Meeting CONFOREST – IEFC: The debate!

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Following the request done by the members of the EFI project CONFOREST regarding the objective study of the conversion of regular coniferous forests into forests closer to nature, several members

Consultation on the draft research agenda for Theme 8 “Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities in the 7th Community RTD Framework Programme (2007-2013)

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This consultation invites the public, and notably the scientific community, to comment on the draft research agenda for the dedicated socio-economic sciences and humanities part of the next Framework Programme

Drones for the forest monitoring against forest fires in Portugal.

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Launched by the Agency for the Innovation (ADI), the call for tenders aiming to supply to Portugal aeroplanes without passengers in order to fight against forest fires has finished in

The EFI has created the regional Offices

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Since the month of September the EFI is no longer a Finish association but it is now a intergovernmental organisation. Today, 10 out of the 20 States that have signed

INERCO has developed an innovating solution to produce heat from the pruning waste.

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The company Ingeneria Energetica y de contaminacion (INERCO) is developing a project based on the gasification using the pruning waste has fuel. This initiative is the first one of this

EU action plan for the sustainable forest management

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This action plan was adopted on June 15th 2006. It is based on the report about the implementation of the forest strategy of the EU and the conclusions of the

The opinion of the Social and Economic European Committee about The sustainable development in agriculture, forestry and fishery faced with the challenges of climatic change (2006/C 69/02).

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      The climatic change is a question that will affect all the economic sectors, and specially, the agriculture and fishery. Europe is preparing itself, and we can see

Newsletter to EFI Project Centres, March 2006

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1. SAB AND BOARD MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY SAB The Scientific Advisory Board of EFI met in Vienna on 13-14 February. The meeting was for the first time chaired by SAB’s

The Strategic research Agenda of the Forest sector was published by the European Technology Platform

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The Strategic Agenda of RDT for the Forest sector was published by the European Technology Platform. This document is the result of two years consultation of more than 700 proposals

On March the 14th 2006 the IEFC has organized a workshop about the future oportunities regarding the interregional cooperation of the forest paper sector

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Mr. François Maitia, Vice president of the Conseil Régional d’Aquitaine and responsible for the agriculture and fishery and the transnational cooperation, was the Chairman of this meeting. During this workshop