Poplar, vital for building a bioeconomy in Spain
ProPopulus Team The importance of poplar cultivation in for the construction of a bioeconomy in Spain, its potential for generating rural employment, its environmental advantages…
Agroforestry, a suitable solution SDG oriented
ProPopulus Team From the European Green Deal to the Farm to Fork Strategy, agroforestry is becoming a great solution to climate change mitigation, adaptation, resilience…
Spain announces that the blockchain solution for traceability in the timber sector “a success”
ProPopulus team Spain’s blockchain project for forestry has taken a major step forward. One of the partners of ChainWood, the consortium responsible for the development,…
Benefits of plantation forests
ProPopulus Team Developing an innovative, sustainable bioeconomy is one of Europe’s key strategies in the global quest of tackling climate change and complying with the…
EU’s public consultation on Climate Change open until August 20th
ProPopulus Team The public consultation on the EU’s strategy for climate change, Adapting to climate change – EU strategy, will be open until August 20th….
A new construction material made of poplar wood is in the market
Lignumstrand, the new wood-based building material made of PEFC certified local (Spain) poplar wood, obteined the CE marking
Forestry agenda for the upcoming months
ProPopulus Team Due to the coronavirus outbreak many events programmed for 2020 have been postponed or suspended, like the 26th IPC Session and study tours,…
A forest bioeconomy is in the making, but more purposeful action is required
ProPopulus Moving towards a green circular bioeconomy is no longer an option but an obligation to help people and the plant tackle global challenges, stretching…
Bioeconomy, a game-changing opportunity
ProPopulus Team No doubt Covid-19 has struck hard on the economy, leaving millions of people jobless around the world. But the pandemic is also a…
The forest bioeconomy, a missing link in Europe’s Green Deal?
ProPopulus Team On May 20th, the same day the European Commission (EC) released its new Biodiversity Strategy and a Farm to Fork Strategy for a…
The impact of COVID-19 on the European forest industry
ProPopulus Team The pandemic and, consequently, the lockdown in most of the European Union member countries has led to a slowdown in the forestry industry…
IPC’s 26th Session, call for paper abstracts extended
ProPopulus team Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the International Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees Sustaining People and the Environment (IPC) has extended until…
The benefits of a poplar plantation bioeconomy in Granada
ProPopulus Team The Social Council of the University of Granada, Spain, has recently published a study on how poplar benefits bioeconomy in the province of…
Poplar and the economy of the future
ProPopulus Team To counteract global warming and the subsequent climate change there is an urgent need to transform our production and consumption models and become…
Tropical forests are losing their capacity to absorb C02
ProPopulus Team Tropical forests in Africa and Amazonia will stop absorbing carbon dioxide of the atmosphere by 2035, according to a new research published by…
Wood, an unbeatable building material
ProPopulus Team Protecting forests from changes in land use, increasing planted forests, improving sustainable forest management and using certified wood to build high-rise buildings can…
Planted forests are increasing worldwide
ProPopulus Team Offsetting carbon is one of the main objectives of countries that want to meet the goals set by the Paris Agreement. This is…
A great opportunity for the forestry industry
ProPopulus Team The European Green Deal poses a great opportunity for the forestry industry. The document draws the main lines of a strategy aiming to…
The Green Deal means a great deal
ProPopulus Team The European Commission’s Green Deal presents a great opportunity for the forestry industry, and it is time to seize the momentum. This was…
Assopannelli launches a long-term project to strengthen the Italian poplar market
ProPopulus Team Assopannelli, the Italian Association of Panel and Semi-finished Wood Products Manufacturers, announced a long-term project aiming at improving defining strategies to strengthen and…
Andalusia allocates 60 million euros to public tender forestry projects
ProPopulus Team The General Directorate of Natural Environment, Biodiversity and Protected Areas of the Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development Department of the Andalusian Government…
Agroforestry systems, a way to boost bio-economy
ProPopulus Team In early December Madrid will be hosting the XXV Conference of the Partiesof the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. With regard to…
Brussels will host EFI’s conference on “The Future of Plantation Forests”
ProPopulus Team With the aim of providing a better science-policy understanding of the policy issues facing European planted forests, the European Forest Institute will host…
Italy is using new remote sensing images from satellites to detect poplar plantations
ProPopulus Team Although poplar cultivation is a strategic sector for the forest-wood supply chain in Italy and represents the most significant internal source for primary…
France will monitor poplar plantations using new remote sensing images from satellites
Propopulus Team In collaboration with our sponsors France Bois Forêt and Garnica, amongst others, the French National Poplar Council (CNP) has launched a research programme…
Getting more visible and interacting with other networks at the heart of ProPopulus’ action plan
ProPopulus team Following his appointment as chairman of ProPopulus, Professor Joris Van Acker has outlined his action plan for the association over the next years….
