MetlaBulletin 1/2007

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Erkki Kauhanen
MANAGING EDITOR: Markus Lier
DESIGN AND LAYOUT: Jouni Hyvärinen
PHOTOS: Erkki Oksanen, Lauri Sikanen, Juha Laitila, Harri Liiri
COVER: The 10th Finnish National Forest Inventory testifies about still growing stocks.
Photo: Metla/Erkki Oksanen
TRANSLATION: Philip Mottram

CONTENTS
3 Editorial - New industrial revolution - Leena Paavilainen
4 News
6 Events
7 Meet in the forest. Moose - the political animal. - Erkki Kauhanen
8 Metla’s forest energy research supports best practices in Finland and abroad - Markus Lier
10 Metla and VTT collaborate in bioenergy research - Markus Lier
12 Technology and know-how make for efficient forest energy systems - Dominik Röser & Lauri Sikanen
15 Bioenergy from the forest – research programme - Antti Asikainen
16 A new IUFRO Task Force to tackle issues of Forests and Health - Erkki Kauhanen
18 Spotlight: Questions to Prof. Klaus v. Gadow - Markus Lier
21 Results of 10th Finnish National Forest Inventory - Markus Lier
22 Research News & Publications

24 Metla
Forest’s energy can be used to generate heat and electricity – also dependency on fossil fuels is reduced. See pages: 12-14