Further news 2023 - 2014

Emilin Joma da Silva successfully defended her doctoral thesis on 10. February 2023.

Project brief 2023/15a | Paola Pozo Inofuentes

Project brief 2023/03a | Fernando Gordillo

Matthias Dieter from Thünen Institute of Forestry has been part of the handover delegation.

Project brief 2023/16a | Matthias Bösch

Policy mixes are formally mostly coherent and consitently designed.

New publication of a systematic evidence and gap map

Globally, timber trade flows have increased in recent years. While value is generally added along the entire value chain, certain environmental impacts, such as deforestation and forest degradation, are intrinsically linked to the origin of the roundwood.

From November 29th until December 2nd, 2022, the international conference of the Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics (SSFE) took place in Umeå. The thematic focuses of this year’s conference lied on forest ecosystem services and the impact assessment of changes in climate and socio-economics.

Forest certification has become a strategic tool for companies to secure access to sensitive environmental markets and pursue sustainability commitments. This trend is also visible in Spain, where PEFC certification has increased by 91% in the last five years.