Skogforsk (the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden)

Skogforsk (the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden)
is the central research body for the Swedish forestry sector, and is financed jointly by government and the Institute’s members.

We pursue demand-driven applied research in a wide variety of fields, including forest technology, raw-material utilization, environmental impact and conservation, forest tree breeding, organizational structures, etc.

Address:

Uppsala Science Park

Phone:

+46 18 18 85 00

Head of public authority (President/Vice-Chancellor/CEO/DG):

Jan Fryk

URL:

http://www.skogforsk.se

Press contact

Name:

Caroline Rothpfeffer

Phone:

+46 18

Mobile phone:

070-

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Skogforsk wins key role in major EU forestry-sector project

9 May, 2005 - Skogforsk (Stiftelsen Skogsbrukets Forskningsinstitut)

In the face of tough competition, Skogforsk (the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden) has landed the role of coordinator for one of the EU’s biggest ever research projects in the forestry and forest-based sector. The project, entitled Eforwood, has been set up to develop a tool for sustainability impact assessment of the European forestry and forest-based sector. The project is scheduled to run for four years and will involve 35 organizations in 18 countries, with a planned total budget of €19 million (US$24.5m).

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