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The first main meeting for the currently launched COST Action CA22155 PoTaRCh (charcoal, resin, tar, potash) took place in Prague from 5-7 March 2024.

Fungal and bacterial communities are obviously influenced by different environmental factors - New joint publication from the Thünen Institutes of Wood Research and Biodiversity.

The 9th edition of the GD-Holz flooring seminar was held on 22 February in successful cooperation with the Thünen Institute of Wood Research.

The Thünen Centre of Competence on the Origin of Timber has achieved a significant milestone. Since its establishment in March 2013, over 10,000 test orders for the anatomical identification of internationally traded timber and wood products have been processed.

We were happy to present our project as part of the online seminar on "Tree stem and wood species identification using AI".

New results on Lignoloc wood nails and the influence of chip geometry and adhesive quantity on chipboard properties were presented in Dresden.

Interdisciplinary team of scientists from the fields of wood anatomy, genetics and plant breeding discover clues to the characteristic wood feature.

District group meeting of VPM and Zellcheming on the topic of "Alternative fiber sources for paper production" at the Thünen Institute with a varied lecture program.

Enhanced service life prediction with the help of remote sensing

A new video report by the Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) shows how sustainable and efficient wood use can succeed and how it contributes to climate protection

WELT am Sonntag spoke with colleagues at the institute about their research on alternative roundwood treatment for export

Climate change in the forest - the TAZ reports. Against the background of the effects of drought and heat on forests in Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, forestry and timber experts discuss various approaches to adapting forests to the changed conditions.

Young researchers presenting their work on the scientific seminar dedicated to the circular economy at Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH in St Veit an der Glan.

Wood from hemp, bamboo, palm - an alternative to tree wood? Andreas Krause discusses this question in the programme "Echtzeit" on Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

In the course of the KIDA project, a symposium took place at which we were able to present our project KI_Wood-ID.

From September 11 to 15, the Thünen Institute and project partners presented the recently completed underwater drilling resistance measuring device in the diving container in Hall 7

In cooperation with the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the Thünen Institute for Wood Research organised an international workshop on the identification of CITES-protected woods from 14 to 15 September.

On 08/25/2023, an article titled " Together for the Treasure of the Forest" was published in the Holz-Zentralblatt. The article was written in the last weeks by an international group of participants of the IUFRO Division 5th Conference in Cairns, Australia.

From July 3 to 7, the ISWFPC, the important international conference on wood chemistry, was held at Ca' Foscari University in Venice. Results from research projects of the Thünen Institute of Wood Research were presented.

Promising results from the last 15 years of testing