Do you want to know how much a forest contributes beyond the wood it produces?
ProPopulus Team Forests don’t just produce wood. The benefits they bring to the ecosystem are many, but not incalculable. The international NGO FSC has developed…
The European Forest Institute (EFI) will hold the International Workshop on Forest Fires in Madrid
ProPopulus Team This year Spain has seen the equivalent of more than 100,000 football fields burn in wildfires. The abandonment of rural areas and traditional…
Professor Joris Van Acker new chairman of ProPopulus
ProPopulus Team On July ProPopulus held its last General Assembly meeting in Paris where Professor Joris Van Acker was appointed new Chairman of the Association,…
Investment, planning and sustainable forest management, keys to avoid forestry fires
ProPopulus Team Almost 100,000 soccer fields. That is the area that has burned in Spain in the first seven months of 2019, according to data…
In trees lays the answer
ProPopulus team It is no secret that too much of what we consume today is made of non-renewable materials, and although we can recycle some…
Madrid will host the UNECE Expert Workshop On Green Forest Jobs
ProPopulus Team Next week, on June 25 to 26, Madrid will host the Expert Workshop on “Green Forest Jobs: Facing challenges, exploring opportunities and increasing…
The shortage of poplar threatens the Spanish industry of plywood
ProPopulus Team In just a few months, in 2020, the availability of Poplar as raw material for the Spanish plywood industry will match the demand….
What are ecosystem services and why should we care and pay for them
ProPopulus team Ecosystem services are the many benefits that Nature provides to society. These benefits make human life possible and divide into direct and indirect…
Agropoplar, an initiative promoted by the UG to boost poplar cultivation in the Mediterranean basin
ProPopulus Team Given the steep decline of poplar plantations, not just in Spain, but in Europe, the timber industry in the EU faces a drastic…
Building the future with wood
Although wood is no stranger to the construction industry, over the last century it has remained confined to residential and low-rise buildings. For more than…
The International Day of Forests 2019 will focus on the importance of forestry education
Under the theme “Learn to Love Forests” the International Day of Forests will be celebrated on March 21st. The theme emphasizes the importance of forestry…
Forestry events in Paris and Brussels in the coming weeks
March will be a good month for forests: before the celebration of the International Day of Forests in Geneva on March 21sth, Paris will host…
The wood industry has an essential role in building a circular economy
The recent World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos was the scenario chosen by the impact organization Circle Economy to present The Circularity Gap Report…
Be prepared to become part of the change
A new year has begun and as the world changes, so does ProPopulus. These are exciting times for us! We have developed a new vision for…
Europe needs a common regulation for populiculture
By Pedro Garnica, Chairman of ProPopulus Sustainability is becoming a growing claim from society. Several studies show that in the future the demand for…
A handbook for journalists and scientists to understand each other
Developing a society based on moderation, intelligence, sharing, and healthy environments without compromising the future, requires rising awareness about how our collective and individual behavior…
Poplar will take Valladolid and Buenos Aires in October
October will be poplar’s month with two major symposiums taking place around the world: in Valladolid, Spain, (from October 17th to 19th) and in Buenos…
The wood industry has a key role to play in building a bio-economy
As awareness about climate change, ocean pollution and the need to turn towards a bio-economy rise, sustainability is becoming mainstream. But still there is a…
The 8th Hardwood Conference will take place in October
Organized by the University of Sopron, the BOKU University (Vienna) in conjunction with the COST FP1407 – ModWoodLife and FATE (Wood Science Association, Hungary), the…
Beijing hosts the 4th International Congress on Planted Forests
The 4th International Congress on Planted Forests (ICPF), which will take place In Beijing from October 23rd to 27th, aims to investigate the contribution of…
Buenos Aires hosts the 7th Poplar International Symposium
The Argentinian chapter of the non-profit, non-governmental international network of forest research scientists IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations) will organize the Seventh International…
Science, forest and human wellbeing conference in Bucharest
From September 18th to 21st Bucharest will host the Forest Science for a Sustainable Forestry and Human Wellbeing in a Changing World International Scientific Conference,…
Registration for UNECE workshop on green forest jobs is open
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the FAO Forestry and Timber Section will host the workshop Green Forest Jobs – Exploring opportunities…
Welcome to our new web
We are very proud to present our new website. This new online meeting point is the first step towards boosting our activities in order to…
A new image for ProPopulus
By Pedro Garnica, Chairman of ProPopulus Ten years ago, ProPopulus was founded to gather growers, promoters and users of poplar with the aim of positioning…