Besten (eng. the BEAST) system consists of driverless harvester controlled remotely from one or two forwarders (timber couriers). It was orginally invented in 2002. In 2006, Forestry Research Institute of Sweden (Skogforsk) conducted first research aboutContinue reading
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Pellets production in Spain does not reach 40% of the installed capacity
In 2015 pellet production capacity in Spain, distributed among 79 plants, was 1,250,000 tonnes, but production did not exceed 475,000, the 38%. It is one of the data obtained from the ENplus day: five yearsContinue reading
Are forest plantations sustainable?
A research led by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) proposes a methodology to establish a ranking of sustainability of the forest plantations that integrates the preferences of the agents.
Forest-biodiversity-loss harms us all!
Researchers from 30 countries have collected and analyzed forest data set from 777,126 sample plots, located in 44 countries. In total, they measured over 30 million trees of 8,737 different species. The analyzed area represented the most terrestrial biomes, fromContinue reading
The Faustmann Symposium was held this year in China
The Fifth International Faustmann Symposium was successfully held on October 17-21 October, 2016 in Beijing, China. Forest economists from over nine countries came to present their recent work, discuss recent findings and celebrate the next 167th anniversaryContinue reading
Degradation of REDD – interview with prof. O.Hofstad
In this post, I interviewed prof. Ole Hofstad from Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). We discuss issues such as degradation of REDD Program, hopes for its future or illegal logging issues. The interview will be publishedContinue reading
Does EU destroy forests in Southeast U.S?
The European Commission proposal is to maintain the EU’s position as a world leader in renewable energy and the EU has declared it would use wood from sustainable sources only. Fast growing conditions, abundant forestContinue reading
Faustmann formula discovered before Faustmann
Nowadays, foresters cannot imagine timber valuation without the Faustmann formula. But, did Faustmann discover it really as the first one? Researcher from Natural Resources Institute in Finland found that not, as the valuation of forestsContinue reading