Mart-Jan Schelhaas

Mart-Jan Schelhaas is a Researcher at Wageningen University & Research, specializing in Sustainable Forest Ecosystems. His work focuses on climate change impacts, carbon dynamics, and forest management strategies across Europe.

Research Interests: Forest ecology, greenhouse gas accounting, LULUCF (Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry) sector, and climate-resilient forest management. His projects include ForestPaths and Holisoils, addressing forest value-chain resilience and carbon balance in temperate/boreal forests.

• Key Article Trends: Recent publications analyze biodiversity responses to forest management, climate-driven tree recruitment, and harmonizing greenhouse gas reporting frameworks.

Supervision: Co-promoted PhD candidate M. Patacca in forest value-chain resilience. Leadership Roles: Organized workshops like Managing Forests in the 21st Century and contributed to national forest inventories.

Press Engagement: Provided expert commentary on forest management trade-offs in Dutch media outlets.