Further news 2023 - 2014

On 08/19/2021, Paola Pozo, Fernando Gordillo and Jörg Schweinle, together with FAO and the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay, hosted a webinar on "Sustainable Bioeconomy in Uruguay".

Project brief 2021/23a · Dominik Jochem

There are numerous indications of data gaps and errors in the international database of the FAO regarding figures on the production and trade of wood and paper products. In particular, we have investigated inconsistencies in the data on recovered pulp production and developed a solution to…

Project brief 2021/19a · Matthias Bösch

Our preliminary calculations for 2020 show that logging increased by 9% to 86.1 million m³ (derb wood without bark) compared to 2019 due to calamity. Softwood felling increased by 15% to 67.7 million m³ compared to the previous year, while hardwood felling decreased by 1.8% to 18.4 million m³.

Richard Fischer and Jörg Schweinle explain the current international forest policy mix with a specific focus on forest certification.

Since the beginning of May, Ms. Emilin Joma da Silva supports our team as a scientist in the field of "Forests and society".

IIlegal logging is a global problem that can result in serious negative environmental, social, and economic impacts, such as deforestation, degradation of biodiversity, and loss of government revenues. Despite recent international efforts to combat illegal logging, the problem remains widespread.

Project brief 2021/14 · Moses Kazungu et al.

In the middle of March, Christian Morland joined again our working group “Forest Products Markets” as scientific assistant.