ProPopulus Team Pedro Garnica, co-founder and president of Grupo Garnica, founder of the poplar-growing company Bosques y Ríos, and founding member and former Chairman of ProPopulus, passed away on 17 September 2024, leaving an indelible mark on the forestry industry. A staunch defender of the bioeconomy, for Pedro Garnica, the poplar was not only a…
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ProPopulus Team For you to enjoy over the holidays, we’re sharing a brief selection of the most popular posts in 2023 published on our blog for poplar and wood industry enthusiasts like you. 1. Why populiculture is a good investment The article highlights the increasing popularity of poplar plantations in Europe, emphasizing their unique business…
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Propopulus Team One of the goals of ProPopulus is to inform society about why poplar is an exceptional tree, and the role played by poplar trees in the building of a new bioeconomy, substituting, when possible, fossil-based products with bio-based products and specifically poplar wood. One of the many tasks we have undertaken is to…
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ProPopulus Team Aiming to be a connection hub for poplar industry players in Europe and, at the same time, to make it easier for anyone interested in finding a particular industry player, ProPopulus is launching a new directory that gathers more than 300 entries of European institutions, forestry owners’ associations, companies and organizations belonging to…
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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 and in forest management activities across the continent. The outburst of COVID-19 poses a series of challenges for the forestry industry, and for the wood-based products industry, causing great impact…
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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 transform the EU into a “fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy” with no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, and “where economic growth is…
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