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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>EFI News</title><link>http://www.efi.int</link><description>EFI 2009</description><copyright/><item><title><![CDATA[Manager of the Observatory for the European Forests of EFICENT-OEF appointed]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=370</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Patrice A. Harou has been appointed Manager of the Observatory for the European Forests (OEF). OEF is an integral part of EFI’s Central European Regional Office, EFICENT- OEF. The Observatory for the European Forests is located in Nancy, France. 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=370</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:26:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joensuu Forestry Networking Week 2012 - Apply by March 2]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=369</link><description><![CDATA[Europe’s forest sector is playing an important role in climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration and substitution of non-renewable energy and materials. Although, the European forest industry at present displays many characteristics of a green economy, there are still structural changes needed. The challenge for the European forest industry is not only on improving existing forest products but also on developing new wooden based bio-products as well as finding new energy solutions. 
The Joensuu Forestry Networking Week 2012, taking place in 20-25 May in Joensuu, Finland, discusses green growth based on forests including new wooden products and wood construction. 


]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=369</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:41:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evaluation of the EU Forest Action Plan ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=368</link><description><![CDATA[The European Commission has appointed the European Forest Institute to conduct the Ex-Post Evaluation of the EU Forest Action Plan (FAP). The evaluation collects stakeholder views about the EU Forest Plan implementation in 2007-2011 with an online survey. The survey is open for contributions from the public until February 13.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=368</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:28:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call for Pan-Mediterranean research ideas]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=367</link><description><![CDATA[The ERA-NET Scheme Enhancing Forest Research in the Mediterranean through improved coordination and integration (FORESTERRA) has been launched. EFI’s Mediterranean Regional Office – EFIMED will act as the secretariat supporting the coordinator, and will also be responsible for coordinating the development of the strategic plan. EFI’s Assistant Director of Policy Advice, Marc Palahí, said “FORESTERRA is the most strategic scientific programme on Mediterranean forests ever funded by the EU. It will allow the creation of a coherent Mediterranean forest research area”. EFIMED has recently opened a call for participation and contribution to the new research lines in Mediterranean forestry science.
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=367</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:31:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PhD course 'International Forestry and Global Issues' – Apply by February 15]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=366</link><description><![CDATA[The 'International Forestry and Global Issues' course taking place  16-20 April, 2012 in Nancy, France will address a wide range of forest issues and topics, which rank high on the international and national forest and environmental research and policy agendas. The course will offer PhD students and young scientists an excellent opportunity to interact with internationally renowned experts from various fields of forest science and policy.
As the deadline for applications is 15 February, please send your application now.
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=366</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:39:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major European forest research infrastructures opening up]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=365</link><description><![CDATA[Major forest infrastructure will be opened up to researchers from the public and private sectors across Europe thanks to the newly started project 'Designing trees for the Future' (Trees4Future). For the first time key infrastructures within the European forest based sector, including databases, state-of-the-art analytical tools and predictive models will be integrated and made available via a user-friendly, central access portal. European Forest Institute (EFI) is the Vice-Coordinator of the project.


]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=365</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:20:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New brochure focuses on EU Timber Regulation]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=363</link><description><![CDATA[The latest brochure in EFI’s Making a Difference: From Science to Policy series is now available! It focuses on EFI’s work coordinating the EUTR Support Study project, which investigated the most effective ways of meeting various requirements of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR).

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=363</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch a new video on European forests!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=362</link><description><![CDATA[EFI has released a new multimedia video on European forests. Called “European Forests: Central to the World We Live in”, it gives an overall picture of Europe’s most versatile ecological infrastructure, tracing a path from south to north and from west to east. As we tour around Europe, we ask why forests continue to be so important to each region, even in the 21st century.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=362</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:34:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Season's Greetings]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=361</link><description><![CDATA[The staff of EFI send best wishes for the New Year!
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=361</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:33:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Nordic and Baltic forest info service]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=355</link><description><![CDATA[NB Forest, a website offering research-based information on Nordic and Baltic forests and forestry has launched. Be sure to add www.NBforest.info to your bookmarks!
The portal is a joint project of the Nordic Forest Research Co-operation Committee (SNS) and the North European Regional Office of the European Forest Institute – EFINORD. The project aims to build a bridge between national research communication and the global research arena. 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=355</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:49:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tree species maps for European forests]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=354</link><description><![CDATA[European Forest Institute (EFI) in cooperation with Alterra / Wageningen University and Research Centre has released a set of 1x1 km tree species maps showing the distribution of 20 tree species over Europe. Basic dendrometric data were gathered for 260,000 national forest inventory plot locations from 17 countries to compile these maps. Forest plot data collected in a European-wide network (ICP Level I) have been used to extend the available data for the remaining European countries. Furthermore, forest inventory statistics have been applied. These statistics are based on forest plot data that are aggregated over regions in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=354</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:17:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New approaches to forest education in Russia]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=353</link><description><![CDATA[The qualifications framework for sustainable forestry and lifelong learning project (SUFAREL) will focus, in the next three years, at improving higher professional education in forestry in Russia. Six Russian Universities as well as a number of universities from Western Europe will participate in the project, which had its kick-off meeting in Yoshkar-Ola, Russia on 14-16 November 2011.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=353</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:54:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Head of EFI FLEGT and REDD Unit appointed]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=352</link><description><![CDATA[Mr. Heiko Liedeker has been appointed as the Head of the FLEGT and REDD Unit at the European Forest Institute. Mr. Liedeker will start his service at EFI in January 2012, and will be based in the EFI Policy Advice Office in Barcelona, Spain. Mr. Liedeker has extensive experience in leading and facilitating international multi-cultural, interdisciplinary teams. He is currently working as executive director of Leading Standards GmbH, an expert organization which provides strategic advice and support to public agencies, private sector and civil society organizations on the development and implementation of social, environmental and economic sustainability standards.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=352</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:51:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Milestone agreement to prevent illegal wood imports to EU from Central African Republic]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=350</link><description><![CDATA[By 2014, all shipments of wood products to the European Union from the Central African Republic will be required to carry a licence certifying their legal origin, after a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) was signed today between the EU and the Central African Republic. EFI’s EU FLEGT Facility provided technical support to the preparation, negotiation and implementation of the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement in the Central African Republic.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=350</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:52:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFIMED receives top award for forest fire protection]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=349</link><description><![CDATA[On 24 November, EFI’s Mediterranean Regional Office - EFIMED received an important Spanish award in recognition of its outstanding merits in forest fire protection. Each year, the Spanish non-governmental organization "Asociación para la Promoción de Actividades Socioculturales (APAS)" gives the "El Batefuegos de Oro" (Golden Fire Swatter) award to distinguished persons or organizations with outstanding merits in forest fire protection. 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=349</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:21:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 3-2011 focuses on networking!  ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=348</link><description><![CDATA[The latest issue of EFI News looks at the EFI Annual Conference 2011 which gathered EFI Member Organisations and other key partners to Uppsala, Sweden for decision-making and networking. As an outcome of the conference, two issues emerged as a priority for EFI: shift towards more dialogue between EFI and its Membership Organisations and move forward with an international high-level discussion forum on forests, ThinkForest. 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=348</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:45:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ex-Post Evaluation of the EU Forest Action Plan Kicked Off]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=347</link><description><![CDATA[Building on the EU Forest Action Plan’s (FAP) mid-term evaluation, the ex-post evaluation will provide a review of the implementation, effectiveness and appropriateness of the EU Forest Action Plan. This evaluation should also analyze if the objectives of the FAP have been met, if it has led to any side effects, whether the instruments used are appropriate, relevant, effective and efficient and what was the role of the key actors. 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=347</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:40:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inauguration: EFI’s EU FLEGT Asia China Office ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=346</link><description><![CDATA[The new European Forest Institute’s EU FLEGT Asia China Joint Project Office opened on 14 November, in Beijing, in a private ceremony. Performed by officials from the European Union’s Directorate General for Environment, and the Chinese State Forest Administration, representatives of the Renmin University, the Chinese Academy of Forestry, UK DFID and FLEGT Asia also attended the opening event. 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=346</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:42:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Further collaboration for integrated forest research is needed in Europe ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=343</link><description><![CDATA[The autumn 2011 issue of Public Service Review: European Union (issue 22) is now online. One of the articles was written by the EFI’s Assistant Director Gert-Jan Nabuurs and it features the way forward with European forest-related research.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=343</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:01:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ROK-FOR: building regional cooperation and clusters]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=342</link><description><![CDATA[The importance of demonstrating concrete examples to stakeholders and of listening to end-users were two of the practical themes to emerge from the second RoK-FOR conference on renewable energy and clustering held from 26-28 October in Zagreb, Croatia.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=342</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:51:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEW! 55 EFI Technical Reports on sustainability impact assessment]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=341</link><description><![CDATA[55 new papers on sustainability impact assessment have been published in EFI’s Technical Report series. The reports are deliverables and results from the EU FP6 Integrated Project EFORWOOD – Tools for Sustainability Impact Assessment of the Forestry-Wood Chain. EFI was one of the 38 partners in the project, which ran from 2005 to 2010.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=341</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:32:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New version of Pan-European Forest Map available]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=340</link><description><![CDATA[Earth Observation data are regarded as a cost-efficient means for locating different types of vegetation cover at the ground level. Two different earth-observation products have been combined with statistical forest inventory data to produce a new pan-European forest map at 1km resolution that corresponds to the official statistics at national and/or regional level. The map shows the percentage share of forest from land area. Besides geographical Europe, it also covers Turkey. The map is now available for download from EFI website.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=340</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:20:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Timber Regulation study evaluates best practice]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=339</link><description><![CDATA[The final report of the EUTR Support Study, which looked at the most effective ways of meeting various requirements of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), was published in July 2011. It provides background information for the secondary legislation needed before the Regulation comes into force in March 2013, taking into account existing best practices. EFI acted as coordinator of the project, working with Indufor, Finland and the University of Padova, Italy. 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=339</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:36:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo competition winner announced!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=338</link><description><![CDATA[Mr. Igor Kolar from the Croatian Forest Research Institute has been chosen as the winner of EFI’s Our Forests photo competition. His winning photo, “Crataegus oxyacantha in embrace of morning dew”, was unveiled at EFI’s Annual Conference in Uppsala, Sweden on 28 September.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=338</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:19:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Swedish Prime Minister to chair high-level discussion forum on forests]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=337</link><description><![CDATA[Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996-2006, will chair an international high-level discussion forum on forests coordinated by the European Forest Institute. In his speech yesterday at EFI’s Annual Conference, Mr Persson urged the sharing of the European forest science community’s knowledge with decision makers such as the European Parliament and the European Council. “I look forward to co-operation with this group of distinguished scientists and European structures that I am familiar with”, he stated. “The new discussion forum will offer the Parliament a good forum on research and development and forestry.” He also emphasized the role of the forest sector in actively contributing to finding solutions to tackle and adapt to climate change.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=337</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:36:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Koli Forum focuses on bioeconomy]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=336</link><description><![CDATA[A set of proposals for actions – two theses – were drawn up, which were presented at the World Resources Forum in Davos, Switzerland on 19 September. They will also be presented to the European Commission, the UN Climate Conference in South Africa 2011, and subsequently the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janiero in 2012.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=336</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:11:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The leading European forest research network meets in Uppsala]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=335</link><description><![CDATA[The European Forest Institute holds its Annual Conference in Uppsala on 28-30 September. The event will be opened by the Vice-chancellor of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Prof. Dr. Lisa Sennerby Forsse. During these days over 130 leading European forest scientists and experts gather to discuss  the role of forests in Europe in the future from different points of view. 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=335</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:52:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Has Rio Declaration been taken seriously?]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=334</link><description><![CDATA[The Rio Declaration was one of the main topics in the opening session of the 2011 Koli Forum. Dr. Rajendra Kumari Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) questioned in his key note speech whether the Rio Declaration has been taken seriously. Also, Tarja Halonen, the President of Finland and Co-Chair of UN Panel of Sustainable Development felt that the implementation of the Rio Declaration had been insufficient so far and that we need to create a more far-reaching vision that will shape the framework for short-term problem-solving.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=334</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:09:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forest matters - Act Now! ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=333</link><description><![CDATA[Act Now! Forests for Future - ENO conference is taking place in Joensuu this week. The conference, run by the global virtual network Environment Online (ENO), brings together teachers and students from 100 countries around the world. Around 7,000 visitors are expected to take part in the main event at Joensuu Areena from 15-16 September, showcasing the World of Forests.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=333</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[High-level policy makers discuss information-sharing forum]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=332</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Marc Palahí, Assistant Director of Policy Advice, briefed high-level policy makers on EFI’s plans for a “Think Tank” for Future Forests in Europe at a workshop at the European Parliament on 7 September. His presentation, “Think Tank” for Future Forests in Europe: a high-level forum for science-policy discussions, was part of a round-table discussion on the role research, knowledge-base and information-sharing can play in the sustainable use of forests.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=332</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:09:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are sustainability indicators appropriate for planted forests?]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=331</link><description><![CDATA[EFI’s new Discussion Paper, Are MCPFE Indicators Suitable for Planted Forests?, analyses the value of indicators for assessing sustainable forest management in the context of cultivated forests. It shows the diversity of indicators, the weaknesses of existing ones, and the benefits of new indicators tested during the FORSEE project. The paper also demonstrates the variability in the quality of indicators, and the limits of their comparability.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=331</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:31:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanging Moss or Timber – Northern Forests Leading the Way to Sustainability]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=330</link><description><![CDATA[New ways to assess the sustainability of forest based activities in Northern Europe is the main topic of the Northern ToSIA final conference which started today in Rovaniemi, Finland. Drawing on several case studies, the final conference will demonstrate how the results of the project can help managers balance the demands of different aspects of forestry, for example bio-energy and timber production, reindeer husbandry, wildlife management and recreation. 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=330</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:21:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long term monitoring trials accessible now]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=329</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=329</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:06:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Host Country Agreement signed between Spain and EFI]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=328</link><description><![CDATA[A Host Country Agreement has been signed by the Kingdom of Spain and the European Forest Institute. The agreement was signed yesterday by Cristina Garmendia Mendizabal, Minister for Science and Innovation of Spain and Risto Päivinen, Director of EFI. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=328</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:40:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Final report of the EUTR Support Study available now]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=327</link><description><![CDATA[The EU Timber Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council lays down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market. It requires operators within the EU that supply timber and timber products to the EU market for the first time to exercise “due diligence”.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=327</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:36:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 2-2011 now available]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=326</link><description><![CDATA[EFI News 2-2011 features a set of articles on water and forest. Read also about the outcomes of the FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference, Indonesia, the first Asian country to sing a timber deal with the European Union, and other interesting topics.


