Rasmus Astrup

Rasmus Astrup received the Ph.D. degree in forest science from The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He is currently the Director for the Department of Forest Resources with the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Ås, Norway. His research interests include forest inventory and forest modeling with focus on the interface between forest and climate change. In forest inventory, his main research interest is the development of inventory methods that combine remote sensing with field-based inventories. In forest modeling, his main interest is the development of simulation models for the prediction of national and regional forest development.