The European Community signs a Science & Technical cooperation agreement with New Zealand

25 July 2008 0 Comments 0 tags

Today the European Community signed an S&T cooperation agreement with New Zealand bringing the total number of S&T cooperation agreements the EC has signed with third countries to 33. This

Public Research: Common problems need common solutions!

25 July 2008 0 Comments 0 tags

Commission proposes to Member States to jointly address major societal challenges Climate change, diseases, or energy are societal challenges shared by all EU countries. National research, which currently makes up

On line scientific references for wood promotion

16 July 2008 0 Comments 0 tags

As an ecological and multi-purpose material, wood has to better valorize its various assets to maintain and enhance its market share in the current context of hard competition between materials.

EFI grows by four new Regional Offices

15 July 2008 0 Comments 0 tags

EFI Annual Conference made a major decision three weeks ago of establishing four new Regional Offices in different locations across Europe. The Conference cast a vote on the issue after

Policy framework for halting biodiversity loss largely in place – European forests in the midst of struggle

30 January 2008 0 Comments 0 tags

Despite political commitment, Europe is struggling to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010. Forests cover roughly a third of the European land area and they are a vital host

Innovation in European forest-based sector plays crucial role in meeting global challenges, says European Commissioner Janez Potocnik

30 January 2008 0 Comments 0 tags

European Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik had a powerful message for the audience at the 5th Conference of the Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform, recently held in Kranjska Gora,

New Commission Recommendation to help harness knowledge for Europe

22 January 2008 0 Comments 0 tags

The European Commission has adopted a Recommendation on the management of intellectual property (IP) in the knowledge transfer activities of universities and other public research organisations. In doing so, the

Last demonstrations of DEFOR project

20 January 2008 0 Comments 0 tags

The European project Interreg Sudoe DEFOR (DEvelopment of FORest) focuses on the transfer of innovative technologies to small and medium forest enterprises. It started in January 2007 and will be