]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=326</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:24:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[MOTIVE mid-term newsletter is out now]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=325</link><description><![CDATA[Climate change is likely to have a significant impact on European forests. However, there is considerable uncertainty as to what degree of climate change we are facing. Moreover, forests and tree species will respond quite differently to changes in mean and variability of climate. Regions that are suitable for one species now might no longer be so in the future, while other species might benefit at the same site. Forest management is challenged for taking the right decisions early, and before the consequences can be clearly evaluated. The MOTIVE mid-term newsletter offers some answers to these open questions.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=325</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:23:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forest sector conference in Barcelona highlighted the potentials of forest-based sector innovation]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=324</link><description><![CDATA[The forestry sector is a supplier of raw materials for sustainable construction sectors, renewable energy and green chemistry. Research also plays an important role in this context, as it contributes to creating innovation and improving competitiveness of the sector, which has a great potential in creating employment, wealth and regional livelihood. The Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment and the Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia organized a conference on the future and strategies for the forestry sector at the Botanical Institute of Barcelona on 15 June 2011. Over 100 forest professionals gathered to discuss the future challenges the sector is facing, as well as the contribution the forest sector can make in addressing global challenges such as climate change.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=324</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:29:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Board members elected]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=323</link><description><![CDATA[The Council of the European Forest Institute has re-elected Prof.Dr. José Antonio Bonet (Spain) and Dr. Harald Mauser (Austria) to EFI Board for the period 2011-2014. In addition, the Council elected two new members to the Board: Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza (Italy) and Lisa Sennerby Forsse (Sweden).
The Council, Board and the EFI Secretariat warmly thank previous Board members, Liisa Saarenmaa (Finland) and Miroslav Benko (Croatia) for their invaluable contribution to EFI activities during the past years. 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=323</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:07:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marc Palahí appointed as Assistant Director in Policy Advice ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=322</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Marc Palahí has been appointed as acting Assistant Director in Policy Advice in EFI. Dr. Palahí will start his initial two-year term on 1 July. His post-station is in the EFI policy advice office to be established this summer in Barcelona. In this new post in the EFI, he will be responsible for coordinating policy advice activities throughout the institute, help establishing the policy advice office in Barcelona and establishing and starting new policy advice activities and funding. He also continues his work as Head of EFI’s Mediterranean Regional Office, EFIMED.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=322</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:47:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI part of the Secretariat for negotiation process on Legally Binding Agreement ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=321</link><description><![CDATA[The Oslo Ministerial Conference has decided to launch a negotiating process towards a Legally Binding Agreement (LBA) of European forests. This is done in order to secure the vitality of the Continent’s forests which is crucial to foster a green economy both in Europe and globally. Protection and sustainable management of Europe’s forests require a stable and efficient platform for coherent policy development and implementation and the LBA. It was also decided to establish a Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee (INC) and the Bureau for this Committee. To launch the negotiation process was a historical decision to develop a forest policy framework for Europe. In servicing jointly the negotiating process towards the Legally Binding Agreement, the Oslo Summit requested the Liaison Unit of Forest Europe and invited UNECE, FAO, UNEP and EFI to form the Secretariat. EFI’s role will be providing independent scientific and policy advice in support of negotiations as well as inputs to information needs identified by the Committee.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=321</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:52:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI contributes to the Ministerial Summit on forests in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=320</link><description><![CDATA[At the FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe this week in Oslo, Norway, the ministers responsible for forests will take far-reaching high-level policy decisions concerning the continent’s forests. EFI has coordinated the Scientific Community Group Statement presented by EFI Director Risto Päivinen to the Ministerial Conference. 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=320</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:27:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Better access to forest products price information]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=318</link><description><![CDATA[Recently launched, the forest products price information portal offers various users ease in searching for information on forest products prices, specifically in Europe, but also worldwide. Users can search by product category, geographic location, market area and organisation type. The portal currently consists of more than 200 different information sources from more than 30 countries. It provides an overview and links to various price and timber market -related information sources/databases.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=318</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 08:08:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Northern ToSIA Final Conference coming up in August]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=317</link><description><![CDATA[Northern Forests Leading the Way to Sustainability is the title of the Northern ToSIA project’s Final Conference which takes place in Rovaniemi, Finland on 18–19 August 2011. The Conference is targeted for policy makers, researchers and representatives of national, regional and local authorities. Also forest industry- and Sámi representatives and other forest users are welcome to the event. Registration for the conference closes on 10 July 2011.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=317</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 13:56:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joensuu Forestry Networking Week 2011: Forests and Energy]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=316</link><description><![CDATA[Forest and energy issues bring together researchers and forest sector experts at the Joensuu Forestry Networking Week held for the third time in Joensuu on 22–27 May 2011.  This year’s theme, Forests and Energy, emphasises the sustainability of forest energy production and its impacts on regional and national economies, as well as the efficiency of supply chains, entrepreneurship and new, green business solutions.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=316</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:10:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our forests -  photo competition ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=315</link><description><![CDATA[EFI is organizing a photo competition for its Associate and Affiliate Members with the theme our forests, which aims to celebrate the beauty and unique characters of our forests. This contest is open to all EFI Member organizations (amateur photographers), while EFI staff members nor their family are not eligible to enter. Winning photos will be displayed on the www.efi.int home page, EFI news; and they will be also made into an EFI’s our forests 2012 calendar.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=315</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 11:48:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU signs a deal with Liberia to end trade of illegal timber]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=314</link><description><![CDATA[The European Union and the Government of Liberia, which presides over half the remaining rainforest in West Africa, announced today a landmark agreement to ensure that all Liberian timber products exported from Liberia to the EU are derived from legal sources and that the resulting trade will benefit the Liberian people. EFI’s EU FLEGT Facility provided technical support to the preparation, negotiation and implementation of FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement in Liberia.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=314</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 11:35:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indonesia and EU Sign Pact to End Exports of Illegal Timber]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=313</link><description><![CDATA[The European Union and the Government of Indonesia today announced a new agreement aimed at stemming the flow of illegally harvested timber, which until recently had represented approximately 50% of timber exported from Indonesia and 20% of timber products imported into the EU, according to various estimates. The “Voluntary Partnership Agreement” with Indonesia, the world’s third-largest tropical forest nation, is the most ambitious yet of the EU’s bi-lateral pacts aimed at slowing the destruction of tropical forests. EFI’s EU FLEGT Facility provided technical support to the preparation, negotiation and implementation of FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement in Indonesia. 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=313</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 11:45:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New EFI Research Report looks at Private Forest Owners in the Western Balkans]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=312</link><description><![CDATA[The newly published EFI Research Report comprises the main results of the project titled "Research into the Organization of Private Forest Owners’ Interest Associations in the Western Balkan Region (PRIFORT)”, which focused on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=312</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 11:42:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFICEEC ANNUAL MEETING]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=311</link><description><![CDATA[This week, the Central East European Regional Office – EFICEEC will hold its joint Annual meeting and the 3rd Partner Meeting hosted by the Mendel University in Brno. The Meeting will take place in Křtiny Castle, near Brno, in the Czech Republic on 4-6 May, 2011.

The meeting aims to bring together forest-related experts in the Central-East European region, and to strengthen the scientific networking and information exchange in the region. 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=311</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 13:19:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now published! Innovation in Forestry: Territorial and Value Chain Relationships]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=307</link><description><![CDATA[The Final Publication of COST Action E51 has now been released. This publication makes a notable impact on the study of innovation in forestry and the forest-based industries. It presents the first comprehensive overview and assessment of the relevant research approaches for the study of innovation processes and policies in the forest sector and their application in the most relevant and current innovation fields in Europe. It assesses the innovation-related particularities of two very different fields of production: territorial goods and services as well as wood value chains – two areas which differ significantly in their preconditions for innovation and that are conventionally tackled by separate research fields. European Forest Institutes’ Central East Regional Office – EFICEEC was one of the coordinators of COST Action E51.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=307</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:10:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Head of Foresight and Information Programme appointed]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=310</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Lauri Hetemäki has been appointed as the Head of Foresight and Information Research Programme at the European Forest Institute. Dr. Hetemäki will start his 5-year-term at EFI on 1 August. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=310</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:47:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shaping EFINORD Work Plan 2011-2015 ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=309</link><description><![CDATA[An enthusiastic network gathered to define joint activities under the heading “Biomass Production and Intensive Forest Management”  in early April 2011, proving that the strength of a network is in its members. Some 30 representatives of the EFINORD network met in Stockholm to develop a concrete work plan for EFINORD 2011-2015. 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=309</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:06:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Second Stakeholder Meeting on EU Timber Regulation]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=308</link><description><![CDATA[The second Stakeholder meeting on 28 April aims to discuss best options for risk assessment and risk mitigation procedures in the framework of EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) legislation. The workshop will take place at the Jacques Delors building in Brussels.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=308</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:03:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Towards European Bioeconomy – White Paper Addresses Grand Challenges ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=306</link><description><![CDATA[Bioeconomy means sustainable production and conversion of biomass into food, healthy fibre, industrial products and energy. Over the coming decades Europe wishes to ensure a safe, healthy and prosperous environment for current and future generations. Bioeconomy can make a change for the better in this – provided that its potential in sustainable production and conversion of biological material is fully exploited. These are among the issues tackled by the White Paper “The European Bioeconomy in 2030 - Delivering Sustainable Growth by addressing the Grand Societal Challenges” , which was published in Brussels on 22 March at the final event of the BECOTEPS project – a coordination action among nine European technology platforms that focus on the Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy (KBBE). 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=306</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:38:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI launches a new book series: What Science Can Tell Us]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=305</link><description><![CDATA[In connection with the second Mediterranean Forest Week taking place this week in Avignon, France, the European Forest Institute has launched a new book series titled What Science Can Tell Us. The first volume in the series deals with the important question of water for forests and people in the Mediterranean.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=305</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:22:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy Advice Office of EFI to be established in Barcelona]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=304</link><description><![CDATA[The European Forest Institute (EFI) will establish a Policy Advice office in Barcelona by this summer. This decision follows a very generous offer by Spain to host the office. The office will include also FLEGT-REDD activities, funded by the European Commission, which are a growing component of the institute. 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=304</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:21:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFINORD now online]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=303</link><description><![CDATA[The North European Regional Office of the European Forest Institute – EFINORD – has launched it website. Be sure to add  www.efinord.efi.int in your bookmarks! 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=303</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:22:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Policy Brief looks at Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in European Forests]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=302</link><description><![CDATA[Climate change is a main concern for the EU. Europe is aiming to cut its greenhouse gas emissions substantially and develop a strategy for adapting to the impacts of climate change that can no longer be prevented. Development and implementation of adaptation strategies in forest management will require actions from the policy level down to practical management decision making in each Member State. 

The new EFI Policy Brief “Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in European Forests” outlines the status of current knowledge on the climate change impacts and adaptation in European forests, and identifies the challenges that need to be addressed for successful responses in policy and management.
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=302</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:13:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 1-2011 now available]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=301</link><description><![CDATA[EFI News 1-2011 features a set of articles on forest monitoring. Read also about storms and the threats they pose to European forests, forest values and compliance with forestry legislation in Ghana and other interesting topics.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=301</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:24:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Switzerland ratified EFI Convention]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=300</link><description><![CDATA[Switzerland has ratified the Convention on the European Forest Institute (EFI). The Convention on EFI has now been ratified by a total of 23 European countries.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=300</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:24:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Land monitoring in the EU]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=299</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=299</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:17:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stakeholder meeting on EU Timber Regulation ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=298</link><description><![CDATA[Stakeholder meeting on 21 March aims to discuss different options and best practices for the use and recognition of third party organisations entrusted with certain responsibilities in the framework of EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) legislation. The workshop will take place at the Borschette Centre in Brussels.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=298</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:44:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t forget to register for the II Mediterranean Forest Week]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=297</link><description><![CDATA[The Mediterranean Forest Week has emerged as a unique platform to both improve the dialogue between the Mediterranean forest research community, the policy-makers and the relevant stakeholders. It aims to communicate to the international community and the society at large the relevance and challenges related to Mediterranean forests. The Second Mediterranean Forest Week will take place 5-8 April in Avignon, France. Registration closes 15 March.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=297</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:44:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Policy Brief 5 and VPA Training Films are out now!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=296</link><description><![CDATA[The 5th EFI Policy Brief “Changing International Markets for Timber and Wood Products – Main Policy Instruments" and four FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement training films have been recently published. These materials are available in English, French and Spanish. 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=296</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:32:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joensuu Forestry Networking Week 2011: Forest and Energy- Apply by February 15]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=295</link><description><![CDATA[The Joensuu Forestry Networking Week 2011 discusses science and policy used in decision making concerning the role of forests in energy questions. The fast growing population together with industrial development and still increasing poverty in developing countries has created a huge need to increase the energy production. Forests and forest energy, together with solar, water and wind power, are the most referred sources seen as a possibility to solve the problem.

