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Publicerad: Monday, 7 October, 2019 - 13:18
Etiketter: Forest research and education
The Nordic Council of Ministers has commissioned the Nordic Committee for Agriculture and Food Research (NKJ) to look more closely at how soil can be used as a carbon sink for the sake of the climate. / SNS
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Publicerad: Tuesday, 7 May, 2019 - 15:46
Etiketter: Forestry
Forestry’s potential huge role in fighting climate change, tougher anti-dumping laws, expanding exports, improving vocational education and access to investment opportunities are key elements of the ALP’s forestry policy. A focal point will be the holding of a national forestry summit with the aim to develop a national strategic forestry plan. / Timberbiz
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Publicerad: Monday, 1 April, 2019 - 15:06
Etiketter: Environment
The Nordics need to build a powerful front to meet climate change. Primary production in agriculture and forestry are facing new situations that we most effectively meet together. / SNS
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Publicerad: Friday, 22 March, 2019 - 14:52
Etiketter: Environment
Canadian forest researcher Werner Kurz says that decreasing fossil emissions is essential in climate change mitigation, also as regards carbon sinks. ‘If the emissions are not decreased and we want to correct that by means of forest carbon sinks, the area needed will be so large as to be practically impossible,’ says Kurz. / Finnish Forest Association
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Publicerad: Thursday, 24 January, 2019 - 11:42
Etiketter: The pulp and paper industry
At a seminar in Stockholm February 25, SCA will for the first time present figures of the total climate effects of the company’s operations. / SCA
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Publicerad: Wednesday, 7 November, 2018 - 13:33
Etiketter: Forestry
”Amidst its current hardships, the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia is probably quite pleased that all of us here are discussing forests instead of what lies at the heart of the climate change,” said Professor Pekka Kauppi. ”The role of forests as a buffer against climate change is important, but that buffer is mostly found in natural forests,” said Researcher Sampo Soimakallio. / Finnish Forest Association
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Publicerad: Monday, 7 November, 2016 - 16:44
Etiketter: Forest research and education
Boreal conifer forests are sources of biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions into the atmosphere. Global warming exposes boreal trees to biotic stress caused by insect outbreaks and they are also affected by abiotic climate change factors. / University of Eastern Finland
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Publicerad: Tuesday, 25 October, 2016 - 16:52
Etiketter: Environment
SCA, a leading global hygiene and forest products company, has been identified as a global leader for its strategies and actions in response to climate change and has been awarded a position on the Climate A List by CDP, the international not-for-profit that drives sustainable economies. / SCA
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Publicerad: Monday, 5 September, 2016 - 09:11
Etiketter: Forestry
Read about how soil organisms respond to global warming under different combinations of vegetation conditions! / SLU
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Publicerad: Thursday, 14 April, 2016 - 11:36
Etiketter: Forestry
Where will people get water, food and energy from in the future? It is believed that the circular economy will radically transform the entire business sector in the next few years. Climate change will make our living conditions more challenging, and mankind will need to develop new ways to both conserve and produce resources such as water, food, energy and consumables. VTT asked schoolchildren to draw sketches of a fictional futuristic spaceship aboard which all waste and by-products of life need to be minimised and reused as efficiently as possible. / VTT
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