Innovation News

On 28 March 2023, a Coalition consisting of 14 organizations associated with the wood, fibre-based paper, and board products industry, and renewable energy provision launched the “Circular Choices – for a Competitive EU Bioeconomy” campaign. The Coalition aims to showcase their contributions to society and offer policy recommendations for 2030 in various areas, including  climate […]

The Circular Bioeconomy Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) published its Annual Work Programme 2023 end of December 2022. In this document, they published 18 call topics for a budget of 215,5 million €. FTP selected 13 call topics relevant for the forest-based sector covering a budget of 164 million €. 9 out of them are […]

Bioregions Open innovation Challenges provide a framework to identify and support the development and scaling-up of innovative solutions (technologies, business ideas, etc.) to pressing challenges in forest management and the forest bioeconomy. Its final objective is to facilitate sustainable transitions in European regions putting into value the full range of ecosystem services provided by forests. […]

The European Commission launched the largest public consultation ever held on the past, present and future of the EU’s Horizon research and innovation programmes 2014-2027. In line with the Commission’s effort towards Better Regulation, stakeholders will be able to share their views on the performance of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, as well as shaping the strategic orientations […]

To support FTP stakeholders, FTP analyzed the published Horizon Europe Work Programmes 2023 -2024 and identified the Call topics relevant for the forest-based sector. As a result, around 70 Call topics with a budget of € 1 billion were identified as relevant or indirectly relevant to the forest-based sector. These relevant Calls topics were mainly […]

Newly-started Horizon Europe project EUFORE (European Forest Research and Innovation Ecosystem) aims to provide insights into the future research and innovation priorities of the forest-based sector. Society is witnessing an unprecedented series of crises at a global scale, both ecological, economic and social. Forests and forestry play a key role in dealing with these challenges […]

Summer 2022 has been devastating in terms of forest fires in Europe. According to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)[1], 770 750 ha have burnt in the EU since the beginning of the year, which represents more than the forested area in Belgium[2]. To mitigate such disasters, European countries will have to strengthen their […]

This award aims to stimulate competition between students and young researchers carrying out projects contributing to the resilience of the forest-based sector. The projects may include a wide range of activities relevant to forest-based science, products using forest-based raw materials, process improvements or other innovations throughout the value chain. The award is not only about […]

The two scientists Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Professor Herbert Sixta (University of Helsinki and Aalto University respectively) were awarded last week by the Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2022. Their two research teams have worked on the development and use of novel ionic liquids to process wood biomass into high-performance textile fibres. Ionic liquids have gained interest […]

After several years of fruitful collaboration, Metsä Group officially joined FTP as Full Member in January. Metsä Group is a Finnish forest industry group that operates in international markets. Their operations cover the entire value chain for wood. They focus their research on Sustainable Forest Management, supply chain, tissue and greaseproof papers, paperboard, pulp, engineered […]