Wednesday, 02 June 2021 09:10
AFRY acquires MosaicMill Oy in Finland and aspires to be the global leader in Smart Forestry digital solutions
AFRY has acquired MosaicMill Oy, a leading, Finland-based company that applies drone and satellite image data for forest inventory services. Through this acquisition, AFRY takes a significant step to become the global leader in Smart Forestry digital services and solutions.…
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Wednesday, 05 May 2021 08:02
Metsä Group and forest owners have planted 270 million trees in a decade
Metsä Group and forest owners planted 270 million seedlings in Finnish forests between 2010 and 2020. This summer, the figure will increase by more than 35 million seedlings. Metsä Group supplies forest owners with native tree species that occur naturally…
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Wednesday, 21 April 2021 06:20
Södra receives official credit rating – strengthens long-term financial position
Södra has received a credit rating of BBB from credit rating agency Nordic Credit Rating (NCR). The rating is a confirmation of financial stability and promotes long-term value generation for Södra’s 53,000 members. The aim of Södra’s Group strategy is…
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Wednesday, 17 March 2021 07:50
Revamped EU Forest Strategy will recognize the importance of forest-based industries and the bioeconomy
Cepi, in partnership with leading EU media Politico, hosted a high level online discussion on the role of the bioeconomy to achieve the EU Green Deal goals. Jori Ringman, Cepi Director General, opened the event highlighting the role of the…
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Friday, 18 December 2020 10:06
#ForestBiodiversity: A new platform to show how sustainable forest management supports biodiversity preservation
“Listen to EU forest stewards, understand their actions on the ground, learn from their experience, and go beyond the clichés!” In a few words, this is the message of the new awareness campaign #ForestBiodiversity launched today in Brussels by 6…
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Friday, 18 December 2020 09:49
WWF Russia and UPM release guidelines on sustainable forest management for wood suppliers
WWF Russia and UPM have today released The Guidelines on Sustainable Forest Management for Wood Suppliers in Russia. This cooperation aims to help wood suppliers in adopting ecologically, socially and economically sustainable practices in wood supply and forestry. The guidelines…
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Monday, 09 November 2020 09:28
ANDRITZ to supply innovative logyard cranes to Metsä Fibre
International technology group ANDRITZ and Metsä Fibre, part of the Metsä Group, have signed a preliminary agreement under which ANDRITZ will supply two fully autonomous logyard cranes to the planned Metsä Fibre bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland. Metsä Fibre will…
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Monday, 09 November 2020 09:22
Metsä Fibre and ANDRITZ sign preliminary agreement on advanced wood raw material processing equipment for the Kemi bioproduct mill
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, and ANDRITZ signed a preliminary agreement on wood raw material reception and feed equipment for the Kemi bioproduct mill. The delivery includes two automated overhead cranes, as well as their installation and commissioning. This…
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Friday, 06 November 2020 19:41
Satellite images provide up-to-date information on forest resources and the amount of carbon bound by forests
Satellite images provide up-to-date information on forest resources and the amount of carbon bound by forests: a new cloud service is lending help to responsible forest management Information is increasingly needed on the treatment of forests and on their role…
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Friday, 23 October 2020 06:33
Stora Enso honoured with Biorenewable Deployment Consortium’s Forest Products Innovation Award
Stora Enso was honoured with Biorenewable Deployment Consortium (BDC)’s 2020 Forest Products Innovation Award for the culture of innovation and leadership in the deployment of new sustainable biorenewable processes directed toward achieving the full value of trees. The award was…
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Tuesday, 20 October 2020 09:31
Stora Enso is changing its forest assets valuation method
Stora Enso has decided to start using a valuation method for its forest assets in the Nordics based on market transaction data and change the accounting policy from the fourth quarter of 2020 onwards. Preliminary estimations, based on transactions in…
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Wednesday, 14 October 2020 20:04
European Parliament raises climate ambition and recognizes multiple roles of forests
The European Parliament had its first real political say on two files of high relevance, not only for the EU climate agenda and Green Deal roll out, but also for the role that EU forest-based industries and forest-based products will…
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Wednesday, 14 October 2020 07:22
SCA to acquire 13,000 hectares of forest land in Latvia
SCA has signed an agreement to acquire forest land in Latvia. The acquisition comprises an area of 19,150 hectares, of which 13,100 is forest land. The purchase price is EUR 44.5m, approximately SEK 450m. The standing timber volume amounts to…
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Wednesday, 14 October 2020 06:52
A new platform to show how sustainable forest management supports biodiversity preservation
“Listen to EU forest stewards, understand their actions on the ground, learn from their experience, and go beyond the clichés!” In a few words, this is the message of the new awareness campaign #ForestBiodiversity launched today in Brussels by 6…
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Friday, 02 October 2020 08:01
University of Oulu and Metsä Group cooperate in research and education to develop sustainable forest industry
University of Oulu and Metsä Group have entered into a partnership agreement in which research and educational cooperation will be deepened in order to develop sustainable forest industry. The aim is to increase interaction and work life contacts between students…
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