As the deadline for submission of applications is 15 February, please send your application now. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=295</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nematodes are a real threat for European forests]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=294</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=294</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:30:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The supply of woody biomass from the forests in the EU can be considerably increased]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=293</link><description><![CDATA[In the European Union the supply of woody biomass from the forests can be significantly increased beyond the current level of resource use. However, this requires fast and intensive political decisions and a comprehensive strategy at the EU level. These results were part of a larger research project called EUwood. This project aimed to contrast the demand for wood for energy and for products with the potential supply of wood from forests and other sources (e.g. industrial residues and recycled wood) for the 27 EU member states.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=293</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:53:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI to host the EU REDD Facility]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=292</link><description><![CDATA[According to the contract signed by Director Risto Päivinen with Europe Aid on 22 December 2010, EFI will host the newly established EU REDD Facility. The EU REDD Facility aims at assisting developing countries by providing effective support to the emergence of REDD national frameworks, assisting the European Commission and the EU Member States in providing such an effective support, and helping developing countries in building their capacity and improving forest governance so as to help them meet their REDD objectives. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=292</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:44:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI is seeking a Head of Programme ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=291</link><description><![CDATA[EFI welcomes applications for the post of Head of Programme for Foresight and Information Research Programme. This position offers a challenging opportunity to work within a stimulating international environment in one of the institute’s senior positions.
 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=291</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:07:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nematode day]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=290</link><description><![CDATA[How to limit reproduction of Pine Wood Nematode (PWN) in Europe will be the main topic of Nematode day taking place 12-13 January 2011 in Pontevedra, Spain. Aim of the meeting is to provide decision makers and forest sector organizations up to date information about Pine Wood Nematode problem in the Iberian Peninsula. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=290</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:52:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sustainability Impact Assessments for Europe]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=289</link><description><![CDATA[The new EFI brochure introduces the Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessments (ToSIA). This new decision-support software tool will assist policy makers, business planners and other stakeholders to make informed decisions on issues related to the use of forest resources and wood products. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=289</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:16:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Season's greetings!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=288</link><description><![CDATA[Please note that the switchboard at EFI Headquarters is closed until January 3, 2011.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=288</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:35:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Participate in a survey on the future of forest based-sector!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=287</link><description><![CDATA[The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) and the European Forest Institute (EFI) are coordinating “COST Strategic Workshops: Foresight on Future Demand for Forest-based Products and Services”. Part of the exercise in 2010-2011 is to collect expert perceptions about the futures of the forest-based sector in a long time horizon. You have now a chance to contribute to the forest-based sector futures 2050 by giving your input to the Internet Survey “Foresight on Future Demand for Forest-based Products and Services.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=287</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:12:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[MOTIVE case studies look for the best adaptive management options]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=286</link><description><![CDATA[What do North Karelian forests in Finland have in common with the Montafon Valley in Austria? Both areas are increasingly affected by increasingly strong winds causing serious damage. Wind, drought and fire are main threats of climate change to forests on various locations in Europe. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=286</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:37:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 3-2010 now available]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=285</link><description><![CDATA[The latest issue of EFI News looks at the EFI Annual Conference 2010 which gathered EFI Member Organisations and key partners to Dresden, Germany for decision-making and for networking. As an outcome of the conference, two issues are of highest priority for EFI: nurture its committed membership network and move forward with policy advice activities.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=285</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:11:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFINORD inaugurated ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=284</link><description><![CDATA[The development of EFI Regional Offices continues. The North European Regional Office – EFINORD was the latest office to be inaugurated on 17 November 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark. EFINORD is headed by Mr. Mika Mustonen and the two thematic issues facing EFINORD will be biomass production and ecosystem services, with cross-cutting themes of climate change, environmental economics and governance and policy.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=284</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:53:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New: EFI Winter and Summer Doctoral School!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=283</link><description><![CDATA[EFI’s Winter and Summer School model of graduate education aims at creating collaborative research networks on topics of high relevance for forests and environment at the European scale. Engaging doctoral students is central to supporting EFI’s mission to strengthen and mobilise European forest research and expertise to address policy-relevant needs.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=283</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:47:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFICENT-OEF is now online]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=282</link><description><![CDATA[EFI’s Regional Office, Central European Regional Office and the Observatory for European Forests – EFICENT-OEF, has launched its website. It can be found at www.eficent.efi.int. The site gives a comprehensive picture of the Regional Office activities and also features news and event announcements. Bookmark www.eficent.efi.int in your browser today!]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=282</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:05:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first RoK-FOR conference connected research, business and administration ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=280</link><description><![CDATA[The first RoK-FOR conference in Biarritz 14 October gathered over 90 participants from forestry sector, bioenergy, wood construction and bio-based products to share ideas about developing research-driven clusters in accordance with the European Lead Market Initiative. 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=280</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:07:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFIATLANTIC and EFICEEC are now on-line]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=279</link><description><![CDATA[Two of EFI’s Regional Offices, Atlantic European Regional Office – EFIATLANTIC and Central-East European Regional Office – EFICEEC, have launched their websites.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=279</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:18:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forestry leaders meet in Sarajevo for FOPER II Project]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=278</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=278</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:55:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI strengthens its work on policy advice]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=277</link><description><![CDATA[Policy advice has been approved as new strategic function of EFI by the Annual Conference. This means that EFI will increasingly embark on activities that provide enhanced support for decision takers and policy makers. 

Forestry is a global business and the forestry agenda is increasingly connected to the high importance political issues such as climate change, trade relations, good governance and poverty reduction. In this context the policy makers require best possible knowledge and science-based information.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=277</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:12:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Annual Conference gathered member organisations for decision-making and networking]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=276</link><description><![CDATA[The EFI Annual Conference gathered over 140 participants to Dresden last week for decision-making and for networking. Decisions were taken on issues such as expanding EFI strategic activities to include policy advice and to elect two new Board members to the EFI Board.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=276</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:19:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New EFI Research Report looks at the Best Practises of Fire Use in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=275</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=275</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:55:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Board Chairman and two new members elected to EFI Board]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=274</link><description><![CDATA[Jorgen Bo Larsen from Denmark has been elected as Chairman of the EFI Board. Liisa Saarenmaa continues as Vice-chairman of the Board. Prof. Dr. Jean-Marc Guehl, INRA Nancy, France, and Prof. Dr. Michael Köhl from the Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut at the Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Germany, have been elected as new Board members for the period 2010-2013.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=274</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:31:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exploring the future needs and demands related to forests calls for wide participation]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=273</link><description><![CDATA[During a recent COST Strategic workshop on Foresight on Future Demand for Forest-based Products and Services it was concluded that the involvement of stakeholders is essential for the foresight process. For example, the industry and business stakeholders need to be brought on board to test the ideas presented in the workshop, as well as to complement the information on trends, drivers, change factors and emerging issues.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=273</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:18:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New EFI Proceedings: Forest Policy and Economics in Support of Good Governance ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=271</link><description><![CDATA[Forest-related policy issues have become ever more complex, multifaceted and are both an outcome of several underlying causes and driving forces, and subject to influences of several policy sectors. EFI Proceedings 58 compile the presentations of the international workshop "Forest Policy and Economics in Support of Good Governance" organised in April 2009 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=271</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:38:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFORWOOD final report now available]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=269</link><description><![CDATA[EFORWOOD, an EU-financed research programme, developed ToSIA, a computerized decision-support tool that helps decision-makers in politics, government departments, industry, and other players to make sound and reliable decisions on forestry and forest products manufacturing and consumption leading to sustainable development. Read more about what ToSIA can do and what EFORWOOD did in the EFORWOOD Final Report, which is now available at the EFORWOOD website. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=269</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:31:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[RoK-FOR Conference displays forestry sector capacities and expertise]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=265</link><description><![CDATA[The RoK-FOR project creates research-based clusters in sustainable forest management, renewable energy, sustainable construction and bio-based products in the participating regions Aquitaine-Basque, Catalonia, Baden-Württemberg, North Karelia and cross-border cluster Croatia-Serbia. The forthcoming RoK-FOR conference 14 October in Biarritz is targeted to representatives of the RoK-FOR regions: to the business enterprises, research institutions and regional administrations. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=265</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:24:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland ratified EFI Convention]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=264</link><description><![CDATA[Ireland has ratified the Convention on the European Forest Institute(EFI). The Convention on EFI has now been ratified by a total of 22 European countries. The ratifying countries are now Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the UK.
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=264</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:23:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[XXIII IUFRO World Congress in Seoul, Korea]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=262</link><description><![CDATA[The XXIII IUFRO World Congress to be held in Seoul, Korea, from 23-28 August 2010 will focus on Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and the Environment. It’s a great opportunity for researches, decision makers, NGOs and others interested in the forests for the future to get together, learn, share best practices and produce the newest and most pioneering thinking of forest challenges that affect all of us. European Forest Institute (EFI) will participate in the Congress by some oral presentations, by EFI FLEGT Asia’s side event and by having an EFI booth (B11) at the trade exhibition in conjunction with the Congress. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=262</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:38:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADVANCE project launched]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=261</link><description><![CDATA[Central European Regional Office and the Observatory for European Forests - EFICENT-OEF and Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE) launched a project 'Adaptation of pine and mixed pine-beech (oak) forests along a gradient of exposure from South Sweden to West Poland and Northeast Germany' (ADVANCE) in summer 2010. The project aims to analyze forest vulnerability and the derivation of forest adaptation strategies and measures for the POMERANIA region.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=261</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:02:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFIMED award for the best doctoral thesis in 2010]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=260</link><description><![CDATA[European Forest Institute´s Mediterranean Regional Office – EFIMED wishes to enhance and support young scientists working on Mediterranean forest research, who excel in their field, by launching an award to the best doctoral thesis 2010. 
The award will be given to a young scientist who has made through his/her doctoral thesis a significant contribution to advancing Mediterranean forest science on one of the topics prioritized in the Mediterranean Forest Research Agenda. The work should be innovative and original, and deal with forest science or adjacent scientific disciplines of interest for forestry.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=260</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:58:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five weeks to go to the EFI Annual Conference!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=259</link><description><![CDATA[This years´ EFI Annual Conference will be held in Dresden, Germany on 15–17 September and we have now over 110 registered participants to the event. The afternoon of the Conference will focus on future directions of European forest policy framework. The theme of the Scientific Seminar on 16 September is Biomass from Forests and other Wooded Lands – Production and Use.  The registration for the EFI 2010 Annual Conference closes on 27 August 2010.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=259</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:45:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devastating wildfires in Russia underline the need for integrated fire management]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=258</link><description><![CDATA[The many wildfires in Russia which are currently raging, in particular in the Nizhny Novgorod, Voronezh and Ryazan regions, follow an unprecedented heat wave with temperatures reaching past 38C. The devastation caused by the fires is showing to be disastrous, it has claimed over 50 lives and left thousands of people homeless. Currently more than 150,000 workers from the emergencies ministry and other state bodies are battling the approximately 600 fires which cover an area over 100,000 hectares.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=258</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:04:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forthcoming conference on remote sensing: ForestSat 2010]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=257</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=257</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:06:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mets&auml;hallitus and Ponsse Grants 2010 awarded]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=256</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=256</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:46:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Storm Damage to European Forests Continue to Increase?]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=255</link><description><![CDATA[Storms cause more than 50% of all damage to European forests. If they continue to be managed as they are now the intensity and frequency of this damage is expected to increase. Future projections of storm tracks suggest storms will affect larger areas and penetrate further to the east of the continent. Currently the growing stocks and the age of forests are increasing and this will further aggravate the future vulnerability of forests to storm damage. 

