European poplar plywood to meet market demands
ProPopulus Team More than a year has passed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, supported by Belarus. Since then, more than 30 countries have imposed…
European poplar, a local, sustainable, efficient choice
ProPopulus Team The ban on Russian and Belarusian birch and birch plywood, as well as on all other timber and forestry by-products from these countries,…
In search of an alternative to Russian birch
ProPopulus Team With Russian and Belarusian birch plywood banned across Europe, the need for an alternative is on the rise. European poplar wood from sustainably…
Poplar, an exceptional tree
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…
Upcoming events in 2023
ProPopulus Team The first semester of 2023 is packed with forestry and forestry industry related events. Here are some of the most relevant upcoming events…
The Marais Poitevin Regional Nature Park launches an action plan to boost poplar plantations
ProPopulus Team The Marais Poitevin Regional Nature Park (MPRNP), located in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region, western France, has launched an action programme to promote poplar plantations. It…
Poplar: an alternative to cotton?
ProPopulus Team A team of Swedish researchers is proposing poplar as an alternative to cotton. Their research aims at replacing cotton fibre for textiles with…
The French CNPF encourages forests owners
in Burgundy to grow and replant poplar groves
ProPopulus Team The Burgundy Franche-Comté National Center for Forest Property (CNPF) is encouraging the plantation of poplar groves as well as the replanting after harvesting…
The poplar sector also advances toward the circular economy
ProPopulus Team Moving toward a more circular economy is one of the challenges of the European Union for the next decade. Succeeding in replacing the…
The poplar shines in the architecture festival TAC!
ProPopulus Team The project ‘Chopo Activo’, by the architects Ignacio de Teresa, Lucía de Molina, Xianjun Zhou and Ignacio Hornillos, endorsed by LIFE Wood for…
SFM, climate change, and the demographic challenge
ProPopulus Team Although there is a widespread opinion that defends that intervention in forests and mountains is not compatible with the preservation of biodiversity, the…
New opportunities for the forestry sector
ProPopulus Team Is it possible to continue innovating in the wood industry? Juan Picos, professor and researcher at the University of Vigo, is blunt: Yes,…
The poplar, a pillar of the bioeconomy
ProPopulus Team Wood products are a key resource for the bioeconomy. The development of new modified wooden products represents a great opportunity to promote the…
The forestry sector is key in promoting a sustainable economy
Treeconomics. Wood in a sustainable economy – Press Release The Treeconomics event. Wood in a sustainable economy, organized by ProPopulus and sponsored by ING Spain,…
Wood is key to reaching a sustainable economy
ProPopulus Team Wood is a renewable, sustainable, and inexhaustible resource if forest masses are properly managed, replanting those trees that are harvested and preventing pests…
ProPopulus organises the conference Treeconomics. Wood in a sustainable economy
ProPopulus Team On 22nd June, 2022, the Treeconomics Wood in a sustainable economy conference will be held in the Espacio CÓMO in Madrid (C/ Pradillo…
Marjal Chopo de Granada, a brand born to gather Andalusian poplar producers
Propopulus Team A total of 73 Andalusian landowners, most of them from Granada, signed on 14th May, the founding act of the Granada Chopo Marjal…
The “Thanks to Poplar” initiative has been launched in Spain
ProPopulus Team As of 1st May, the “Thanks to Poplar” (Gracias al Chopo, in Spanish) agreement promoted by the Spanish Association of Plywood Manufacturers (AEFCON)…
Sustainably managing forests and plantations will guarantee wood supply
ProPopulus Team We are committed to think about how to be more efficient in the production of timber as a raw material. Firstly, natural forests…
Environmental benefits of managed poplar forests and plantations
ProPopulus Team Poplar trees constitute a fundamental part of the European landscape. Historic evidence shows that native poplars in the Po Valley were heavily exploited…
Upcoming events related to forests
ProPopulus Team Following the International Day of Forests, some events related to forests and forest-related policy issues will take place in the next two months….
