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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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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Wednesday, 16 September 2020 11:09
New 2030 climate plan presents forests as golden egg to compensate for industrial sectors not delivering on their decarbonisation agenda
The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave her first state of the union speech and proposed a revision of the EU emissions reduction target from 40% to 55% by 2030. This target is the central piece of the…
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Monday, 14 September 2020 07:10
Training new experts for the growth sectors of forest industry – recruitment to Metsä Group's apprenticeship training began
Metsä Group started recruitment of 50 new experts for apprenticeship training starting in January 2021. New professionals are being trained at Metsä Group's pulp, paperboard and tissue paper mills. The future prospects of these industries are good, and apprenticeship recruitment…
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Tuesday, 01 September 2020 10:06
All green products start with a #Greensource: Climate neutrality with Europe’s forest fibre industry
Cepi, the Confederation of European Paper Industries, and EPIS, the European Pulp Industry Sector Association and its members, present their #GreenSource initiative, a European-wide effort to explain how the forest-fibre industries make the 2050 climate neutrality target a reality. The…
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Monday, 11 May 2020 07:59
Industry body appoints new directors to its Board
Scottish Renewables welcomes new members Diverse range of renewable energy technologies represented Industry body Scottish Renewables, the voice of Scotland’s renewable energy sector, has appointed seven new directors to its Board. An election for the posts saw 20 eligible candidates…
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Monday, 11 May 2020 07:56
A decade with steadily improving nature conservation considerations
Nature conservation consideration taken in connection with Södra’s regeneration harvests and thinning operations has made positive progress over the past decade and is now at a consistently high level. This was revealed by the company’s Green Balance Sheet. “It is…
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Monday, 11 May 2020 07:54
Forestry South Africa launches new corporate website
Forestry South Africa (FSA) has launched a new corporate website. FSA, the country’s largest forestry organisation representing timber growers, has enhanced its web presence under www.forestrysouthafrica.co.za. Dr Ronald Heath, research and protection director, says, “Subsequent to the development of a communications…
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