What can policy and forest management do to mitigate storm damage and help to restore damaged forests? Are the policies that are currently in place effective? Researchers, policy makers, and stakeholders from across Europe discussed whether the current systems are adequate at both national and European level in a workshop last week in Brussels on ‘Policies for Forest Storm Damages Mitigation and Restoration‘.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=255</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:44:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEWFOREX meeting deals with the challenges of implementing the valuation of forest externalities]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=254</link><description><![CDATA[Forest externalities are those forest goods and services which are not actively marketed, but which are also valuable other people than the forest owners. Often these externalities include biodiversity, erosion protection and recreation – externalities that we know to be valuable, but the value of which is difficult to assess. This makes it also difficult to promote them and to offer the forest owners incentives to do so. 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=254</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:36:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latest EFI News now available]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=253</link><description><![CDATA[In order to strengthen the regional links in its forest research network, EFI has established Regional Offices throughout Europe. These Regional Offices have a great potential for bringing together forest research resources at the European level. In the latest issue of EFI News, we focus on the North and Central-East European Regional Offices. Other topics include the EU Forest Action Plan and Integrated Fire Management. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=253</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:27:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two open posts at the EFICENT Observatory for European Forests (OEF)]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=252</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=252</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:13:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AGORA: decision-makers and stakeholders from North Africa met over the scientific challenges and needs of Mediterranean forests]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=251</link><description><![CDATA[The AGORA project has now focused on the identification of gaps of knowledge from the point of view of stakeholders and decision-makers from Tunisia and Morocco. With these results, AGORA will fine-tune the objectives of development of scientific capacities in the framework of the project and will propose adjustments of the research strategies of the partner institutions. 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=251</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:29:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI welcomes its Member Organisations contributions in response to the Commission Green Paper]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=250</link><description><![CDATA[The EU public consultation on the Commission Green Paper “Forest Protection and Information in the EU: Preparing forests for climate change” is running from 1 March to 31 July 2010. EFI has compiled a concept note on the Green Paper, with the aim to motivate the EFI Associate Members to participate in the consultation. We also invite the Member Organisations to contribute in finalising the EFI response. The EFI concept note does not provide “model responses” to the consultation. Rather, it provides elements and viewpoints to defining of a response either to an individual question, to several or to all of the questions raised in the Green Paper.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=250</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:59:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists and stakeholders gathered to the Joensuu Forestry Networking Week]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=249</link><description><![CDATA[Globally, water and its quality and availability are of highest importance. Forests play an important role in this, as they protect the quality of water reserves, and regulate the water flow, preventing other areas from flooding. However, forests also use water and change its quality by intercepting rainfall, and by taking it up from the soil, and bringing it into the air. This was the topic of the Joensuu Forestry Networking week organised for the second time in Joensuu, Finland last week. The event gathered scientists, professionals and stakeholders in forestry from various regions in Europe to discuss the issues regarding forests and water in Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=249</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 13:32:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU-Cameroon Trade Agreement Ensures Timber Legality from One of Africa's Biggest Exporters of Tropical Timber]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=248</link><description><![CDATA[The European Union (EU) and the Government of Cameroon today announced a trade agreement in which Africa’s biggest exporter of tropical hardwood to Europe has agreed to ensure wood traded within the country and shipped from Cameroon to the EU and other destinations worldwide contains no illegal timber. Cameroon has committed itself to implement a comprehensive programme to press ahead the country’s reform process, including further strengthening its control of the forest sector and community rights. The EU has committed to excluding unlicensed timber from the whole EU market while providing assistance to Cameroon for enforcement and auditing systems. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=248</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 12:56:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFICEEC Head of Office appointed]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=247</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Bernhard Wolfslehner, PhD (Forestry) has been appointed Head of Office of the Central-East European Regional Office - EFICEEC of the European Forest Institute (EFI). Dr. Wolfslehner will start his term on 1 May, 2010. EFICEEC launched its activities a week ago at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna where EFICEEC will have its premises. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=247</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:03:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Central-East European Regional Office – EFICEEC launched]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=246</link><description><![CDATA[The development of EFI Regional Offices continues. The latest office to open its doors is the Central-East European Regional Office – EFICEEC in Vienna, Austria. The EFICEEC will strengthen implementation of the EFI‘s strategy 2022; and it is foreseen as a catalyst to foster networking, research, information, advocacy, and capacity building on a regional scale in the Central-East Europe. The launch of the EFICEEC was held on 12 April at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). More than 60 distinguished guests joined the opening ceremony. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=246</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:20:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foundation for European Forest Research launches new website ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=245</link><description><![CDATA[Foundation for European Forest Research - FEFR - has launched its new website at www.fefr.org. The new site gives full  information on the FEFR activities, including  awards and grants. "The site contents will be developed during the year to include also information on the research carried out with the grants", says Dr Kalle Eerikäinen, the Executive Secretary of FEFR.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=245</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:53:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Observatory for European Forests to be inaugurated this week]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=244</link><description><![CDATA[By establishing the Observatory for European Forests (OEF) in Nancy, as an integral component of the European Forest Institute (EFI) and its Central Regional Office - EFICENT, France is actively supporting international forest research and information provision for different policy needs. Because of the long tradition and high level expertise in forest research at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the National school for rural engineering, water and forestry (AgroParisTech-ENGREF) and other high level research infrastructure in the region, Nancy offers perfect conditions for setting-up the Observatory. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=244</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:10:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate change impacts and adaptation - bringing research, practice and policy together]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=243</link><description><![CDATA[A new discussion forum has been established for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in European Forestry. The forum aims to connect professionals working in forest research, forestry and the forest-based sector, as well as in policy and decision making and non-governmental organizations in order to facilitate discussions on the impacts of climate change and options for adaptation in European forestry. Models for Adaptive Forest Management-project (MOTIVE) and European Forest Institute (EFI)  have jointly established the discussion forum. 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=243</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:51:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ EU FLEGT Facility seeks three experts]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=242</link><description><![CDATA[EFI is hosting and managing the EU FLEGT Facility, which has the role of supporting the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan. The Facility is funded by the European Commission with co-funding fro the Governments of the UK, Finland and Germany. 
The Facility aims at having reforms adopted that improve governance and the functioning of markets, ensuring that illegal logging and associated trade which adversely affect the poor are adequately tackled. The Facility's key work areas are (i) supporting the negotiation and implementation of Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs), bilateral trade agreements between the EU and timber product exporting countries, including analytical studies guiding the VPA processes and a communication portfolio, and (ii) implementing the regional FLEGT Asia support programme.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=242</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:31:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Integration and Innovation in Forest Sector” the Final Conference of COST Action E51 ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=241</link><description><![CDATA[Final Conference of COST Action E51 “Integration and Innovation in Forest Sector” will take place April 21, 2010 in The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Brussels, Belgium. The Conference ‘Innovative Policies for the Forest Sector - Policy integration for an innovative forestry production and industry’ is being jointly organized by the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), the European Forest Institute (EFI), the Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform (FTP) and COST. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=241</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:47:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New EFI Publications on Integrated Fire Management]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=240</link><description><![CDATA[As the Fire Paradox project is holding its closing meeting in Freiburg, Germany, two new reports are published in EFI  series proving science based knowledge that can assist policy makers to develop common strategies to elaborate and implement integrated fire management policies. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=240</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:51:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joining forces for renewable energy, bio-based products and sustainable construction in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=239</link><description><![CDATA[Europe’s research driven clusters in sustainable forest management and wood based industries will get new co-operation opportunities within the ROKFOR project starting today, 23 February. This cooperative action project ‘Sustainable Forest Management Providing Renewable Energy, Sustainable Construction and Bio-based Products’ (ROKFOR) will join forces in which five European regions in order to create both individual and regional research agendas and action plans in the fields of renewable energy, bio-based products and sustainable construction.  The regions involved are Baden-Württemberg in Germany, Aquitaine in France, Basque country in Spain, Catalonia in Spain, North Karelia in Finland, as well as Croatia and Serbia. The three-year project is based on each region’s current strengths in the forest sector. The project also aims to strengthen and promote competitiveness within the forest sectors without jeopardizing sustainability. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=239</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:40:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Towards integrated wildland fire management – Outcomes of the European Project FIRE PARADOX”]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=238</link><description><![CDATA[New views and perspectives on the use of fire in the prevention and response phases will be presented at the conference “Towards integrated wildland fire management – Outcomes of the European Project FIRE PARADOX” on 25-26 February in Freiburg, Germany. The aim of the conference is to report stimulating new strategies and policy actions towards integrated fire management (IFM) at regional, national and European levels. IFM is a concept for planning and implementing operational systems that include social, economic, cultural and ecological evaluations with the objective of minimizing damages and maximizing benefits from fire. These systems include a combination of prevention and suppression strategies and techniques integrating the use of technical fires and the regulation of traditional burning.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=238</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:01:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AGORA builds capacities in forestry in Morocco and Tunisia ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=237</link><description><![CDATA[AGORA project brings together scientists and policy-makers to build new forest research capacities in Tunisia and Morocco based on effective transfer of scientific knowledge from Portugal, Italy, Spain, France and Turkey. As a result, forestry and forest research in Tunisia and Morocco will be reinforced , becoming more ready to face the challenges stemming from the climate change, population growth and loss of forest land in the non-European Mediterranean countries. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=237</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:13:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Research Grants by the Foundation for European Forest Research]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=236</link><description><![CDATA[The Foundation for European Forest Research is offering two PhD scholarships up to 19 000 euros per annum with a travel allowance of 1000 euros a year.  The opportunities are open to all interested persons qualified to proceed with PhD studies at an internationally recognized university. The grants are ‘Metsähallitus-Grant 2010 for PhD studies’ on the topic of “Sustainable use of forests for different purposes, including economical and recreational forest functions and biodiversity values”, and ‘Ponsse- Grant 2010 for PhD studies’ on the topic of “Contribution of modern forest management technologies to sustainable and competitive forestry in Europe”.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=236</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:34:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eduardo Rojas-Briales Forestry Director for FAO]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=235</link><description><![CDATA[Prof. Dr. Eduardo Rojas-Briales has been chosen Assistant Director-General and Head for Forestry Department of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The FAO Forestry Department helps nations manage their forests in a sustainable way. The Organization's approach balances social, economic and environmental objectives so that present generations can reap the benefits of the earth's forest resources while preserving them to meet the needs of future generations. The office of the Assistant Director-General is located in Rome, at the FAO’s head office. 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=235</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:01:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PhD course on "International Forestry and Global Issues" coming this spring]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=234</link><description><![CDATA[The French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) together with the European Forest Institute (EFI), represented by its Central European Regional Office – EFICENT and its Observatory for European Forests (OEF), will conduct a PhD course on “International Forestry and Global Issues" from 17-21 May 2010 in Nancy, France. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=234</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:21:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[European research project on greenhouse gas balance in agriculture and forestry has started]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=233</link><description><![CDATA[Almost the entire European land cover is used to produce crops and wood. In view of the changing climate it is especially important to know how much of the greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere or fixed in biomass and soil by forest, farming, and meat production. These would be either so-called sources or sinks of greenhouse gases. One of the largest European research efforts for elucidating these mechanisms, the GHG Europe Project has started. The project that involves more than 40 institutes from all over Europe will be coordinated by Johann Heinrich von Thuenen Institute (vTI) in Braunschweig, Germany. In the project European Forest Institute (EFI) is responsible for work related to forest management, changes in age-class distribution from 1950 to present, and resulting implications on the forest carbon balance in Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=233</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:14:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Launches New Programme for Forest Governance in Asia]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=231</link><description><![CDATA[The EU aims to expand the FLEGT Programme to the rest of the Asian region. This development is following three years’ experience in Maleysia and Indonesia on negotiating the Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) to ensure that timber exported to the EU comes only from legal sources. The European Forest Institute (EFI) implements the programme for the EU. Kuala Lumpur was chosen to site the regional office leading this expansion of FLEGT outreach to the other countries in Southeast Asia. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=231</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:59:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mid-term evaluation of the implementation of the EU Forest Action Plan]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=229</link><description><![CDATA[The mid-term evaluation of the EU Forest Action Plan was presented at the 112th meeting of the Standing Forestry Commission (11-12 December 2009). The evaluation report has recently been made available on the DG Agriculture web-site. The study contains both an inventory of the implementation of the 18 Key Actions of the EU Forest Action Plan and an evaluation of its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency. It contains recommendations for the EU Forest Action Plan in the period until 2011.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=229</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:07:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFINORD Head of Office appointed]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=228</link><description><![CDATA[Mr Mika Mustonen, M.Sc. (Agriculture & Forestry) has been appointed Head of Office of the North European Regional Office of the European Forest Institute (EFI). Mr Mustonen will start his term in April 2010. EFINORD will gradually start its activities during the spring 2010. EFINORD will have its premises at the Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute (S&L) in Copenhagen. The post of the Head of EFINORD is seconded by the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla). 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=228</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:50:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joensuu Forestry Networking Week 2010: Forest-water interactions in Europe – Apply by January 29]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=226</link><description><![CDATA[The Joensuu Forestry Networking Week 2010 invites young and experienced scientists, professionals and stakeholders in forestry from different parts of Europe. After a success of the first event in 2009, the Forestry Networking Week will be organised for the second time on 23–28 May 2010 in Joensuu, Finland. Deadline for submission of applications is January 29.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=226</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:11:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upcoming conference: Towards an Integrated Wildland Fire Management – Outcomes of the European Project "Fire Paradox” - Register by January 15]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=225</link><description><![CDATA[The upcoming international conference Towards an Integrated Wildland Fire Management – Outcomes of the European Project "Fire Paradox” will be presenting the results and recommendations of the project to European and national policy makers and representatives of forest and fire related organizations on 23-26 February 2010 in Freiburg, Germany. Registration for the event is closing on January 15. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=225</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:11:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Season's Greetings! ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=224</link><description><![CDATA[
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=224</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:17:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will northern forests be able to stand the heat?]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=223</link><description><![CDATA[In international climate change negotiations, forest-related deliberations have so far mainly focused on mitigation, rather than adaptation. However, in the particularly vulnerable boreal regions, climate change is progressing too quickly to postpone adaptation action. Flexible approaches tailored to local situations must go hand in hand with substantial reductions of carbon emissions from fossil fuel and deforestation. Otherwise forests are at high risk of entirely losing their carbon-regulating services. This would, in turn, seriously accelerate climate change, a fact that has not yet been fully considered in current model generation.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=223</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:30:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Forest Institute at COP XV and Forest Day in Copenhagen ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=222</link><description><![CDATA[The European Forest Institute will be represented at the COP XV and the Forest Day 3 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Forest Day 3, which will  be held on 13 December, is a major forest related side event of COP XV and it will bring together many of the world’s key forest stakeholders during the 15 th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Forest Day debates issues and identifies priorities in order to ensure that forests are suitably incorporated into any future climate change strategies. Namely, forests are again at the forefront in the global negotiations now that REDD regimes on reducing deforestation are being discussed intensively. The overall organization of the Forest Day 3 is done by the Collaborative Partnership of Forest.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=222</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:41:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intensive land-management in agriculture leaves Europe without carbon sinks]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=221</link><description><![CDATA[A new calculation of Europe’s greenhouse gas balance shows that emissions of methane and nitrous oxide tip the balance and eliminate Europe’s forest terrestrial sink. Thus, overall the whole land use is neither a strong sink, nor a strong source. This is a totally different look at the role of land use which is often seen as a sink. This sink is heavily negotiated in the Copenhagen climate negotiations. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=221</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:19:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FOPER II – Forest policy and economics project continues for three more  years]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=220</link><description><![CDATA[A Masters Programme on Forest Policy and Economics was established for the Southeast Europe region by the FOPER project during 2005-2009. The future of the MSc Programme is bright as the FOPER II project continues for three more years. On October 29 and 30, 2009, the Deans from the Faculties of Forestry in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Serbia and Directors from the Forest Research Institutes in Albania, Croatia, and Serbia gathered for the 1st Steering Committee meeting of the FOPER II project along with representatives from the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and both Ilpo Tikkanen and Risto Päivinen from EFI. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=220</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:50:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Future forest monitoring in the European Union]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=219</link><description><![CDATA[Sustainable management of the European forests requires knowledge about the state of the forests. Most European countries carry out forest monitoring, but the different approaches used by the countries make comparisons at the European level problematic. This creates difficulties in e.g. the EU actions for halting the loss of forest biodiversity and actions related to climate change.
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=219</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:13:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 3-2009 now available]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=218</link><description><![CDATA[EFI News 3-2009 brings you the main decisions and reflections from the EFI 2009 Annual Conference in Dublin with highlights of EFI member organisations’ views of EFI and the latest in the establishment of Regional Offices.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=218</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:55:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire Paradox heading towards the finish line]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=217</link><description><![CDATA[It is essential to find solutions for integrated fire management. Fire Paradox has been seeking such solutions and is now heading towards the finish line. The last meeting of the Board of Directors for the Fire Paradox was recently held at the EFI Central Regional Office - EFICENT. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=217</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:51:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Koli Forum calls for rapid action to fight climate change]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=216</link><description><![CDATA[The competitiveness of Europe can only be secured by reducing our dependence on imported raw materials and imported energy. At the same time immediate measures are required to mitigate climate change. The progress of the continent is, however, being hindered by a lack of capital and political will, according to the Theses passed at the first Koli Forum and addressed to European decision-makers.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=216</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:03:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[XIII World Forestry Congress in Buenos Aires]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=215</link><description><![CDATA[The XIII World Forestry Congress in Buenos Aires city, Argentina focuses on the theme “Forests in development - a vital balance”. This theme is tackled from the social, ecological and economic perspectives.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=215</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:55:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFIMED launches new website]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=214</link><description><![CDATA[The EFI Mediterranean Regional Office – EFIMED has launched its new website at www.efimed.efi.int.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=214</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:27:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediterranean forests require more research]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=213</link><description><![CDATA[As the Mediterranean forest ecosystems provide multiple goods and services, their sound management calls for improved knowledge, targeted education and capacity building. The newly published Mediterranean Forest Research Agenda (MFRA) 2010–2020 presents the challenges Mediterranean forests are facing and how science can best address them during the next decade.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=213</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:16:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFICENT Observatory for European Forests (EFICENT-OEF) opens its office in Nancy]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=212</link><description><![CDATA[The development of EFI Regional Offices continues. The latest office to open its doors is the ‘Observatory for European Forests (EFICENT-OEF)’ in Nancy, France, which is an integral part of the EFI Central European Regional Office EFICENT. The EFICENT-OEF strengthens EFI in its information provision strategy by establishing a research-related, demand-driven and practice-oriented forest information platform.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=212</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:32:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Annual Conference accepts the North European Regional Office – EFINORD ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=211</link><description><![CDATA[The Annual Conference of the European Forest Institute accepted last week the proposal to establish a new regional office of EFI to be located in Copenhagen, Denmark. This regional office, EFINORD, will focus geographically on the Nordic countries, as well as the Baltic Sea region and parts of the North Atlantic region. The main research themes are planned around biomass production and technology as well as ecosystem services. The launch of EFINORD is expected in spring 2010. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=211</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:53:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI becoming a European Forest laboratory without walls]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=210</link><description><![CDATA[Tony Killeen TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with responsibility for Forestry, who opened the EFI 2009 Annual Conference in Dublin Castle, stated that failure with regard to climate change is not an option.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=210</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:28:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Annual Conference: Sustainable forestry and climate change main topics at the scientific seminar ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=208</link><description><![CDATA[In the conjunction of the EFI 2009 Annual Conference, the leading forest scientists of the world will meet in Dublin Castle on September 4 for the largest international forest science seminar ever held in Ireland. Sustainable forest management including climate change will be the main items to be discussed by scientists representing 33 countries. The seminar will also address the role that forests will play in the changing social, political and ecological landscape of the 21st century.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=208</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:59:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A record number of participants to EFI Annual Conference ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=207</link><description><![CDATA[This years' EFI Annual Conference has attracted a record number of participants. Over 140 participants have registered to the conference to be held in the heart of Dublin, The Dublin Castle, on 3 September. The Conference will focus on regional networking in forest research with keynote presentations from the Director of the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Regional Office for Europe, Tamas Marghescu, and Marc Palahí, Head of EFI Mediterranean Regional Office – EFIMED. The Annual Conference will be followed by the scientific seminar 'Forest Ecosystem Management in the 21st Century' with keynotes representing different fields of forestry from genetics to education.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=207</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:35:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multi-stakeholder dialogue starts on sustainability of forest resource use in Ume&aring;]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=206</link><description><![CDATA[Researchers, public administrators, business sector and other stakeholders will analyse possible future scenarios for efficient and sustainable management and utilization of forest resources in the Northern Periphery (NPP). A fine opportunity for the  dialogue with various stakeholders is the first workshop of the Northern ToSIA project in Umeå, Sweden, on 13-14 August. Over 20 participants from Scotland, Norway, Finland and Sweden will take part in the workshop.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=206</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:29:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New job openings at EFI]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=205</link><description><![CDATA[A post of a researcher in the Markets and Socio-economics research programme based at EFI Headquarters is now open. Also, the newly established EFI Regional Office EFICENT develops its Observatory for European Forests in Nancy, France, and positions of Forest/Environmental Economist and Research and Administrative Assistant are now available. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=205</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:31:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tragic death of five fire fighters in Spanish wildfire]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=203</link><description><![CDATA[With great sadness have the partners of the Framework Programme 6 Integrated Project Fire Paradox heard about the fatalities and casualties during the battle against a wildfire at the Parque Natural de Els Ports in northern Spain. Five colleagues of the GRAF Catalonia*, being one of the Fire Paradox consortium partners, have died in their efforts of extinguishing the wildfire. A further fire fighter has suffered very serious burns.
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=203</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:49:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[21 ratifications on the EFI Convention]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=202</link><description><![CDATA[As Luxembourg has ratified the Convention on the European Forest Institute, it brings the total to 21 ratifications by European countries. EFI would like to thank its Associate Members in the ratifying countries for their support and efforts in the ratification processes.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=202</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:08:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[www.northerntosia.org now online]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=201</link><description><![CDATA[The Northern ToSIA project will adapt a decision support tool that supports sustainable development with its economic, social and environmental dimensions to specific regional requirements. The project will encourage a multi-stakeholder dialogue throughout the life-time of the project to identify and address sustainability issues in the NPP region, to direct the tool development activities, and to explore alternative regional development strategies with a range of key stakeholders, and to create a quantitative basis for open discussion. 

