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