U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issued a memorandum to the USDA Forest Service directing the agency to take bold actions to restore forests, improve resilience, and address the climate crisis.
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To reduce wildfires in higher-risk communities, the British Columbia government is providing $25 million in new funding to the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC).
This is one of the takeaways from the Canadian Dialogue on Wildland Fire and Forest Resilience, which is summarized in the What We Heard (WWH) report.
Södra Ädla has made its first investment. Ädla became a partner of Happie Nation by investing SEK 3 million ($294 820) in the company. Happie Nation is focused on nature tourism in Sweden.
At Elmia Wood trade fair in Sweden, Malwa Forest AB introduced Malwa Electric Combi, the world's first 100% electric harvester.
Last week, U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the awarding of more than $32 million to fund 2022 wood innovations and community wood grants to expand the use of wood products, strengthen emerging wood markets, and support active management to improve forest health and resilience.
WISA BioBond is UPM Plywood’s proprietary bonding technology in which at least 50% of fossil-based phenol in the glue is replaced with wood’s own natural bonding agent, lignin.
UPM is the first Finnish company, acting as a shipper and charterer, to discharge its ship-generated wastewater on land and utilise various circular economy solutions in wastewater treatment. The commitment has been made for the years 2022-2026, and it will focus on promoting BSAG's Ship Waste Action initiative.
U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing more than half a billion dollars through the Great American Outdoors Act to address deferred maintenance, improve infrastructure, increase user access and support rural economies while also meeting conservation goals.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced more than $32 million to fund 2022 wood innovations and community wood grants. These grants aim to expand the use of wood products, strengthen emerging wood markets, and support active management to improve forest health and resilience, especially in light of the ongo...
Stora Enso and wood technology company Modvion are partnering to establish wood as the material of choice for wind turbine towers. The collaboration’s purpose is to demonstrate the vast possibilities in using wood in demanding constructions.
How the world wood markets will change and what the Russian forest based industry will lose. The new report provides a detailed picture of how the global markets for wood products have changed in January-April 2022, and what consequences the war has had for Russian companies. It presents also the forecasts of the owner...
The total maximum value of the order is around Euro 30 million. The testing phase of the power plant will start in the first quarter of 2023.
The new process uses a type of solid sorbent called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which Promethean Particles are a global pioneer in the development and deployment of, to capture the CO2 released when sustainable biomass is used to generate electricity.
The world's most important event dedicated to biomass heating was held from 4 to 7 May 2022 in Verona, Italy.
The fire caused minor injuries to one employee, who received treatment in hospital, but has already been released. Valmet assessing the impacts of the fire to the factory.
The start of production is scheduled for January 2023.
Stora Enso will invest Euro 10 million at its Enocell pulp mill in Finland to replace fossil-based heavy fuel oil with renewable pitch oil. The investment scope at Enocell Mill includes a pitch oil tank, foundations and leaking basin, pumping house with pumps, unloading station, new pipelines, heaters, and automation.
Through CleanBC funding committed in Budget 2022, the British Columbia (B.C.) Province is providing $19 million over three years to increase the carbon stored in B.C.’s forests and develop innovative, low-carbon forest-based products that support good jobs for people.
Russia has been the world’s largest market for CTL machines, accounting for 20% of Ponsse’s net sales in 2021. Its Russian subsidiary OOO Ponsse has been the largest business branch of the Ponsse Group.