The project website is now online at www.northerntosia.org]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=201</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:04:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Commission contributes € 4.5 million to EU FLEGT Facility hosted by EFI to fight illegal logging]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=200</link><description><![CDATA[European Commission strengthens its support to the implementation of the EU Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) by contributing € 4.5 million to the EU FLEGT Facility at the European Forest Institute (EFI). This support will primarily support the process of negotiating and implementing Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA), bilateral trade agreements between the EU and wood exporting countries. These agreements aim at improving forest governance and introducing national verification systems checking the legality of timber imports into the EU. The EU FLEGT Action Plan sets out a new and innovative approach to tackling illegal logging building on market incentives.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=200</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:50:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News explores European Diversity]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=199</link><description><![CDATA[Although the world is increasingly characterized by globalism and the European integration is becoming stronger and stronger, we must not forget that Europe’s forests and forest management are characterized by a huge diversity. The latest issue of EFI News addresses some of the regional issues in Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=199</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:11:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU FLEGT Facility seeks specialists in communications and governance]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=198</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=198</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:34:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adapting to climate change requires new forest management strategies]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=197</link><description><![CDATA[Which trees can adapt best to climate change – this is one of the key questions which the newly started project “MOdels for AdapTIVE forest Management” (MOTIVE) is trying to answer. MOTIVE investigates adaptive management strategies that address climate and land use change. It also examines the impacts of these changes with respect to a broad range of forest goods and services. The project focuses on a wide range of European forest types under different intensities of forest management. Specific attention will be given to uncertainties and risks and how they can be considered in improved decision support tools.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=197</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:44:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Policy Brief 3 looks at Voluntary Partnership Agreements in the context of EU FLEGT Action Plan]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=196</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=196</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:40:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy ratifies Convention on EFI]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=195</link><description><![CDATA[Italy has ratified the Convention on the European Forest Institute. The Convention on EFI has now been ratified by a total of 19 European countries. The ratifying countries are now Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the UK. The ratifying countries meet every three years in EFI Council. The next Council meeting is scheduled for 2011 and it will be held in Croatia. Also the chairmanship of the Council will then shift from Spain to Croatia]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=195</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:21:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partnering event on FP7 Programmes ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=194</link><description><![CDATA[On Friday May 15, 2009, the FTP, in collaboration with its Austrian National Support Group, EFI, EFPRO and Innovawood, organised a so-called Joint Partnering Event for development of projects under the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme for research and development (FP7). The event took place at the premises of Austria's Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=194</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:03:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forests play an important role in the Copenhagen Climate Agreement]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=193</link><description><![CDATA[In December this year, the world climate negotiators will meet for COP 15 in Copenhagen to set new emission reductions for post-Kyoto Protocol period. In these economically difficult times, the negotiations are foreseen to be even tougher than in the past. It is likely that forest will be used to exchange emission space between countries. The follow up of the Kyoto Protocol, to be decided in Copenhagen, will most likely include a much wider span of forests and forest measures. This is not always to the benefit of the forest although it is expected that new funds may become available to stop deforestation. On this topic, a seminar at Alterra in Wageningen, the Netherlands, will be held on 12 May the occasion of the appointment of Gert-Jan Nabuurs as Assistant Director at the European Forest Institute.
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=193</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 11:20:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[As logging pressures increase in Congo Basin, EU concludes deal with Republic of Congo to trade only in legal timber]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=192</link><description><![CDATA[The European Union and the Government of the Republic of Congo have announced a new agreement that for the first time establishes a system to ensure wood products exported from the Republic of Congo to the EU contain no illegally harvested timber and are derived from managed forests that benefit local communities. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=192</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 14:09:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forest policy and economics an appropriate tool for improving governance]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=191</link><description><![CDATA[EFI workshop titled “Forest Policy and Economics in support of good forest governance” held in early April in Dubrovnik, Croatia, concluded that there is a clear need for studies related to good governance. Furthermore, it was noted that forest policy and economics as subjects are an appropriate and relevant tool in enhancing good governance. Exposure of students to different working environments is important for learning about governance related social aspects, like business culture and values. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=191</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 14:24:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Development and Marketing of Non-marketed Forest Products and Services ]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=190</link><description><![CDATA[The importance of sustainable management of non-market forest goods and services is currently reflected in a number of EU policy documents. Also, EU Forest Action Plan places the valuation and compensation for non-market forest goods and services as one of its 18 key actions. A recent survey shows that taxes and subsidies are the most frequently used financing mechanisms in the EU Member States to support these and other similar strategies.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=190</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 14:06:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Collective political willingness and commitment key actors in the future of Mediterranean forests]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=188</link><description><![CDATA[The future of Mediterranean forests seems unclear because of the major environmental and social changes now and in the future. However, as the recently published article by Palahí et al. states, action can be taken to prevent further damage to the forests and to improve their image. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=188</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:56:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greece ratifies EFI Convention]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=187</link><description><![CDATA[Greece has ratified the Convention on the European Forest Institute. The Convention on EFI has now been ratified by a total of 18 European countries. 

