Taking the opportunity, I would like to present you a blog about forestland investments, forest business and forest products markets.
Category: International Forestry
Agroforestry in Europe
During my forest education I never had chance to become familiar with agroforestry, until I started my internship at European Forest Institute. Agroforestry is quite large topic, so in this post I would like to explain in a short way what really is agroforestry, where is used, who is responsible for collecting source data and where data related with this topic are stored. Maybe this post would be an inspiration for some forestry student who is not sure which subject to choose for bachelor’s orContinue reading
Becoming a real Forestry and Environmental Engineer (Part 1)
In this post, I would like to present my Master thesis, something different that we talk about in this blog. I worked for one year in a hydrological restoration project. Besides, it will be presented at the International Symposium on Soil and Water Bioengineering in a Changing Climate which will be in GLASGOW, on 7-8 SEPTEMBER. This Symposium will be a meeting inside the Life+ Project ECOMED.
Białowieża Forest in Poland – TRUE STORY!
The European Commission, a managing institution of the European Union, has reported Poland this month to the European Court of Justice, and has asked the court to impose measures requiring the Polish government to suspend logging in the Bialowieza Forest, which is one of the last areas of primeval forest in Europe. In this post, I would like to present you my opinion about the recent conflict in the Białowieża Forest in Poland. I would like to present actors in the conflict, and discuss why thisContinue reading
Forest workers will cry after seeing this
In these two short movies, you can observe how planting and weeding looks like in Finland. In many countries, such forest activities are performed manualy, and probably many forest workers would like to have such a job like these guys in movies. Watch this out!
Forest stands volume estimation by using Finnish Multi-Source National Forest Inventory
During my internship at European Forest Institute in Finland I had a chance to become familiar with Finnish method of forest stands volume estimation. The Finnish way of forest inventory was quite innovative in relation to the method which have been used in Poland, so I thought that it could be nice subject for the master thesis.
Why does New Zealand export sawn timber and logs to different markets?
In this post, Ivan Luketina is presenting the results of his research work. He is answering very important question, i.e. why does New Zealand export sawn timber and logs to different markets? If you want to get known the response for this peculiar question, continue reading…
Western Forest Economists meeting
Two weeks ago, I had a pleasure to participate in Western Forest Economists meeting, which was held in Fort Collins, in Colorado (USA). I would like to describe shortly what I have seen and experienced during that meeting. Click to continue…
Narco-deforestation : what is it and why forests are unseen victim of drugs?
One of the unseen victims of cocaine and marihuana uses are forests. There is even a term created to name the impact of drugs on forests and it is called “narco-deforestation”. It happens not only in developing countries, but developed as well. In this post, I will present you two cases, where narco-deforestation takes place. Definitely, you will be suprised!
There ain’t no free lunch in forestry – an interview with Bob Izlar
During the 2017 Timberland Investment Conference, I interviewed Mr. Bob Izlar, the Director of University of Georgia (UGA) Harley Langdale, Jr. Center for Forest Business. Mr. Izlar tell us more about Forest Business Program at UGA, its main idea, potential opportunities after graduation, and in general about the demise of many world class forestry schools since mid-1970s.