NBForest - Multiple use of forests

Communicating science to realize the Bioeconomy – and what’s different for the forest sector?

nbforest — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:14:17 +0000

Blog

11.04.2016

Blog post written by Inga Bödeker, Research Coordinator in the Secretariat of Nordic Forest Research / SNS. bodeker.sns@slu.se www.nordicforestresearch.org

ERA-Net Sumforest pre-announces its Call for Funding!

nbforest — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:55:11 +0000

News

26.02.2016

Sumforest pre-call announcement:

Foraging the untapped value of Europe’s forests

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:10:20 +0000

News

25.11.2015

Original source: European Commission Horizon 2020, newsroom editor

EU-funded researchers have identified the untapped commercial potential of products like wild berries, mushrooms, nuts and plants growing in Europe’s forests for the benefit of rural communities – a way to generate growth and jobs.

Sustainability: Five steps for managing Europe's forests

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:20:42 +0000

Facts & Reviews

23.10.2015

The current state of affairs for forests across Europe: new productive forests are gaining momentum and expanding the overall forest area; however, the health and productivity of existing tree stands are loosing their momentum due to age, climatic damage as well as human influence.

Mapping wood production in European forests

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 07:11:57 +0000

Facts & Reviews

23.09.2015

Original source: European Forest Institute

Forest Land Ownership Change in Europe

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 08:17:58 +0000

Facts & Reviews

28.08.2015

The report was published by the Central-East and South-East European Regional Office of the European Forest Institute (EFICEEC-EFISEE).

Finns Have Utilised Their Forests Since the Stone Age

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 07:03:31 +0000

News

12.08.2015

Authored by Anna Kauppi
Original article: Finnish Forest Association

Finnish forests conceal traces of 10,000 years of human activity. The Finnish state-owned forestry company Metsähallitus is inventorying the cultural heritage in its forests to enable a proper care of the ancient sites in all phases of forest management and to conserve them for future generations.

Who is using the forest roads in Eastern Finland?

Alex — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:42:51 +0000

News

04.02.2015

^{Forest road. Photo: Ida Wallin}

According to a recent study undertaken in Eastern Finland (Kainuu region) forestry is only a minor user of forestry roads. With other words, the roads we see stretching across eastern Finland’s forests are not so often used for forestry operations as we would be inclined to think. In fact, only five percent of road users were using them for forestry work.

Do more protected areas mean less wood supply?

Alex — Thu, 08 May 2014 08:45:57 +0000

Facts & Reviews

08.05.2014

New research looks at the trade-offs between forest protection and wood supply in Europe thus trying to shed light on the question: does more protected forest mean that there will be less wood supply in Europe?

The study looked at the extent of protected forests across the European Union’s twenty seven member states plus Norway, and Switzerland. The hypothesis was that protected areas imply felling restrictions that could in turn affect the potential annual wood supply in Europe.

To empower European forestry and arboriculture we need to embrace protest and celebration

Alex — Mon, 05 May 2014 08:05:46 +0000

Blog

05.05.2014

^{Photo Credit: Ida Wallin}

by Pip Howard @Europeantrees, Director of Forestcomms UK – a partner in the EU Seventh Framework project HERCULES (HERitage in CULtural LandscapES)