Consultant
Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander
Biodiversity & Forestry Consultant (Freelance)
Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander is a freelance biodiversity & forestry consultant at Palsa & Pulk. Her core competences lay in implementing sustainability into forestry and agricultural practices. She also advises clients on how to protect biodiversity.
Heidrun studied forest management and environmental protection technology. She also has a degree in North American Studies, in which she focused on natural history, Indigenous Peoples, and environmental change. Heidrun started her career by researching products used for prolonging the life of protected trees. She later dedicated much of her career to educating children and adults in the environmental sciences. She has also published a book on the near destruction of the bison and the grasslands of North America.
Through her work at Palsa & Pulk, Heidrun hopes to help companies make science-based sustainability decisions that are practical, pragmatic, and effective.
Languages: English, German, Finnish, French
Education: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (MSc, BSc), Technical University of Munich (PGD), University of Helsinki (M.A., B.A.)
Recent Projects
1 September 2025 • Palsa & Pulk launches its new e-learning platform broadly focused on raw materials, circularity, and the just energy transition. Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander contributes to creating the pilot versions of 100+ learning modules and 500+ learning material entries.
25 March 2025 • Palsa & Pulk launches the first text-based prototype of its e-learning platform focused on raw materials, circularity, and the just energy transition. Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander contributes to creating the 20+ learning modules and 200+ learning material entries.
29 August 2024 • The E-Waste Column launches a newsletter series around ways to protect biodiversity. Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander co-authors a series of newsletters for “The E-Waste Newsletter” on mining-related deforestation and how this impacts Indigenous Peoples' rights.
22 August 2024 • Palsa & Pulk launches a newsletter series around ways to protect biodiversity. Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander co-authors a series of newsletters for “The Just Transition Newsletter” on ways to implement sustainability into forestry and agricultural practices.
10 October 2023 • Palsa & Pulk helps Sustainability Education for Europe (SEFE) create a new educational project to raise awareness on the role of soil in storing carbon, mitigating climate change, and protecting biodiversity. Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander works on developing course materials to educate children and adults on the benefits of caring for soils in their gardens, in the agriculture and forestry sectors, and on Earth more broadly.