The ratifying countries are now Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the UK.
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=187</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:50:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Biofuel Policy Harming European Biodiversity?]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=186</link><description><![CDATA[Current estimates state that transport is responsible for about 25% of the energy-related greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. While biofuels are seen as a possible means to reduce these emissions, they are under heavy discussion in terms of economic cost benefits and their environmental and social impacts.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=186</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:41:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final EFORWOOD Conference: Shape your sustainability tools - and let your tools shape you]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=185</link><description><![CDATA[The final EFORWOOD Conference will be held in Uppsala, Sweden, from 23-24 September 2009. The conference will bring together researchers, policy makers and practitioners from all over the world in discussion about Sustainability Impact Assessment of the Forest-based Sector. Around the globe, tools for analysing sustainability are being developed to help us make better choices. One of the conference focus areas will be on the EFORWOOD project main outcome, the ToSIA tool, a dynamic sustainability impact assessment model that analyses environmental, economic, and social impacts of changes in forestry-wood production chains, using a consistent and harmonised framework from the forest to the end-of-life of final products.
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=185</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:50:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manager of the European Forest Observatory of EFICENT appointed]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=184</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Aljoscha Requardt has been appointed Manager of the European Forest Observatory. The European Forest Observatory is an integral part of EFI’s Central European Regional Office, EFICENT. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=184</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:15:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New EFI Proceedings looks at Mediterranean forest ecosystems and non-timber goods and services]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=183</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=183</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:02:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News focuses on European Forests and Climate Change]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=182</link><description><![CDATA[One of the major topics in the current discussions and research is what kind of impact does climate change have in different European forest regions. The latest issue of EFI News highlights different aspects of the regional differences in vulnerability to climate change as well as adaptive capacities - providing insight into one of the most burning issues affecting European forests in the 21st century.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=182</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:24:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Central European Regional Office - EFICENT - builds new synergies in forest research]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=181</link><description><![CDATA[EFI’s regional presence was tangible at the information event of the newly established Central European Regional Office, EFICENT, held last Friday in Freiburg, Germany. Nearly 50 participants from eight countries gathered to learn about and discuss the activities of this new EFI Regional Office, which aims to increase national and trans-boundary research collaboration of forest research institutions in Central Europe. EFICENT has been initiated by Germany, France and Switzerland, but the door is very much open to any organisations or countries in the Central European region and beyond. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=181</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:11:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Head of Forest Resources and Information appointed at EFI]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=180</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Tuula Nuutinen has been appointed Head of Research Programme ‘Forest Resources and Information’ at the European Forest Institute. She will start her five-year term in the beginning of August. 
Dr. Nuutinen holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh and a M.Sc. and Lic.Sc. (For.) from the University of Joensuu. She is currently working as a Professor in Forest Planning and Director of Research and Development Programme on Forest Resource Information Systems and Forest Planning at the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla). ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=180</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:54:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joint Partnering Event for FP7 projects]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=173</link><description><![CDATA[The FTP, in collaboration with its Austrian National Support Group, EFI, EFPRO and Innovawood, will organise a so-called joint partnering event for development of projects under the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme for research and development (FP7) in Vienna, Austria on 15 May 2009.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=173</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:17:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impacts of climate change on European forests and options for adaptation]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=162</link><description><![CDATA[Climatic changes will have many and complex consequences for forests in different European bioclimatic regions. A new report published by DG Agriculture presents the results of a study into the impacts of climate change on European forests and options for adaptation.

The study identified different adaptation options for European forests. Most of them are either in use or planned to be implemented in different parts of Europe. The most important adaptation measures identified were: more research; selection of species, provenances and genotypes which are either more tolerant towards expected changes (i.e. have a broader niche) or are particularly fit for specific potential future conditions; changing tending and thinning practices; and reducing biotic and abiotic disturbance risks. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=162</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:41:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New EFI Discussion Paper looks at living with wildfires]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=161</link><description><![CDATA[Science can help in designing better strategies and policies allowing living with fire risk. The recent results of forest fires research should be available to policy and decision makers, and beyond to the whole society. The new EFI Discussion Paper " Living with Wildfires: What Science Can Tell Us " focuses on a limited number of selected key topics related to wildfires on which scientists have key messages to deliver, and which should be considered in future policy making processes.
 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=161</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:37:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Second Announcement for the International workshop: Forest Policy and Economics in Support of Good Governance]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=160</link><description><![CDATA[Registration to the international workshop on forest policy and economics in support of good governance to be held on 3-4 April 2009, in Dubrovnik, Croatia, has been extended until March 18.
The workshop aims to present recent developments and contributions of forest policy and economics research in support of good governance in forest sector of Europe and to map the linkages between capacity building and good governance. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=160</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:24:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New EFI Regional Office - EFIATLANTIC - launched!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=159</link><description><![CDATA[The EFI Regional Office EFIATLANTIC was launched in Bordeaux, France, on 23 February. EFIATLANTIC is the third EFI Regional Office to start its activities. It is based in Bordeaux, France, and it will concentrate its activities in Portugal, Atlantic Spain, Atlantic France, Ireland and the UK. The general theme of EFIATLANTIC is the sustainable management and competitive utilisation of planted forest resources. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=159</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:23:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assistant Director for EFI appointed]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=158</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Ir. Gert-Jan Nabuurs has been appointed Assistant Director of the European Forest Institute (EFI). Dr. Nabuurs will start his three-year term, with a possibility of extension, on 1 June 2009. Dr. Nabuurs (41) has a PhD in forest planning and economics and a Msc. in Forestry and Soil Sciences. He has previously worked as Teamleader of Forest Ecosystems Team and as a Senior researcher on European Forest Scenario Studies at the Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=158</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:29:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[International workshop: Forest policy and economics in support of good governance]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=157</link><description><![CDATA[Registration to an international workshop on forest policy and economics in support of good governance to be held on 3 -4 April 2009, in Dubrovnik, Croatia, is now open. The workshop aims to present recent developments and contributions of forest policy and economics research in support of good governance in forest sector of Europe and to map the linkages between capacity building and good governance.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=157</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:55:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Interactive Database on Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=156</link><description><![CDATA[The Timber and Forestry programme of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have announced the release of a new web-based resource tool designed by the international community to enable researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and the general public to access data on Europe&apos;s forests. The database is a comprehensive research tool based on the report State of Europe&apos;s Forests 2007, and includes data which have so far not been published]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=156</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:23:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Commission evaluates European Technology Platforms]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=155</link><description><![CDATA[European Technology Platforms (ETPs), public-private partnerships for the promotion of research and innovation for a specific sector (or topic), have now existed for several years. At the end of 2007, 34 of such ETPs were active. In order to evaluate the intermediate success of the ETPs as well as to provide recommendations for their future, the European Commission asked IDEA Consult to carry out an evaluation. This evaluation comprised reports and information from the ETPs themselves, as well as interviews with stakeholders and others. The Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform (FTP) actively participated in the evaluation. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=155</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:51:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interaction between water and forest " challenge to water policies and forest management]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=154</link><description><![CDATA[Incorporating results from forest hydrology studies in water policies can help avoid uncertainty and confusion caused by the current difficulties in transferring research findings to different countries and regions, varying forest types and species and diverse forest management regimes. In addition, institutional mechanisms to enhance synergies in forests and water administrations are needed at national and regional levels.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=154</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:39:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Season's Greetings!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=153</link><description><![CDATA[Thank you for your collaboration during this year! We wish you a prosperous and happy new year 2009!
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=153</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:57:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joensuu Forestry Networking Week Focuses on Fighting Climate Change: Adapting Forest Policy and Forest Management in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=151</link><description><![CDATA[The Joensuu Forestry Networking Week 2009 welcomes young scientists, professionals and stakeholders in forestry from across Europe to participate in a unique forum with the objective to imporove participants' expertise and knowledge on what could and should be the role of forestry in adapting to and mitigating climate change.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=151</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:21:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 3-2008 now available online]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=150</link><description><![CDATA[The latest issue of EFI News reflects on the EFI Annual Conference 2008 held in September. During the Conference, one of the most significant decisions in the history of EFI was made as the organisational members voted for the acceptance of four new Regional Offices for EFI across Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=150</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:11:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three high calibre posts now open at EFI]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=149</link><description><![CDATA[EFI welcomes applications to three posts of high calibre. The post of Assistant Director for Research & Development is a new post reflecting EFI's vigorous growth.  Among the core duties of Assistant Director are strengthening the coordination of and cooperation in the activities within EFI R&D Programmes, Regional Offices and Project Centres, in the line of the networking strategy of EFI.

Two posts of Heads of Programme are also opened. These posts are among key positions in the organisation. 
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=149</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:21:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proceedings from EC/FTP Workshop on Forest Governance and the Role of Forestry Research now available]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=148</link><description><![CDATA[During the European Forest Week, more communication was called for more communication on the state of forests, multifunctionality of forests and economic importance of forests. Communication was also one of the main issues discussed in the EC/FTP Workshop on Forest Governance and the Role of Forestry Research organised in May 2008. 
 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=148</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The role of forests in the water cycle]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=147</link><description><![CDATA[Water for forests or forests for water? Water is key resource for the growth of Mediterranean forests but also necessary for the development of societies. Uncertain future water availability and land use changes in the Mediterranean region make these interactions become the focus of scientific and political discussion. International experts will discuss in Barcelona these trade-offs this week.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=147</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:59:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[More communication needed on forests]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=146</link><description><![CDATA[&apos;Are foresters a bit like forest, quiet and silent?&apos; asked Poul Skytte, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Fischer Boel, when he concluded the conference on the role of forests and the forest-based sector in meeting the EU&apos;s climate commitments held last week in Brussels. A call for more communication on the state of forests, multifunctionality of forests and economic importance of forests was repeated during the conference which was held in conjunction of the European Forest Week. 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=146</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:49:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediterranean Forest Database Now Online]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=145</link><description><![CDATA[The multifunctional nature of Mediterranean forests, their high ecological value, and their contribution to the human welfare in the region are widely recognised. Today, the Mediterranean forests are appreciated not only for producing wood forest products but more importantly for the non-wood forest products and services they provide. The newly published Mediterranean Forest database includes data on the state of the forest, as well as the quantity and value of wood and non-wood forest goods and services.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=145</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:46:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI is seeking a francophone wood tracking expert for EU FLEGT Facility]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=144</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=144</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:11:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forest multifunctionality addressed from the viewpoint of economics]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=143</link><description><![CDATA[Discussions on the multifunctionality of forests have been taking place frequently over the last few years. The fact that multifunctionality is deeply embedded in the nature of forests is generally agreed on. In 2005, the International Conference "The Multifunctional Role of Forests - Policies, Methods and Case Studies" organised in Padova, Italy, addressing the multifunctional role of forests was the viewpoint of economics. The papers are now published as EFI Proceedings and are available for a free download. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=143</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:23:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four new EFI Regional Offices to be established]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=142</link><description><![CDATA[The Annual Conference of the European Forest Institute accepted last week four proposals to establish new Regional Offices of EFI in different locations across Europe. This development follows the establishment of the first EFI Regional Office EFIMED last year. The Conference cast a vote on the issue after considering the process of establishment and hearing the recommendation by the EFI Board. The approved proposals are EFIATLANTIC, EFICEE, EFICENT, EFISEE and they will be located in France, Austria, Germany and Switzerland, and Croatia.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=142</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:14:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ponsse strongly supports European forest research]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=141</link><description><![CDATA[Ponsse Plc strengthens its support to international forest research. Since 2006 the company has supported European forest researchers through scholarships awarded through the so-called Ponsse-Fund. A new Ponsse-Fund agreement for the period 2009"2013 was recently signed. Subsequently, an international call for the Ponsse PhD scholarship was opened at the EFI Annual Conference in Orvieto, Italy. The research topic should be related to the role of modern forest technologies in sustainable development and the award winning candidate will be able to work at the EFI headquarters located in Joensuu, Finland.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=141</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:24:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Groundbreaking Ghana-EU &apos;Trade and Aid&apos; Deal on Forests Guarantees Legal Timber Exports to European Market]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=140</link><description><![CDATA[The European Union and the Government of Ghana have announced a groundbreaking trade agreement that would stop imports of illegal timber into Europe from Ghana and offer European consumers a credible guarantee that Ghanaian timber products have been obtained in a manner that protects Ghana&apos;s remaining forests and benefits local forest communities. The deal is the first of a series of legally-binding bilateral agreements, known as Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs), envisioned between the EU and individual timber-producing countries. EFI FLEGT Team is actively providing technical support in the preparation, negotiation and implementation of Voluntary Partnership Agreements.
]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=140</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:55:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Policy Brief 2: "Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade " the European Union approach- now available online]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=139</link><description><![CDATA[Illegal logging and its environmental effects as well as its impacts on people, such as the fuelling of corruption and exacerbation of poverty, are among the reasons why the European Commission published the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan in 2003. The Action Plan sets out different measures available to the European Union and its Member States to tackle illegal logging. 

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=139</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:52:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Annual Conference focuses on the adaptation of forest landscape to environmental changes]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=138</link><description><![CDATA[This year, the scientific seminar of the EFI Annual Conference focuses on sharing knowledge on trees and forests for conservation, ecological restoration, energy and raw material sustainability. It will also seek answers to how to use forestry in managing environmental changes. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=138</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:34:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Commission: Impact of globalisation on forestry mainly indirect]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=137</link><description><![CDATA[According to a recent report by the European Commission, the impact of globalisation on forestry is mainly indirect. The relation between forestry and globalisation cannot be fully understood without taking into consideration forest-based industries, which drive, to a large extent, the demand for forest raw materials.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=137</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:03:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 2-2008 focuses on the EU Forest Action Plan]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=136</link><description><![CDATA[In this issue, EFI News explores the different views on EU Forest Action Plan. Five EU-level actors present their views on the implementation of and future challenges for the FAP, reflecting their organizations&apos; specific interests and the most relevant Key Action(s) to their work.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=136</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:47:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The forest sector heads for the future " but can we imagine the possible?]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=135</link><description><![CDATA[Projections of the future are nothing new in the forest sector where trends and scenarios are used e.g. for analysing forest resources and market developments. In addition to this, in the field of science, technology and innovation foresight methodologies are in use for defining research priorities and allocating resources. Corporate foresight exercises orientate business towards the future developments. Policy and strategy formulations aim at towards preferred future. These activities are ongoing in several levels in and in relation to the forest sector. They are performed in and by different kinds of organisations and with varying geographical and thematic scopes.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=135</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:11:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy framework for halting biodiversity loss largely in place " European forests in the midst of struggle]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=134</link><description><![CDATA[Despite political commitment, Europe is struggling to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010. Forests cover roughly a third of the European land area and they are a vital host to much of the biological diversity in Europe. Any initiative designed to halt the biodiversity loss in Europe must consequently take forests into account.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=134</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 12:56:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[European forest sector adapting to climate change]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=133</link><description><![CDATA[European Forest Institute is currently conducting a "Study on impacts of climate change of European forests and options for adaptation-. The study has moved to its second phase, and in that context EFI is now collecting information on existing and planned adaptive strategies against climate change in forestry in the EU-27 Member States. A questionnaire was distributed earlier this month to the responsible Ministries of all EU 27 Member States and national and regional forest research institutions which are associate members of EFI to get up-to-date information about ongoing research in this field.

