Metla Bulletin

2013

1/2013

• Trees4Future: Gaining greater efficiency by sharing databases and expertise
• Forestry in Slovakia
• What is IUFRO?
• MULTIEFFORT – a step towards improving forest ecosystem services in Karelia

2012

3/2012

• Metla reforms inventory procedures in Nepal and Vietnam
• Metla promotes forest research in Mozambique
• Extensive new research in forest energy
• Strong research collaboration with Russia continues – two new extensive projects about to begin

2/2012

• New Policy brief: Making boreal forests work for people and nature
• WTO membership to open up Russian market to competition
• Russia’s national forest policy near completion – first draft released on 29 March
• New information on wood harvesting and logistics in Russia
• Poland’s forest sector the strongest among EU countries in transition
• Progress in the use of bioenergy in Slovakia

1/2012

• Joensuu Forestry Networking Week organised in May, with ‘wood’ as the theme
• Metla’s expertise in demand around the world
• Metla researchers to participate in creation of international book “Forests under pressure: Local responses to global issues”
• International plant trade – an unreasonable risk to forests

2011

2/2011

• Metla invests in international forestry research
• Russian forest fires cause less damage than last year – but underlying problem remains the same
• PromoBio helps new bioenergy initiatives underway in Eastern Europe
• Global forest resources assessment discussed in Finland
• No pine nematodes found in timber imports from Russia
• Romania, a major exporter of beech furniture, is privatising forests

1/2011

• Editorial: "Research – a networked effort"
• Monitoring methods are being developed to counter storm damage in Finland
• The KIEMET portal – information on the forest sector in Central and Eastern European countries
• The role of wood-based biomass in the EU 27 and Finland to grow
• Changes in forest ownership structure are challenging for wood supply in Finland

2010

1/2010

• Editorial:"There is no alternative to research"
• EU should increase use of wood to tackle climate change
• Forest based sector challenges in Finland
• Building forest inventory capacity in Vietnam and Nepal
• Finnish forest growing stock 2.2 billion m³

2009

1/2009

• Editorial:"Metla Bulletin goes electronic"
• Russia struggles to develop forest sector
• Boreal ecosystems, forest research and climate change
• Forests and human health

2007

2/2007 (pdf)

• Editorial:"The role of forest research in providing data for forest policy discussions"
• Finland takes care of forest biodiversity
• Data collection and data sources for the State of Finland’s Forests 2007 report
• Forest management affects waters – Metla studies how
• Metla on the Lookout in Asia
• Meet in the Forest
• Finland’s National Forest Programme 2010 – Future challenges and the role of research
• Spotlight: Questions to Dr. Lu-Min Vaario researcher at Metla
• Finland’s National Forest Inventory – Ecological measurements and future challenges to come

1/2007 (pdf)

• Editorial:"New industrial revolution"
• Meet in the forest
• Metla’s forest energy research supports best practices in Finland and abroad
• Metla and VTT collaborate in bioenergy research
• Technology and know-how make for efficient forest energy systems
• Bioenergy from the forest – research programme
• A new IUFRO Task Force to tackle issues of Forests and Health
• Spotlight: Questions to Prof. Klaus v. Gadow
• Results of 10th Finnish National Forest Inventory

2006

1/2006 (pdf)

• The Metla Bulletin - A platform for dissemination of forest-related information
• Metla - Focused to serve customers
• The forest monitoring programme has reduced emissions
• New software for driving efficiency in forest management
• The forest sector in Eastern Europe facing challenges in forest management
• Genetic research revealing the secrets of wood
• A wind of change blowing in Russian forests
• Out of sight - out of funds?
• World traveller in the service of forest research