
KEBBE: collaborative resources to better understand the forest and its bioeconomy
KEBBE is a cross-border educational project financed by the Euroregion and carried out in collaboration with partners from the Basque Country (Arabako, Bizkaiko eta Gipuzkoako Baso Elkarteak), Spain (Foresna), and France (IEFC). The objective of this project is to create educational content for primary and secondary school teachers to use as a knowledge base on […]
Research on maritime pine resilience and bioeconomy: Contribution of the European project B4EST
Resin extraction gets a boost with the SustForest+ project
Resin extraction is on the rise and the SustForest+ project has given it a boost. The closing meeting of this European Interreg-Sudoe project was organised by the European Institute of Cultivated Forest and the Centre Régional de la Propriété Forestière de Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
It took place on 9 and 10 November 2021, at the Regional Council […]
Towards an Intelligent Information Management of Complex Forests in Southwest Europe
Development of bio-based resin products in Europe
The SustForest+ project, in close collaboration with the INCREDIBLE inter-regional innovation network on resin, has made it possible to develop resin tapping and transport processes, calculate the carbon footprint of this product, set up a European origin label, develop traceability and monitor global market trends.
Exchanges between Resin Tapping Stakeholders in France
Global experts call for action to leverage the potential of non-wood forest products for Europe’s green economy
At the time when the stronger development of the bioeconomy will help the European Union accelerate progress towards a circular and low-carbon economy, global experts on non-wood forest products (NWFP) are calling on European and international institutions, governments, policy makers and private sector to recognize and leverage the potential of those products and consider them […]
French recovery plan: 45,000 hectares of forests to be planted and a boosted research effort
On the 3rd of September, the French Prime Minister presented the “France Relance” plan, a roadmap for the economic, social and ecological refoundation of the country. 100 billion euros are dedicated to this recovery plan, including 1.2 billion for the “agricultural transition, food and forestry” section. 200 million will be allocated to forests over the […]
Green deal, new forestry strategy: forest plantations at the heart of all European policy topics
The Green Deal is the European legislative basis that commits Europe to carbon neutrality in 2050, a sinequanone condition for limiting climate change to a 2°C increase in temperature. As forests are the main terrestrial ecosystem storing CO2, the European Union is actively working to update its strategy to preserve this type of ecosystem, which […]