Thursday, 07 February 2019 08:54
SCA wants to acquire forest land in Latvia
SCA and Latvian Forest Company have signed a letter of intent for SCA to acquire 10 000 hectares of forest land in Latvia. Latvian Forest Company owns and runs a number of forest farms in Latvia. The purchase-sum would amount to…
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Thursday, 07 February 2019 08:39
SCA Wood France and ISB consider merger
SCA Wood France and the French company Innovation Solutions Bois, ISB, are considering a merger of its operations on wood processing and distribution of wood products in France. The potential merger would result in a large and resourceful supplier of…
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Thursday, 31 January 2019 19:11
Turning forest carbon assimilation into a service in a VTT-led project
VTT coordinates the EU-funded Forest Flux project, launched in 2018, which creates commercial services for the estimation of forest carbon storage and assimilation. The services are based on computerised interpretation of satellite data acquired by the Sentinel-2 satellite, which is…
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Thursday, 31 January 2019 19:06
So large is the contribution from the forest sector in combatting climate change
At a seminar in Stockholm February 25, SCA will for the first time present figures of the total climate effects of the company’s operations. “Our growing forests, as well as our products, brings substantial contributions to the work with combatting…
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Thursday, 31 January 2019 19:01
Södra adapts timber prices to market conditions
We are seeing a slowdown in the economy at the same time as wood supplies are high and forestry activity is intense. As a result, the market price of saw logs is declining “Our operating environment is more unsettled, and…
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Thursday, 31 January 2019 18:48
Greater knowledge about the spruce bark beetle
Why does damage caused by spruce bark beetle increase during extremely hot and dry summers? How can growth in young and middle-aged forest be strengthened? These are a few of the questions for which researchers received grants to conduct further…
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Tuesday, 08 January 2019 08:08
Stora Enso and FSC® join forces in a strategic partnership
Stora Enso and the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) have signed an international partnership agreement establishing a long-term strategic collaboration to develop and promote sustainable forestry. Stora Enso and FSC have announced today a new partnership agreement that aims to increase FSC…
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Tuesday, 08 January 2019 07:51
Stora Enso partners with H&M group and Inter IKEA group to industrialize TreeToTextile
TreeToTextile AB is a joint venture between H&M group, Inter IKEA group and innovator Lars Stigsson since 2014, with the aim of developing new textile fibers in a sustainable way at attractive cost levels. Today TreeToTextile announces that Stora Enso…
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Tuesday, 08 January 2019 07:30
Wuudis ranked as Key Innovators by EC Innovation Radar
Wuudis - A Forestry one-stop platform for forest management and monitoring was selected to innovation category Optimisation considered ready for the market. Innovation Radar aims to identify high-potential innovations and innovators in EC-funded research projects. The Innovation Radar platform builds…
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Friday, 30 November 2018 10:56
Stora Enso signs agreement to acquire forest assets in Bergvik Skog
The shareholders of Bergvik Skog AB, a Swedish forest holding company, have signed a binding agreement regarding the previously announced intent to restructure its ownership. With this agreement, the parties aim to complete the transaction during the first half of…
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Thursday, 29 November 2018 07:37
Better spruce trees from greenhouse orchards
Sweden’s first large-scale greenhouse orchard for control-pollinated spruce seeds has opened at Södra’s nursery in Falkenberg. The project, conducted jointly with the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden, will improve the quality of future spruce trees. The supply of control-pollinated spruce…
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Tuesday, 02 October 2018 08:15
Södra’s nurseries are 100-percent fossil-free
Södra’s nurseries have now transitioned to fossil-free operations. Heating, machinery and vehicles are all powered by renewable energy. “Persistent efforts and environmental investments of SEK 10 million have generated results,” said Johan Jonsson, Head of Södra Skogsplantor. After several years of…
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Monday, 23 July 2018 07:37
Terra incognita: missing maps in the tropical forestry sector hamper efforts to combat forest loss
ZSL finds lack of transparency in tropical forestry sector restricts monitoring of corporate commitments Efforts to monitor and manage the impacts of the tropical forestry sector are being hindered, due to many companies failing to accurately disclose where they operate…
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Wednesday, 18 July 2018 07:46
To reforest Haiti, include Haitians in land management decisions
Haiti is a country of mountains and fields. Roughly 80 percent of the land is covered in rocky ridges, and the vast majority of rural areas are divided into small, privately-owned, cultivated plots. Haiti’s natural forests, once abundant, have gradually…
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Monday, 09 July 2018 06:09
Young forestry and paper researchers urged to put South African bioproduct innovation on the map
With the world’s attention focused on finding greener solutions and cleaner technologies, opportunity is ripe for young scientists and engineers in the forest product and paper sectors to step up to the challenge. The International Council of Forests and Paper…
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