The study team welcomes information about national or regional reports describing options for adaptation from the EU-27 Member States.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=133</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 14:34:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joint Partnering Event for FP7 Projects]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=132</link><description><![CDATA[To prepare for the upcoming calls under the 7th Framework Programme (FP7), a European information and partnering event will be organised on 19 June 2008 at Munich Airport, Germany. The event has as its aim to facilitate transnational R&D collaboration between industry and science in the forest-based sector value chains. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=132</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:24:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comprehensive set of information on the international forest sector " are we there yet?]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=131</link><description><![CDATA[A recent study carried out at the European Forest Institute shows that while some international forest sector information is good, accessible and meets user demand, in some cases the analysis and accessibility do not satisfy user demand. There are also areas where the basic data are difficult to locate or are missing.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=131</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:30:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTP organises information and partnering event for next FP7 calls for proposals]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=128</link><description><![CDATA[Launch of the 3rd calls for proposals for collaborative research to be funded under the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) is expected during the second part of 2008. Two thematic priorities in particular, namely Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology and Environment (including Climate Change), are expected to be published at the end of July. Based on preliminary information about the tentative content of the calls, both thematic priorities will provide a number of topics addressing forestry, forest management, climate change, wood raw material properties, life cycle analysis, sustainable materials and buildings, as well as biorefinery/biofuels.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=128</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:13:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foundation for European Forest Research offers PhD Grant 2008]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=125</link><description><![CDATA[The Foundation for European Forest Research offers a PhD research grant and welcomes the successful candidate to do research at the European Forest Institute (EFI) in Joensuu, Finland. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=125</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:15:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protection of biodiversity or more wood for bio-energy?]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=124</link><description><![CDATA[As the EU promotes renewable energy with clear targets for 2020 and the wood markets show increasing demand of raw material, the present political discussions are focussing on availability and mobilization of wood in Europe. On the other hand, policies are being developed to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010 and beyond. Protecting biological and landscape diversity has resulted in various protection regimes across Europe, which affect the economic exploitation of forests. But to what extent do currently protected forests limit the potential wood supply?]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=124</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:53:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Combating forest dieback in the European Union]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=123</link><description><![CDATA[Forest damages cause significant economic and ecological losses in the EU Member States every year. A newly published feasibility study looks at the causes of forest dieback and, furthermore, the effectiveness EU legislations and instruments to prevent, mitigate and control it.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=123</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:45:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forest education builds bridges between people in the Balkans]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=122</link><description><![CDATA[Last week, over 20 students from Albania, Serbia and four other Western Balkans countries participate in an international forest policy course in Belgrade, Serbia. The course is part of a larger master&apos;s degree programme focusing on forest policy and economics which is implemented by the Faculty of Forestry in Belgrade in cooperation with the respective faculties from Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=122</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:45:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 1-2008 focuses on the Cultural Dimensions of Forestry]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=121</link><description><![CDATA[The latest issue of  EFI News focuses on the cultural dimensions of forestry with a set of articles on forestry and forests in relation to art, hunting, ethics and woodland cultures. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=121</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:31:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTPC5 - The 5th Forest-based Sector Technology Platform Conference]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=120</link><description><![CDATA[The 5th FTP conference will be held on 19-21 May 2008 in Slovenia, holding the presidency of the European Union during the first half of 2008. The venue will be the beautifully situated alpine town of Kranjska Gora. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=120</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:52:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven EFI Regional Offices proposed]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=118</link><description><![CDATA[Seven new Regional Offices have been proposed to EFI network. &apos;The number of proposals exceeded our expectations,&apos; says Risto PÃ¤ivinen, Director of EFI.

After the establishment of its first Regional Office in Barcelona, Spain, the EFI invited its Member organisations to come up with proposals for other Regional Offices in Europe. As a result, seven letters of intent were submitted to EFI from all corners of Europe: Austria, Croatia, France, Poland, Russia and two consisting of group of institutes in neighbouring countries, one in Central Europe and another one in the Nordic countries.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=118</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:31:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New EFI Research Report: Towards a European Forest Information System]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=115</link><description><![CDATA[Over the past two decades various European forest information projects have had the vision to build a European forest information system, in which existing data can be identified and made available to a community of users. One of these projects was the Network for a European Forest Information Service (NEFIS), which ran from 2003 to 2005. The latest EFI Research Report presents the NEFIS results.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=115</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:08:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bulgarian State Forestry Agency looks for increased international co-operation]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=114</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=114</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:52:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy makers in forestry rely on personal contacts]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=113</link><description><![CDATA[There is no common EU forest policy. In order to safeguard its interests, the forest sector in Europe need to communicate effectively with EU level policy makers and representatives of other sectors and stakeholder groups. 


A doctoral dissertation &apos;Communication in forest policy decision-making in Europe: a study on communication processes between policy, science and the public&apos; by Gerben Janse indicates that personal communication with peers is the most important source of information for forest policy-makers.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=113</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:38:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pan-European call for international research projects on biodiversity]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=112</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=112</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:24:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[17 ratifications on the EFI Convention]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=111</link><description><![CDATA[The UK has ratified the Convention on the European Forest Institute soon after the ratification by the Netherlands. The Convention on EFI has now been ratified by a total of 17 European countries. The Convention enters into force in the UK on 7 January 2008.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=111</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:56:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 3-2007 now available online]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=110</link><description><![CDATA[The latest issue of EFI News reports on the discussions and conclusions of the EFI Annual Conference 2007 held in September. Other topics include an inside view into the new EUROFOREST portal as well as the impacts and expectations of the Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform (FTP) on the Russian forest sector.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=110</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:42:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[16th Ratification on the EFI Convention]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=109</link><description><![CDATA[The Netherlands has ratified the Convention on the European Forest Institute. It is the 16th ratifying country of the Convention. The Convention enters into force in the Netherlands on 7 January 2008.

The ratifying countries are now: 
Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.

