Projects
Bioenergy promotion in the Baltic Sea Region                                                                                     

Forestry Developing Centre Tapio is participating in Bioenergy Promotion -project, which is partly supported by EU funds. A short summary of the project and the dated report, pdf ,1322 kt.

In November 2009 there were a cross-fertilization and research seminar "Sustainable use of forest bioenergy" was held in Helsinki 24.11.2009 organized by Tapio and Finnish Forest Research Institute. The material of the seminar can be found in following links:

Programme
Opening
Bio energy resources in Finnish Forests and criteria for sustainable production (4,7 Mb)
Intensive production of woody biomass
Preserving biodiversity in bio energy harvesting
Energy wood harvesting and nutrient balances
Effects of energy wood harvesting on forest damage (2,6 Mb)
Perspectives of using the research findings for the further work in Bioenergy Promotion-project

 Following essential reports in Work Package 3 are also available: 

• Sustainable bioenergy production -Defining principles and criteria www.bioenergypromotion.net
• Environment influences of small scale use of fuelwood in Finland - Preliminary life cycle observations (link is above)
• "Energiapuun pienkäytön ympäristövaikutukset"(article in Finnish, published in professional journal "Bioenergia" in August.

Upcoming seminars in the Bioenergy Promotion -project:

• A joint workshop for WP3 and WP4 in Jämtland, Sweden in November 2-5th 2010
• Transnational conference in Vilna, Lithuania in November 25-26th 2010.

The Bioenergy Promotion project is Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund and European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument). More about the project in Tapio's newsletter 12/2009 -->

Official project site: www.bioenergypromotion.net

 Photo: Arto Mutikainen