmost Fennoscandia. His approach is strongly interdisciplinary and participatory, aiming for the co-production of knowledge, particularly concerning local and regional stakeholder-driven research questions. He has conducted fieldwork annually in the Arctic for over 35 years.
Field of science
- Geosciences
- Social and economic geography
- Ecology, evolutionary biology
- Environmental sciences
- Multidisciplinary
Keywords
- Arctic social-ecological systems
- Rangifer systems
- Tundra disturbance
- Arctic rangelands
- Reindeer governance
- Dendroclimatology
- Tundra greening
- Shruibification
- Resilience
- Pastoralism
- Rapid climate change
- Rapid landuse change
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CHARTER: Drivers and Feedbacks of Changes in Arctic Terrestrial Bioversity
Forbes, B. C. (Principal Investigator), Landauer, M. (Collaborative Investigator), Rasmus, S. (Collaborative Investigator), Laptander, R. (Collaborative Investigator), Burgess, P. (Other), Leppänen, L. (Collaborative Investigator), Komu, T. (Collaborative Investigator), Sarkki, S. (Collaborative Investigator), Stark, S. (Collaborative Investigator) & Wallen, H. (Collaborative Investigator)
01.08.2020 → 31.01.2025
Project: Co-funded project
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AROSS: Rain on Snow and Extreme precipitation
Forbes, B. C. (Principal Investigator), Laptander, R. (Collaborative Investigator) & Rasmus, S. (Collaborative Investigator)
15.09.2019 → 31.08.2025
Project: Co-funded project
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ALTER 2: Abisko Long-Term Experiment, the 2nd phase: Can fungi control climate through carbon sequestration in arctic tundra?
Forbes, B. C. (Principal Investigator) & Väisänen, M. (Collaborative Investigator)
24.06.2019 → 28.02.2021
Project: Co-funded project
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ALTER: Abisko Long-Term Experiment: Can fungi control climate trough carbon seguestration in arctic tundra?
Forbes, B. C. (Principal Investigator) & Väisänen, M. (Collaborative Investigator)
Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse
15.08.2018 → 31.12.2019
Project: Co-funded project
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Sustainable bioeconomy on reindeer pastures
Stark, S. (Principal Investigator), Landauer, M. (Collaborative Investigator), Forbes, B. C. (Collaborative Investigator), Turunen, M. (Collaborative Investigator) & Rasmus, S. (Collaborative Investigator)
13.02.2018 → 31.12.2019
Project: Co-funded project
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Community knowledge exchange in research leads to innovation and action in the Arctic
Fox, S., Huntington, H. P., Stammler, F., Forbes, B. C., Kielsen Holm, L., Alexeev, V., Alexeeva, E., Apok, C., Balanov, V., Comeau, R., Frederiksen, B., Ivanova, A., Jaypoody, J., Josefsen, A., Kautuk, E., Kautuk, R., Kielsen, E., Kolesov, I., Kumpula, T. & Magga, E. & 12 others, , 1 Apr 2025, In: Arctic Science. 11, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Next generation Arctic vegetation maps: Aboveground plant biomass and woody dominance mapped at 30 m resolution across the tundra biome
Orndahl, K. M., Berner, L. T., Macander, M. J., Arndal, M. F., Alexander, H. D., Humphreys, E. R., Loranty, M. M., Ludwig, S. M., Nyman, J., Juutinen, S., Aurela, M., Mikola, J., Mack, M. C., Rose, M., Vankoughnett, M. R., Iversen, C. M., Kumar, J., Salmon, V. G., Yang, D. & Grogan, P. & 29 others, , 1 Apr 2025, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 323, 18 p., 114717.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Can animal grazing help to reduce permafrost thaw?
Windirsch, T., Forbes, B. C. & Strauss, J., 21 Aug 2024, In: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research . 56, 1, 2 p., 2379717.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Scientific
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Critical seasonal conditions in the reindeer-herding year: A synopsis of factors and events in Fennoscandia and northwestern Russia
Laptander, R., Horstkotte, T., Habeck, J. O., Rasmus, S., Komu, T., Matthes, H., Tømmervik, H., Istomin, K., Eronen, J. T. & Forbes, B. C., Mar 2024, In: Polar Science. 39, March 2024, 101016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Exploring the decision-making process in model development: focus on the Arctic snowpack
Menard, C. B., Rasmus, S., Merkouriadi, I., Balsamo, G., Bartsch, A., Derksen, C., Domine, F., Dumont, M., Ehrich, D., Essery, R., Forbes, B. C., Krinner, G., Lawrence, D., Liston, G., Matthes, H., Rutter, N., Sandells, M., Schneebeli, M. & Stark, S., 9 Oct 2024, In: Cryosphere. 18, 10, p. 4671–4686 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Activities
- 2 Membership of an editorial board
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ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY (Journal)
Forbes, B. C. (Editorial board member)
2015 → …Activity: Editorial and other work related to publications › Membership of an editorial board
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POLAR GEOGRAPHY (Journal)
Forbes, B. C. (Editorial board member)
2014 → …Activity: Editorial and other work related to publications › Membership of an editorial board
Press/Media
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Changing Arctic
Koivurova, T., Forbes, B. & Sanila-Aikio, T.
10.12.2014 → 23.09.2020
8 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Media contents: Society
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Greening of the Arctic
Myers-Smith, I. H., Goetz, S. J., Forbes, B., Kerby, J. T. & Moen, A.
04.02.2020 → 06.02.2020
3 items of Media coverage
Media contents: Research
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Warming of the Arctic
Forbes, B., Post, E. S. & Mann, M.
04.12.2019 → 05.12.2019
2 items of Media coverage
Media contents: Research
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11th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council
Koivurova, T., Snellman, O., Śmieszek, G., Forbes, B. & Raja-Hanhela, A.
26.04.2019 → 14.05.2019
35 items of Media coverage, 2 Media contributions
Media contents: Society
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Global warming and reindeer herding on Siberian tundra
15.11.2016 → 16.11.2016
8 items of Media coverage
Media contents: Research