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

25 julio 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

Investigación pública: ¡Los problemas comunes necesitan soluciones comunes!

25 julio 2008 0 Comments 0 tags

La Comisión propone a los Estados miembros abordar conjuntamente los principales retos de la sociedad El cambio climático, las enfermedades y la energía son retos sociales compartidos por todos los

On line scientific references for wood promotion

16 julio 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 julio 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 enero 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 enero 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,

Nueva recomendación de la Comisión para ayudar a aprovechar el conocimiento para Europa

22 enero 2008 0 Comments 0 tags

La Comisión Europea ha adoptado una recomendación para la gestión de la propiedad intelectual (PI) en las actividades de transferencia de conocimientos de universidades y otras organizaciones de investigación públicas.

Last demonstrations of DEFOR project

20 enero 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