Celebrating forests
ProPopulus Team Today we are celebrating forests. Ten years ago, in 2012 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21st March the International Day of Forests…
Poplar plywood: a good choice for the construction industry
ProPopulus Team In the last ten years, the demand for poplar plywood has increased notably, and the forecast for demand in the coming years is…
Granada, home to the first Spanish poplar eco-producer association
ProPopulus Team A group of poplar producers in Granada is taking the first steps towards the creation of an association for poplar eco-producers. It will…
All you wanted to know about poplar wood, but didn’t
ProPopulus Team Poplar trees are among the fastest growing trees in Europe as they can be harvested after 10 to 20 years, also during their…
The reception of abstracts for the Eighth International Poplar Symposium is open
ProPopulus Team The Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (ILFE) (formerly known as the Poplar Research Institute) from Novi Sad, Serbia, will host the IUFRO Eighth International Poplar…
Building with poplar is a reality
ProPopulus Team Two Mediterranean countries, Italy and Spain, are at the forefront of using poplar for the construction industry in Europe. In Italy, the PoplyHouse…
Wood, the building choice for technology giants
ProPopulus Team Technology giants Microsoft and Google are turning to wood as the base material for the construction of their new campuses, in Silicon Valley,…
A new web app to improve poplar production
ProPopulus Team A new digital tool to help poplar producers (developed jointly by Propopulus’ sponsor Bosques y Rios and the University of León (Spain)) was…
Poplar, a key element to develop a bioeconomy
ProPopulus Team “Poplars are a key element for the development of bioeconomy, not only in the production of bioenergy but also, and above all, in…
Populus 360, an event to encourage innovation and collaboration in the poplar sector
ProPopulus Team On October 21st and 22nd, the International Conference ‘Populus 360. Innovation, collaboration and challenges in the poplar sector’, will take place in Ponferrada…
Five upcoming wood and timber related events will take place in October in Europe and the UK
ProPopulus team October will we a month full of events related to wood and timber. The first one, the Timber Expo, will be held from…
The HUMAP project, led by Garnica, ends successfully
ProPopulus Team The Spanish company Garnica, a founding member of ProPopulus, has led a research project co-financed by the CDTI (Center for Industrial Technological Development)…
Poplar based technical wood for structural uses
ProPopulus team Within the framework of the activities of the COMPOP Timber Project, the IDIE Group (Research and Development in Building Engineering) and the Departments…
Peupliers de France launches a new website
ProPopulus Team After nine months of hard work, and with the support of France Bois Forêt and CODIFAB, the French Poplar National Council (Consel National…
The tall wooden buildings boom reaches Spain
ProPopulus Team The boom in tall wooden buildings has reached Spain with two cities, Barcelona (Catalunya) and Pamplona (Navarra), heading the race. In Barcelona, the…
The European Commission awards the LIFE grant to a project to recover poplars in Vega de Granada, Spain
ProPopulus Team The European Commission in its 2020 call, within its Action for Climate program and the Climate Change Mitigation sub-program, has recently awarded the…
ProPopulus launches a directory of the poplar industry players available to all
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…
Helsinki and Dubai will host major forestry conferences in July 2021
ProPopulus Team Two major events with forestry as the main theme will take place next July. One in Helsinki, Finland, and the other in Dubai,…
Researchers patent a new method to synthesize paracetamol from poplar
ProPopulus Team As the world moves towards a cleaner green bioeconomy, new research on the uses of poplar bark and leaves, and its potential phytochemicals…
Wood, a material for the future
ProPopulus Team The possibilities that wood offers never cease to amaze. It is a renewable, recyclable and sustainable material that not only has many and…
Planet Wood a new Spanish initiative to raise awareness on the benefits of wood
ProPopulus Team Planeta Madera (Planet Wood) is the new initiative launched on Earth Day, April 22nd, by the Spanish Wood and Furniture Business Union, UNEmadera,…
IPC’s 26th Session will be hold virtually for the first time
ProPopulus Team The International Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees Sustaining People and the Environment (IPC) 26th session will be hold virtually for the…
EFI presents a new study aiming to tackle key questions on European forests
ProPopulus Team The European Forest Institute (EFI) released a new study that compiles key research findings to answer 12 important questions about forests in the…
Celebrating the International Day of Forests
ProPopulus Team In 2012 the United Nations declared 21 March as the International Day of Forests to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of…
The future of clean energy is wooden wind power turbines
ProPopulus Team Going higher to produce more power is a goal for Europe in its quest to become carbon neutral by 2050 as high-altitude wind…
Industrial applications of poplar wood
ProPopulus Team In recent years, the growing demand of wood and wood-based products has stimulated an increasing interest in poplar cultivation due, among other reasons,…
Populiculture, a crop aligned with UN’s SDG 2030
ProPopulus Team In 2015, the United Nations approved the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, that included 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the blueprint for achieving a…
The EU’s upcoming new Forest Strategy: a great opportunity for populiculture
ProPopulus Team The first quarter of 2021 will be decisive for the future of European forests. The European Commission is expected to present the New…
Fôret pro Bos publishes a new document on poplar trees and their impact on environment and climate
ProPopulus Team “Peuplier, Environnement & Climat” (Poplar, Environment and Climate) is the latest publication by Forêt pro Bos. The brochure, which is free to download…
Wood buildings, potential major carbon sinks
ProPopulus Team Switching to wood on a wide scale as primary construction material for buildings in Europe could sequester 420 million tons of carbon dioxide…
FCBA foresees a good outlook for poplar cultivation in France
ProPopulus Team According to FCBA, L’institut Technologique Forêt Cellulose Bois-Construction Ameublement (the Cellulose Wood- Furniture Construction Technological Institute) there is a positive perspective for poplar…
Poplar is a fundamental resource for France’s rural life
ProPopulus Team France is Europe’s first poplar producer. Poplar cultivation in France began in the 1760’s, and although the areas planted with poplar have been…
Poplar, vital for building a bioeconomy in Spain
ProPopulus Team The importance of poplar cultivation in the construction of a bioeconomy in Spain, its potential for generating rural employment, its environmental advantages and…
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…
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…
