COP28 announcement pushes for more timber in construction and more sustainable forestry
Dubai – UAE, 6 December 2023 The International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (ISFC), applauds the announcement made today at COP28 supporting the need to substantially increase the use of timber in construction as a vital decarbonisation strategy. The announcement was made at COP Presidency event under the auspices of the Forests and Climate Leaders Partnership (FCLP) […]
Dasos Capital Oy:n rahastojen omistama Finsilva Oyj on saanut positiivisen arvion harvennushakkuiden korjuujäljestä
Viime kesän Tapion teettämässä riippumattomassa tarkastuksessa havaittiin, että korjuun laatukriteerit täyttyivät hyvin, harvennusvoimakkuus oli suositusten mukainen, ja korjuuvaurioiden määrä oli vähäinen. Luonnonhoito oli huomioitu pääasiassa hyvin, ja korjuukohteiden valinta oli taloudellisesti järkevää. Arvioinnissa oli mukana 41 satunnaisotannalla valittua Finsilvan harvennettua metsikkökuviota Tampereen, Jyväskylän ja Viitasaaren alueilta. Finsilva Oyj omistaa 130 000 hehtaaria metsää ja on […]
Epäsuora metsäsijoittaminen yleistyy: laajat subventiot ja verohyödyt selittävät yhteismetsien räjähtää kasvua sijoitusinstrumenttina
Yhteismetsien lukumäärä on kasvanut yli kolminkertaiseksi vuoteen 2010 verrattuna. Kehityksen taustalla voidaan todeta huomattavia vero- ja tukikannustimia. Yhteismetsät palvelevat tyypillisesti ei-ammattimaisia sijoittajia. Vuonna 2022 yhteismetsien lukumäärä Suomessa oli 600. Yhteismetsien koko vaihtelee tyypillisesti tuhansien ja kymmenien tuhansien hehtaarien välillä sijaiten eri puolilla maata. Vuodesta 2010 lähtien yhteismetsien kokonaispinta-ala on laajentunut yli 200 000 hehtaarilla, edustaen historiallisestikin […]
First LVL mill opened in Lithuania
Eastern European wood industry company VMG Group has opened a new LVL and I-joist factory in Lithuania during Q3 2023. The new plant has the annual capacity of 120,000 m3 of LVL and 15 million metres of I-joists. The industrial site in Akmene, Lithuania, already has a particleboard line that can produce 200,000 m3 of […]
France investment potential EUR 10 billion in forests and climate change adaptation
In France, climate change is affecting forest areas and impacts will grow as climate warming intensifies. Forests produce vital ecosystem services that slow down the climate change, and thus the production needs to be secured while new investments are needed to adapt the forests for future climate. Wood production to decarbonise the economy and produce […]
New rare earth minerals have been found for the first time in Finland
Two new earth minerals, kukharenkoite and cordylite, have been found in Sokli in the proximity of forest properties held by Dasos funds, being the world largest carbonatite deposit. This is the first time that these minerals have been discovered in Finland. The found minerals are needed, for example, in wind turbines and batteries of electric […]
UK Woodland Carbon Code
While the whole of Britain was initially covered by dense forests, population growth, industrialisation and economic development gradually reduced woodland cover primarily through conversion into agriculture land. By the First and Second World Wars, the forest cover was reduced to only about 5% of the land area or just 1 million hectares. In 1919 the […]
Kemi Bioproduct Mill Starts
Metsä Group has started the new Kemi bioproduct and paperboard mill on 20 September 2023. This is the largest investment of the forest industry in Finland and has a significant impact on wood demand. The bioproduct mill will use 7.6 million cubic metres of wood per year, 4.5 million cubic metres more than the old […]
EUR 1.3 billion new forestry supports in Ireland
Forest cover in Ireland is only 11%, which clearly below EU27 average of 38%. Ireland aims at increasing afforestation rate from current 2,000 ha per annum to 8,000 ha per annum by launching EUR 1.3 billion forestry support programme. The programme has been recently approved by the European Commission and it removes bottlenecks especially in […]
Vilnius Combined Heat and Power Plant will increase significantly the biomass consumption in Lithuania
Vilnius Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP) biofuel unit started in June 2023. Vilnius CHP is one of the most modern combined heat and power plant in Europe. The annual production capacity of electricity is about 100 MW, whereas thermal capacity 240 MW. The annual consumption of biomass with a full capacity will be 0.5 […]
