Two new projects which are fully financed by SNS will put focus on the challenges for sustainable forestry as adressed by the Selfoss declaration. The projects will present their findings and recommendations at the SNS 40-years anniversary conference in July 2012. Read more here.

SNS and EFINORD have jointly approved 9 new networks for 2012. The full list can be seen here.

Hvem skal vinde Nordisk Råds Miljøpris?

Temaet for Miljøprisen 2012 er biologisk mangfoldighed. Vinderen belønnes med 350.000 danske kroner. Alle kan nominere kandidater til prisen. Deadline for indstilling af kandidater er 12. december 2011. Se mere her.

The Nordic-Baltic region has great potential in the development of bioenergy and biomass usage. There is a very effective forestry industry and the use of surplus products from agriculture is extensive. That was among the main points put forward by leading experts at a session on bioenergy organized by the Nordic Council of Ministers at the BDF Summit in Gdansk on October 26th.

The NCM now wants to promote the cross-sectoral cooperation across the region to explore potential synergies between sectors like forestry, agriculture, energy and waste management.

- We must move away from using fossil fuels towards biobased sustainable societies and here in this region we have developed the technology needed to make this move. We have the possibility to meet the challenges and if we can explore these possibilities, we can also help others along this way, said Halldór Ásgrímsson, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) at the session.

See interview with Uffe Ellemann and Gustav Melin here.

Read more here.

OPEN CALL: Short-term scientific projects within the Selfoss declaration on sustainable forestry

SNS announces a call for short-term projects scientific with reference to the Selfoss declaration on sustainable forestry. Deadline for application is October 31, 2011.

Read more here.

Read more about the conference organized by NordGen Forest, Danske Planteskoler and the Danish Nature Agency, which took place 13-14 September 2011 here.

 The Swedish Forest Agency has the pleasure of inviting you to the 2nd meeting for the Forestry and Water Network. The meeting will take place in Warsaw 8-10 November.

The meeting will focus on four topics: planning tools, drainage systems, buffer zones and beavers. Four groups are preparing material within each topic, including a short description of the problem, objectives of a potential future project, what activities could be included in such a project and possible funding.

Are you interested in participating: Please contact Daniel Thorell, Swedish Forest Agency, daniel.thorell@skogsstyrelsen.se. 

SNS was established in 1972 and has its 40-years anniversary in 2012. SNS will organise a  jubilee-conference on July 3rd 2012 followed by an excursion on July 4^th. The conference takes place at Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen in the ‘Festauditorium’.

The aim of the conference is put focus to Nordic forest research, to position SNS in the European and global network, and get scientific and political attention to the research areas.

We look forward to see you!

EFINORD and SNS has received 12 applications for networks in 2012. The applications have a total sum of 600.000 Euro of which app. 50% is self-financing. The total budget for the call is 140.000 Euro. The networks will be evaluated over the summer, and decisions will be made in November 2011, and communicated to all applicants shortly hereafter.

Nordisk kontaktorgan for jordbruksforskning (NKJ) arrangerer en spennende konferanse om biobasert kunnskapsøkonomi i de nordiske landene den 6. juli 2011. Her vil du få muligheten til å treffe andre sentrale aktører for å diskutere fremtidens nordiske jordbruks- og matpolitikk i et europeisk perspektiv. Blant temaene som vil bli tatt opp er:

• Globaliseringens effekter på jordbruks- og matsektoren – nye kunnskapsbehov.

• Behovet for en kunnskapsbasert utvikling innen jordbruks- og matsektoren (alle sektorer), der forskning og innovasjon ses i sammenheng.

• Den europeiske forskningsarenaens økte betydning innen jordbruks- og matsektoren. Hvordan kan Norden bli en tydeligere region innen Europa?

Målet med konferansen er å støtte opp under en felles nordisk forskningsinnsats innen jordbruks- og matområdet. Offisielt program sendes ut etter påske, men vi ber deg allerede nå holde av dagen den 6. juli fra kl 12-17. Konferansen holdes i forbindelse med sommermøtet til de nordiske landenes ministre for fisk, jordbruk, mat og skog (ministermøtet) (7.-8. juli) i Tavastehus, Finland, og vil gjenspeile de viktigste prioriteringene i programmet til Det nordiske Ministerråds finske formannskap.

Kontakt: Hanne Silje Hauge (hanne.hauge@nordforsk.org)