(IN BRIEF) In a pioneering collaboration involving several organizations including Telia, Ericsson, and Volvo CE, supported by Vinnova, a successful test was conducted using a drone equipped with a portable mobile base station to provide 5G connectivity in remote forest … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 5G connectivity, Drone-Powered, Ericsson, Forestry Machines, forests, Magnus Leonhardt, partnership, Petrus Jönsson, Remote Control, sustainability, Sweden, Telia, VINNOVA, Volvo CE
(IN BRIEF) The Horizon Europe-funded SWIFTT project introduces a tool using Copernicus satellite data and AI to combat forest threats like insect outbreaks, wildfires, and windthrow. This innovation aims to boost productivity and cost-effectiveness for forest managers and policymakers. Forests … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Aviation & Aerospace, Belgium, Environment, European Union, France, Germany, Latvia, Technology
Tagged 100KTREEs, Ariane Kaploun, AXA Climate, BirdWatch, Chiara Solimini, climate change, CLUG 2.0, CO2, Copernicus satellite data, Da Vinci Labs, EU Forest Strategy, EUSPA, forest managers, foresters, forests, Horizon Europe SWIFTT project, Insect outbreaks, Leibniz University Hannover, MAGDA, Quentin d’Huart, satellite imagery analysis, SWIFTT, Timbtrack, University of Bari Aldo Moro, wildfires, Wildsense, windthrow damage
BASF achieves “A-” rating for water management and forest protection Continued excellent “A-” ranking for climate protection despite stricter requirements (PRESS RELEASE) LUGWIGSHAFEN, 13-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — BASF (ETR: BAS), world’s largest chemical producer, has announced that its activities in … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged BASF, carbon management, CDP, Climate, climate protection measures, CO2 emissions, CO2 reduction, Dr. Christoph Jäkel, forest, forests, net zero, oleochemical palm, palm kernel derivatives, palm oil, sustainability rankings, sustainable sourcing, vegetable ester oils, WATER, water management
(PRESS RELEASE) DÜBENDORF, 3-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Empa, the Swiss research institute for applied materials sciences and technology, and Imperial College London, a public research university with focus on excellence in science, engineering, medicine and business, have announced that they … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, News, Switzerland, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Amazon rainforest, ANDREA SIX, biomes, CAROLINE BROGAN, climate change, Drones, ecological changes, Empa, environmental changes, EPSRC, forest ecosystems, forest monitoring, forests, Imperial College London, Mirko Kovac, ORCA, robotics, sensor-containing darts, Sensors, Silwood Park Campus, The Royal Society
(PRESS RELEASE) WIESBADEN, 1-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — 53.5 million cubic meters of wood were logged in Germany during 2017 as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Around three quarters of the logging that took place in Germany during 2017 came from … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, Germany, Industrial, News
Tagged agriculture, beech, beech firewood, coniferous trees, coniferous wood, Destatis, forestry, forests, hardwood, industrial wood, larch trees, logging products, oak, pine trees, softwood, trees, Wood, wood cutting, wood skidding
23-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The situation in the forestry sector in the EU was not specifically analysed so as to justify specific financial support aimed at improving the economic value of forests, according to a report issued by the European Court of … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, European Union, Financial, Government, Law, Luxembourg
Tagged Aidas Palubinskas, EU Auditors, EU forestry sector, EU support for private forests, European Court of Auditors, forest holdings, forest management plan, forests, private forests, pruning, silvicultural operations, thinning
23-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Today the Commission issued a blueprint to further develop the EU’s significant forest-based industries,indicating activities that can be undertaken to help this sector fulfil its potential to substantially contribute to our goal of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth by 2020. … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, European Union, Government, Industrial, Society
Tagged Antonio Tajani, blueprint, EU Forest Strategy, EU forest-based industries, forest-based industries, forests, furniture, intelligent paper, packaging, printing, pulp & paper, raw-material supplies, recyclable wood, renewable wood, sustainable construction, sustainable forest management, wood-processing, woodworking
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