]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=109</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:51:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI launches new website!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=108</link><description><![CDATA[Welcome to our new website! This new web-site has an improved structure and a more up-to-date design. Some of the most popular sections, such as databases and publications, or news and events, have been grouped together and have now more prominence. Also the new structures of the institute, including Regional Offices, are better woven into the website. ]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=108</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI is seeking a Forest Governance and Timber Trade Expert for the EFI Action]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=103</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=103</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:55:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Policy Brief: Towards more responsive forest governance]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=104</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=104</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:02:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call for Expressions of Interest for establishing EFI Regional Offices]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=102</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=102</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:09:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first EFIMED annual seminar looks at Mediterranean forest ecosystems for non-timber goods and services]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=101</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=101</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:06:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pan-European region: environmental challenges]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=100</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=100</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:03:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EUROFOREST Portal launched!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=99</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=99</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:02:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Annual Conference goes for Regional Offices]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=98</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=98</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:00:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI statement on research related to GM trees]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=97</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=97</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:57:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI is seeking FLEGT Key Experts for the EU FLEGT Action coordinated by EFI]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=96</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=96</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:56:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientific Congress Examines Role of Forests in Rural Development]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=95</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=95</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:54:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The First EFI Regional Office Established]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=94</link><description><![CDATA[The First EFI Regional Office Established]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=94</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:05:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI supports EU in combating illegal loggings and trade]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=93</link><description><![CDATA[EFI supports EU in combating illegal loggings and trade]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=93</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:01:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Annual Report 2006 now available]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=92</link><description><![CDATA[EFI Annual Report 2006 now available]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=92</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:48:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 2-2007 focuses on Mediterranean forests]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=91</link><description><![CDATA[EFI News 2-2007 focuses on Mediterranean forests]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=91</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:42:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Download the new brochure of Forest-based Technology Platform (FTP) here.]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=90</link><description><![CDATA[Download the new brochure of Forest-based Technology Platform (FTP) here.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=90</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:36:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latvia ratifies EFI Convention]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=89</link><description><![CDATA[Latvia ratifies EFI Convention]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=89</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:34:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prescribed burning to mitigate CO2 emissions?]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=88</link><description><![CDATA[Prescribed burning can be used to prevent forest fires but it also has potential to reduce CO2 emissions from these fires. It can therefore be a "mitigation technique" within the framework of the Kyoto Protocol but will only make a significant contribution in those countries where forest fires are common.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=88</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 09:32:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joint EFI-EFPRO-Innovawood workshop on initial FP7 experiences held]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=87</link><description><![CDATA[The three main international research organisations in the forest-based sector, European Forest Institute (EFI), Innovawood and the Association of European Fibre and Paper Research Organisations (EFPRO), intend to strengthen their collaboration. One recent outcome of this was a joint workshop for exchanging initial experiences with proposal preparation and submission under the first calls of the 7th Framework Programme (FP7).]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=87</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 09:29:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking for ways to set up associations for private forest owners in the Western Balkan countries]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=16</link><description><![CDATA[The European Forest Institute will assess preconditions for establishing self-supporting interest associations of private forest owners in the Western Balkan region.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=16</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 12:44:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Finnish Prime-minister Esko Aho Speaks on Lead Markets for Forest-based Sector]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=86</link><description><![CDATA[Former Finnish Prime-minister Esko Aho Speaks on Lead Markets for Forest-based Sector]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=86</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 09:20:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joint Workshop for the exchange of experiences in preparation and submission of proposals of 7th Framework Programme]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=15</link><description><![CDATA[EFI, EFPRO and INNOVAWOOD are arranging a joint workshop to exchange experiences that coordinators and partners from our sector gathered in preparing and submitting proposals to the first call.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=15</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:41:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking for ways to set up associations for private forest owners in the Western Balkan countries]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=19</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=19</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:08:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protected Forest Areas in Europe Need Harmonisation]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=17</link><description><![CDATA[The COST Action E27 "Protected forest areas " analysis and harmonisation- has given its attention to the provision of better understanding the diversity of national and international distinctions of protected forest areas in Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=17</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:45:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commissioner Fischer Boel inaugurates the European Forestry House]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=20</link><description><![CDATA[In a festive atmosphere the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel ceremonially opened the newly established European Forestry House by pointing out the great potential of such a house help emphasise the importance of forestry for Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=20</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:11:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Storm "Kyrill- and its Effect on European Forests]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=8</link><description><![CDATA[The storm of the 17th to 18th January 2007 brought much destruction to the lives of northern Europeans. It came from the North Sea, making a first landfall over Britain late on the 17th, then passed through all of Germany before heading towards Poland and into the Baltic states. As it passed, wind-speeds of up to 212 km/h were recorded in the KrkonoÅ¡e Mountains on the Czech / Polish border. These wind speeds reduced as the storm passed over Poland, and finally blew itself out over Russia. Initially, there were few official figures of the timber losses experienced across Europe as a result of the storm. Thanks to the extensive network available, an exercise was initiated between the EFI Headquarters and the EFI Project Centre &apos;ConForest&apos; (http://www.conforest.uni-freiburg.de/) to characterise the storm effects in each affected country.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=8</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:48:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open posts in 'Support to FLEGT' Action at EFI]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=21</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=21</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:14:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bioenergy resource potential is in forest residues]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=22</link><description><![CDATA[European countries are looking for alternatives to fossil fuels and gas. Biomass has potential to be an important source of bioâ€‘energy in the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=22</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:16:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Programme Manager appointed]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=23</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Anne Toppinen has been appointed Programme Manager for Forest Products Markets and Socio-economics at the European Forest Institute.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=23</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:18:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 1"2007 now available with a main theme &apos;Our changing world&apos;]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=24</link><description><![CDATA[The main theme of the latest issue of EFI News is &apos;Our changing world&apos;. Among the issues featured in this issue are forest management, forestry education as well as trade and policy aspects in the changing world. The guest editor of this issue is Prof.Dr. Frits Mohren from the Wageningen University, the Netherlands.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=24</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:19:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[From vision into action: EFI invests in organisational development]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=25</link><description><![CDATA[People are EFI&apos;s most important capacity. This is, indeed, the case in all organisations where the "production- is based on intellectual work and co-operation. The capabilities and motivation of the staff, as well as leadership skills are instrumental in achieving the organisation&apos;s goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=25</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:21:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The European Union combats illegal logging]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=26</link><description><![CDATA[The actual implementation of the European Commission&apos;s Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) is starting under a new 4-years partnership agreement with the European Forest Institute.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=26</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:30:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFISCEN inventory database redesigned and launched]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=28</link><description><![CDATA[This publicly available database has been redesigned and updated, and includes data (age class distribution, volume and increment per tree species at the sub-national or national level) for 31 European countries.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=28</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:33:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ponsse Fund Grants for 2007: deadline 15 February]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=27</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=27</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:30:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Application for International Master&apos;s Programme (Msc) in Forest Policy and Economics ends 30 November 2006]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=29</link><description><![CDATA[In the context of the EFI project on Forest Policy and Economics Education and Research (FOPER), a new International Master&apos;s Programme has been launched. The teaching will start in March 2007 in the Faculty of Forestry, University of Sarajevo and will later continue in Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=29</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 13:37:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communication between forest scientists and policy-makers assessed]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=30</link><description><![CDATA[A European-wide survey on both sides of the science-policy interface stresses the importance of relevant means of communication between scientists and policy-makers.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=30</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:38:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 2-2006 now available!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=31</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=31</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:39:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkey Becomes the 12th Ratifying Country of EFI Convention]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=32</link><description><![CDATA[Turkey ratified the EFI Convention on 3 October, thus being the 12th ratifying country of the Convention. The Convention enters into force in Turkey 60 days after the ratification date.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=32</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:41:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain and Catalonia become new donors of EFI]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=33</link><description><![CDATA[The EFI Annual Conference in Netherlands on 14 September supported the establishment of the first Regional Office of EFI in Barcelona, Spain, later this year.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=33</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:42:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nominations in EFI]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=34</link><description><![CDATA[After an exciting vote at the EFI Annual Conference, Professor Jim Lynch from the Forestry Commission, UK, has been elected to the EFI Board. He starts his 3-year term immediately replacing the FranÃ§ois Houllier, who served altogeteher five years in the Board.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=34</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:43:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new Master&apos;s Program on Forest Policy and Economics for the Balkan Region]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=35</link><description><![CDATA[A unique Master&apos;s Program on Forest Policy and Economics for the Balkan region of South-Eastern Europe has been delineated at the European Forest Institute. The EFI Forest Policy and Economics Education and Research-team (FOPER) has done ground breaking work with representatives of several universities throughout the Balkans.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=35</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:44:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Management has a key role in the survival of SMEs in woodworking industry]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=36</link><description><![CDATA[The competitive landscape of woodworking industries is in a state of change. Increasing global competition, accelÂ­erating technological development and escalating customer expectations are creating a turbulent environment for small- and medium-size companies (less than 250 employees). Are SMEs able to react to this changing and competitive landscape?]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=36</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:45:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The EFI Annual Report 2005 available]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=37</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=37</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:46:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leader and Researcher Appointed for European Forest Information Portal]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=38</link><description><![CDATA[EFI will develop a user-friendly web portal on European forests. The European Forest Information Portal (EURO-FOREST Portal) will meet demands for better access to state-of-the-art information on European forests and forestry in an easily accessible and user-friendly form.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=38</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:50:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Contact Information]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=39</link><description><![CDATA[The EFI website url, email-addresses and phone numbers will change on 20 June 2006.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=39</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:51:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The European Parliament supports 7th framework research programme]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=40</link><description><![CDATA[null]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=40</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:52:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forest bioenergy technology for Central and East Europe]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=41</link><description><![CDATA[Marcin Pisarek, a bioenergy researcher from Poland, has been awarded the first Ponsse Award of 16 000 euro for his research on the transfer of forest bioenergy-supply technology to Central and East European countries.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=41</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:53:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 1-2006 now available online]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=42</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=42</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 13:55:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acceptance for the new Master Program from regional stakeholders in the Western Balkans]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=43</link><description><![CDATA[A diverse group of forest and education sector stakeholders gathered on May 23rd and 24th in Supetar, Croatia to discuss the International Master Program on forest policy and economics which will be offered by six faculties of forestry in the Western Balkans region.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=43</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 13:57:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy-makers, scientists and forest owners in search for innovations in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=44</link><description><![CDATA[Boarder-crossing dialogue, communication, co-operation and partnership between governmental and private organisations and various stakeholder groups are key actions in fostering innovative investments in support of rural development.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=44</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:58:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antoine Kremer awarded the 2006 Wallenberg Prize]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=45</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Antoine Kremer has been awarded the 2006 Marcus Wallenberg prize for his pathbreaking discovery of the evolution, organization and distribution of the genetic diversity of Pan-European oaks.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=45</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:59:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Collaboration in forest education strengthened in the Western-Balkans]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=46</link><description><![CDATA[Nine forest research organisations in the Western-Balkan region have signed a historical Memorandum of Understanding as the first step of setting up an international education programmes on forest policy and economics in the region.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=46</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:01:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Strategic Research Agenda of the Forest-based Sector Technology Platform published]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=47</link><description><![CDATA[The Strategic Research Agenda of the Forest-based Sector Technology Platform has been published. Its writing process took almost a year and consultation of over 700 proposals from the forest sector, ranging from forest management to paper & packaging and from building with wood to forest energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=47</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:01:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI signed Host Country Agreement with Finland]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=48</link><description><![CDATA[The European Forest Institute and the Government of Finland signed a Host Country Agreement on 22 December 2005. The Agreement was signed by Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland, Juha Korkeaoja, and FranÃ§ois Houllier, Chairman of EFI Board, and Risto PÃ¤ivinen, Director of EFI.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=48</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:03:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The EU Commission's report on knowledge-based bioeconomy paves the way to 7th Framework Programme]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=49</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=49</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:04:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 3-2005 now available!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=50</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=50</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:08:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research Scholarships for EFI Members in 2006]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=51</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=51</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:09:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playing a vital role in tomorrow's Europe: the forest-based sector promotes innovation and sustainability]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=52</link><description><![CDATA[The Forest-Based sector will today meet at European level and look to innovation and the challenges of a sustainable society to map its role in the 21st century. A two-day forum in Stockholm, "Innovative and sustainable use of forest resources: Research Forum 2005-, supported by the European Commission and attended by the Swedish Prime minister, Goran Persson, will for the first time bring together the sector, the research community and the political system to set out how this can be achieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=52</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 14:12:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illegal logging in Russia distorts roundwood markets in Russia and in the EU]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=54</link><description><![CDATA[Illegal logging in the Russian Federation does not only distort Russian roundwood markets, but also those in EU member states. A recent study by the European Forest Institute found out that illegal logging activities could be decreasing the current market prices of roundwood " from legal as well as illegal sources " 5"10% in both Russian and EU markets and thus reducing the income possibilities for forest owners, and logging and transport operators.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=54</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:18:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 2-2005 available on-line]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=53</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=53</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:16:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Europe, Mediterranean and mountain regions are most vulnerable to environmental change]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=55</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=55</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:20:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New publication: Towards the Sustainable Use of Europe's Forests - Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Research: Scientific Challenges and Opportunities]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=79</link><description><![CDATA[European forest management has developed since the early 19th century, particularly in terms of the protection of forests and sustainable wood production. The last decades have, however, dramatically changed the prerequisites for forest management in Europe, mainly due to the observed and anticipated environmental changes, and a changing socio-economic context.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=79</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:43:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Publications in EFI Series]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=56</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=56</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:25:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discussion Forum: Research on Genetic Manipulation of Trees]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=57</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=57</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:39:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Post: Programmer/Developer for "EFORWOOD"]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=58</link><description><![CDATA[European Forest Institute is the premier forest research network in Europe undertaking forest research at the pan-European level.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=58</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:40:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Annual Conferences: Welcome to International Organisation of EFI]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=60</link><description><![CDATA[The Annual Conference of EFI Association gathered on 8 September in Barcelona, Spain. This was the time for EFI members to decide on the transfer of activities from EFI Association to EFI established by Convention. Among the items were also strategic issues of EFI partner policy, vision for EFI, 7th Framework Programme and Forest research as well as genetic manipulation of trees.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=60</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:45:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New EFI Board Nominated and Director Appointed]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=59</link><description><![CDATA[The Annual Conference of the European Forest Institute elected four members to the Board of EFI on 8 September. On 5 September, the Council of the EFI, representing the ratifying countries of the EFI Convention, elected four members to the Board as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=59</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:44:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Council Meeting: A New International Forest Research Organisation is Established in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=62</link><description><![CDATA[null]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=62</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:52:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strategic Research Agenda Discussed in Barcelona]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=61</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=61</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:49:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eight countries have ratified EFI Convention]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=63</link><description><![CDATA[A new high-level organisation serving European forest research will be established on 4 September when European Forest Institute changes its legal status from that of Finnish association to one of international organisation established by European countries.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=63</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 14:53:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 1-2005 available on-line]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=64</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=64</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:54:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Annual Report 2004 Now Available]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=65</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=65</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:55:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ponsse Invests in Forest Research]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=66</link><description><![CDATA[Ponsse Oyj invests in increasing the interest in European countries in research and innovations contributing to the role of modern technologies in sustainable development by establishing a special fund. The Ponsse Fund awards mainly scholarships for PhD or post-doctoral studies at the European Forest Institute (EFI).]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=66</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2005 15:10:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Financing of Forestry in Europe: is the money well spent?]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=67</link><description><![CDATA[The effectiveness, economic efficiency and equity aspects of forestry funding mechanisms in Europe were assessed by EFI coordinated EFFE project. The results provide information for designing new public programmes and contribute to the development of related evaluation tools.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=67</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2005 15:19:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forest Landscape Restoration in Central and Northern Europe]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=68</link><description><![CDATA[The concept of forest landscape restoration is not a new idea. It builds on a number of existing rural development, conservation and natural resource management principles and approaches, bringing them together to restore multiple forest functions to degraded landscapes.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=68</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 15:20:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forest Based Sector and Plant Technology Platforms well under way]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=69</link><description><![CDATA[The Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform (TP) was launched in Brussels on 15 February 2005. The platform outlines a high-level strategy, focusing on innovation and research that will drive the forest based sector forward throughout the 21st century. By 2030, the forest based sector aims to be a key contributor to a sustainable Europe, operating a competitive, innovative and knowledge-based industry, fostering extended use of renewable forest resources.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=69</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:22:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany ratified the Convention on European Forest Institute]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=70</link><description><![CDATA[Germany has ratified the Convention on European Forest Institute. By now six countries have ratified the Convention: Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Croatia and Finland. Consequently international forest research will soon be closer to the national agendas, as countries commit themselves to the activities of EFI.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=70</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:29:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI&apos;s new web-site launched!]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=71</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=71</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2005 15:29:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fergal Mulloy awarded Irish Centenary Lifetime Achievement Award]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=72</link><description><![CDATA[EFI&apos;s previous Chairman of the Board, Fergal Mulloy, has been awarded a Centenary Lifetime Achievement Award, inaugurated in celebration of 100 years of Irish forestry. The once off award, was presented by Minister of State at the Department of Food and Agriculture, John Browne at a ceremony in Dublin on 9 December 2004.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=72</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:30:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweden joins the ratifying countries of the Convention on European Forest Institute]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=73</link><description><![CDATA[Sweden has ratified the Convention on European Forest Institute. International forest research will soon be closer to the national agendas, as countries commit themselves to the activities of EFI.  By now five countries have ratified the Convention: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Croatia and Finland.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=73</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:31:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Post: Director of EFI]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=74</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=74</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:32:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[LÃ©gion d'Honneur to Yves Birot]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=75</link><description><![CDATA[By decree dated 9 April, 2004, the President of the French Republic has awarded Yves Birot Â« Chevalier Â» in the National Order of the Â« LÃ©gion d&apos;Honneur Â» (an Order created by NapolÃ©on). The investiture ceremony took place at INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research) headquarters in Paris on 2 December 2004. Mrs Marion Guillou, President Executive of INRA, conferred the medal on him.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=75</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2004 15:34:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Towards sustainability through education in the Western-Balkan forest sector]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=76</link><description><![CDATA[International training and education in forest policy and economics will be strengthened in the Western Balkans with a project coordinated by European Forest Institute. The aim is to promote sustainable development and sustainable use of forests in the region by enhancing the capacity for modern forest policy and economics in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic) and Albania.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=76</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:36:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI to represent forest research on the Advisory Group on Forestry and Cork for the Standing Forestry Committee]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=77</link><description><![CDATA[Director of the European Forest Institute, Risto Päivinen, has been nominated a member to the Advisory Group on Forestry and Cork of the Standing Forestry Committee of the European Commission. His deputy is Margarida TomÃ© from Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=77</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:38:00 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New publication: Forest Research Crossing Borders]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=78</link><description><![CDATA[The world changes and forest research with it. Issues such as global change, sustainable development and efforts and requirements for sustainable forest management alter the needs of forest research.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=78</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:40:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[President of Finland visits EFI: EFI prospects and Russian forestry sector discussed]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=80</link><description><![CDATA[President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, visited the European Forest Institute with her husband, Dr Pentti ArajÃ¤rvi, and a group of other decision makers. During the visit the President got to hear about the Institute&apos;s development into the leading forest research network in Europe. Director Risto PÃ¤ivinen also briefed the President about the latest news on the change of status of the Institute.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=80</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2004 15:44:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[International Symposium on the Evaluation of Forest Policies and Programmes]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=81</link><description><![CDATA[As a consequence from the international dialogue on forests, many discussions have been taking place during the past 10 years about the need for re-formulating forest policies and programmes. A new concept of National Forest Programme has been introduced, and very much discussed in the framework of the Ministerial Conference for the Protection of the Forest in Europe (MCPFE).]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=81</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:46:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI Annual Report 2003 available on-line]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=83</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=83</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:49:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFI News 1-2004 available on-line]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=82</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=82</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:47:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four countries have ratified the Convention on European Forest Institute]]></title><link>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=84</link><description><![CDATA[Internationalisation of EFI moves forward. A total of four countries have ratified the Convention on European Forest Institute. Norway and Denmark were the first ones to ratify the Convention, followed by Croatia and Finland.]]></description><guid>http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/press_releases/?id=84</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2004 15:52:00 +0300</pubDate></item></channel></rss>





