Unexpected Results from Recent Research on Green Bonds
December 10, 2019
Against expectations, recent findings suggest that issuing green bonds does not result in an ...
Learn More >Rethinking Finance and Planning for Climate-Resilient Landscapes
November 18, 2019
Those of us working on forestry, agriculture, and landscape conservation can attest to the progress ...
Learn More >Challenges of Hard Brexit – European Wood Industry Preparing for Smooth Transition
September 19, 2019
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The United Kingdom (the UK) is a big importer of wood products in Europe; ... Learn More >New Investments Will Affect the Supply-Demand Balance of Sawdust in Finland and Sweden
August 20, 2019
Sawdust is a sawmill by-product, and it has several industrial uses. In recent years, some of the ...
Learn More >Mass Timber High Rise Projects are Changing the Wood Construction Economy
May 9, 2019
Recently, the US Forest Service and the US Endowment for Forestry and ...
Learn More >Harvests Approach Maximum Sustainable Levels as Roundwood Prices Surge in Sweden
March 11, 2019
Swedish forest industry performance was largely positive in 2018 due to strong export ...
Learn More >Role of the Forest Sector in Mitigating Climate Change
December 11, 2018
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The US Timber Innovation Act and What it Means for Your Business, County or State
October 4, 2018
In 2017, the Timber Innovation Act was introduced in the US Congress with the aim of facilitating ...
Learn More >The Sky is the Limit for Sustainable Aviation Biofuels
September 4, 2018
Sustainable jet fuels are considered critical to the aviation sector’s long-term growth. As the ...
Learn More >Prospects for Growth in Wood Plastic Composite Markets
August 15, 2018
As a sustainable bioproduct, the demand for wood plastic composites (WPCs) is set to grow ...
Learn More >Shifting consumer demand requires forest industry companies to adapt
July 25, 2018
The forest industry is an important economic motor, and it is always changing, with new strategies ...
Learn More >First Investor Survey on Land Rights released during the Global Landscape Forum in Washington DC 2018
May 31, 2018
In 2017, the USAID initiated a first-of-its-kind Investor Survey on Land Rights, executed ...
Learn More >Лесная промышленность в Финляндии и России: Возможности и Сложности
April 17, 2018
Финляндия и Россия располагают богатыми лесными ...
Learn More >From Sunset to Sunrise
March 21, 2018
Dear Client, Partner, Colleague, Twenty-five years have passed since I started my forestry ...
Learn More >Forest Industry in Finland & Russia: Opportunities & Challenges
March 20, 2018
With a shared border, similar terrain and climate, tree species and growing seasons, Finland and ...
Learn More >Lessons Learned on Responsible Land-Based Investments in Mozambique
March 1, 2018
On February 12, 2018, Indufor North America presented the lessons learned from its latest Learn More >
Scarcity of Birch Veneer Logs in Russia
October 12, 2017
On October 4th, 2017 Indufor’s Vasylysa Hänninen acted as the moderator and Antti Kämäräinen ...
Learn More >Women Showing the Way – Sustainable Use of Natural Resources Can Improve the Lives of Their Families
August 23, 2017
Rural areas in Tanzania and Zambia struggle with high poverty rates. Forests and trees are ...
Learn More >Possible Implications of US Resignation from the Paris Climate Agreement for US Pellet Producers and EU Pellet Consumers
June 30, 2017
On June 1st 2017, US President, Mr Donald Trump, officially declared that the US would be ...
Learn More >UPDATE to blog: US Finds Hardwood Plywood from China Unfairly Subsidized – DOC Issues Preliminary Duties on Hardwood Plywood Imports
June 27, 2017
On June 19, The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a preliminary determination which established ...
Learn More >Обновление блога: «Предварительные пошлины на импорт фанеры из лиственных пород древесины»
19 июня, 2017 года. Министерство Торговли США объявило о ...
Learn More >США считает, что отрасль производства фанеры в Китае несправедливо субсидирована – Министерство Торговли объявило о применении предварительных пошлин на импорт фанеры из лиственных пород древесины
May 26, 2017
Предварительные пошлины размером до 111% на импорт ...
Learn More >US Finds Hardwood Plywood from China Unfairly Subsidized – DOC Issues Preliminary Duties on Hardwood Plywood Imports
May 11, 2017
Preliminary countervailing duties up to 111% on Chinese imports, antidumping tariffs may follow. ...
Learn More >Future Trends in Smallholder Plantation Forestry
April 21, 2017
Tree-planting is an old peasant activity in many countries, but still today, Governments own about ...
Learn More >Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services – Indufor is Leading the Way on Forest Capital
March 21, 2017
This Insight was written by Dr. Brent Matthies. On this ...
Learn More >Piloting Innovative Methods in Evaluation Assignments – the Case of Outcome Harvesting
February 15, 2017
Does this sound like a familiar evaluation case to you? The project or program to be evaluated is ...
Learn More >Possible Export Ban of Russian Birch Logs on the Horizon
February 8, 2017
In recent years, Russian birch plywood producers have faced a significant price increase in birch ...
Learn More >Rising Fibre Cost Threatens Russian Industry
December 1, 2016
Rapidly increasing input costs, such as costs of wood raw material, are threating Russian P&P ...
Learn More >Strong Growth in Finnish Softwood Lumber Exports to China – “Nordic” Means “Green”
September 16, 2016
Many policies in China, such as the green building and the two-child policies, are supporting the ...
Learn More >Transforming the Tanzanian Forest Sector
September 13, 2016
Finland is supporting Tanzania through the Private Forestry Programme, which has an ambitious goal ...
Learn More >How to Recognise Tomorrow’s Generation in the Forestry Sector
August 8, 2016
For youth living in cities, where their surroundings consist largely of brick landscapes, ...
Learn More >Zambia Taking Huge Steps towards Decentralized Forest Management under the New Forest Act
July 13, 2016
The commonly heard story from an African country is that forest resources are declining and ...
Learn More >Scientific Contributions to the Ecosystem Service Approach and PES Debate
July 7, 2016
This blog is a summary of the contributions of the Doctoral Dissertation of Dr. Brent ...
Learn More >Between 2001 and 2011, Finland Became the Country with the Strongest Evaluation Culture in the OECD
July 6, 2016
I attended my first annual meeting of the Finnish Evaluation Society (FES) in May 2016 in Helsinki, ...
Learn More >Kenyan Wood Industry is Growing
June 3, 2016
Team Finland Business Delegation visited Kenya in May 2016, led by the Finnish Minister of ...
Learn More >Measuring Progress Towards Landscape Sustainability
May 16, 2016
The landscape approach, a holistic model for natural resource management, is a prominent theme ...
Learn More >More Wood from the Finnish Forests
April 19, 2016
Finland’s forests grow more timber than they ever have since 1921, when we introduced the ...
Learn More >Happy International Day of Forests!
March 21, 2016
Today we are celebrating the International Day of Forest of the United Nations. We would like to ...
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