Preparation for the World BioEconomy Forum event is in full swing. The event is to be held from September 7–9 is progressing well.

INTERFORST is all set to hit the floors in another two weeks time. This edition will highlight some of the most important topics on forestry and technology.

INTERFORST 2022, being held in Munich from July 17 to 20, offers a host of solutions for each individual step in forest management right up to wood recycling for a forward-looking approach to forest management.

Renewable energy pioneer Drax has partnered with the University of Nottingham and Promethean Particles to trial a pioneering new bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) process at its North Yorkshire power station.

Timo Lehesvirta, M.Sc., biologist, has been appointed Metsä Group’s Leading Nature Expert.

Metsä Group has suspended operation in it’s only production unit in Russia, the Svir sawmill. Wood procurement in Russia for the Svir sawmill and imports to Metsä Group’s Finnish and Swedish mills has also been discontinued.

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group recently decided to invest in Hämeenkyrön Voima Oy. Metsä Board has officially declared the plan for investment on September 27, 2021.

The bio-based industries continue their ascent marking a total contribution of 780 billion EUR, a notable increase of 30 billion EUR (+ 4%) compared to 2017.

ITTO and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have renewed their longstanding collaboration for another five years, with the aim of supporting CBD Parties and ITTO member countries in the tropics in their efforts to conserve biodiversity, implement sustainable forest …

Self-adhesive label stock supplier UPM Raflatac has achieved sustainability certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Scheme ISCC PLUS at three of its factories and nine distribution terminals worldwide. The company is proud to make a change in the …