Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania agree to synchronise their electricity grids with the European grid by early 2025
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have agreed to accelerate the integration of their electricity grids with the Continental Europe network (CEN) and their disconnection from Russia and Belarus. The deadline for synchronization is February 2025. The full integration of the Baltic States into the internal energy market will also facilitate the uptake of renewable energy, supporting […]
Latvia aims to increase their renewable electricity production to improve energy supply security
In their National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), Latvia has set the targets of increasing their national wind capacity to at least 800 MW by 2030. Current wind capacity in Latvia is only 100 MW. Latvia has introduced several changes to the energy legislation in recent months to boost the renewable energy production including lighter […]
Launch of the International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (ISFC) – Dasos as a founding member
Ten leading forestry companies, managing almost 9 million hectares of forests in 27 countries worth tens of billions of euros, unite to help solve some of the world’s largest environmental challenges. The group, known as the International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (ISFC), includes founding members Dasos Capital, F&W Forestry, Gresham House, Marubeni, Mitsui & Co., Ltd […]
The size of Estonian forestland markets has more than doubled in 10 years to over EUR 100 million p.a.
Estonia is one of the most forest-rich countries in Europe with 2.3 million hectares of forest land covering over 50% of total land area. Estonia has strong own wood-processing industry in sawnwood, plywood and pellet production. Majority of pulpwood is exported to Nordic countries, and today Estonia is an integral part of Nordic forest industry […]
Irish pulpwood enjoys substantial export market premium
The overall roundwood market remains attractive for a forest investor in Ireland. A COFORD report published last year (Wood Supply and Demand on the Island of Ireland to 2030), identified a shortfall in the supply of roundwood to the domestic sawmilling sector. On the other hand, for Irish pulpwood the demand and pricing are increasingly […]
Estonia’s first high-rise wooden building is going up in Tallinn
The city government of Tallinn has issued a building permit for the construction of the Estonia’s first eco-friendly high-rise building made entirely of wooden structures. The ecological footprint of the cross-laminated timber structures of the new 8-floor office building is very small, and as a renewable raw material, wood is an excellent carbon sink. Tallin […]
The storage of carbon in Dasos managed forests continued to increase in 2022
Total carbon storage of Dasos managed forests reached over 180 million t of CO2e at the end of year 2022. The carbon sequestration of Dasos managed forests in 2022 amounted to 1 million t CO2e, increasing over 10% compared to previous year. The calculation was performed in net terms, considering also forestry emissions, including forest […]
Dasoksen metsissä käyttöön Metsä Groupin tuore uudistavan metsätalouden hoitomalli
Metsä Group Plus -hoitotoimet tulevat käyttöön Finsilvan 130 000 hehtaarin metsäaloilla sekä Finnsilvan omistavan Dasos Capital Oy:n hallinnoimien rahastojen Suomessa sijaitsevissa metsissä. https://www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi/metsa/fa888980-83ea-46e4-95d6-8b39613b72e1
Forest fire as a part natural cycle – advanced silviculture in Dasos forests
Fire is an important part of natural cycle of boreal forests and forest management, beneficial for regeneration and vital for certain species that form part of the forest biodiversity. Historically fire has been used to clear forests for farming, and later to assist regeneration of new forests. Today, forest fires are rare thanks to efficient […]
Dasos delivers a presentation on mass timber construction at the International Conference on Green Buildings 2023
Dasos presented a paper titled “Mass timber construction creates liveable urban carbon storages” at the International Conference on Green Buildings https://www.icogb.org/ held between 19–21 May 2023 in Malmö, Sweden, and online. The article added to the research on mass timber construction by combining building lifecycle analysis (LCA) with a forest growth model. Dasos utilised a […]
