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Development of a cost-effective and sustainable insecticide-free plant protection method, eliminating widespread catastrophic damage in the forestry caused by the pine weevil Hylobius abietis (Weevil STOP)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

The WeevilSTOP project will significantly increase competitiveness and sustainability for the large number of SMEs in the European Forestry and Forest-based Industries. About 16 million Private Forest Owners manage 60% of Europe’s forest, generating 3 million jobs and create a total turnover of €300Bn annually.Our community has a great and urgent need for innovation in order to substitute currentl ...
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Mobile Microwave Pyrolysis Plant turns Biomass into Fuel Locally (MicroFuel)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2012,

Around 15 million private forest owners own about 60% of the forest land in the EU. Privately-owned forests have an average size of 13 ha, but the majority of them are less that 3 ha in size. This group supplies the raw material for the forest based industries with the help of 492,000 people employed in forestry. Forestry and forest-based and related industries employ about 3.4 million people. Eur ...
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