Forestry News
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EAVISION Brasil Application, Deploying the Global Smart Agriculture Market
As we all know, compared with the advantages of plant protection drones that are easy to popularize under the conditions of wheat, rice and other field crops, the penetration rate of commercial crops in hilly and mountainous areas is very small. Some plant protection machines can only imitate tree canopies, but cannot accurately imitate terrain and autonomous obstacle avoidance. As a leading ...
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Katam Technologies signs contract with Irani, a leading company in the Brazilian paperboard and packaging paper segments
Katam has signed a three-year contract with Irani Paper and Packaging S.A., one of the main sustainable paper and packaging corporations in Brazil. The work will be carried out from 2022 to 2025. Katam started to work with Irani in early 2021, by implementing a successful pilot installation. The cooperation was initiated by Irani through their open innovation program called Irani Labs, aiming at ...
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How to transplant trees with Oenosan
The municipality of Damme in Belgium is using Oenosan to transplant trees. When it is the time of the year for new plantings or when we are in need to transplant trees, it is primordial not to have any los. Oenosan is the ideal partner to prevent this loss. How do we use Oenosan in this particular case? Oenosan is sprinkled directly on the root structure and thus ...
By Oenosan
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IGS to deliver vertical farming solution supporting first solar-powered commercial scale farm in Perth, Australia
IGS has secured a partnership with Eden Towers, the hyper-efficient vertical farming business, to power a commercial scale vertical farm in Western Australia to grow leafy greens, specialty crops and begin the development of indigenous crops to support the local indigenous community and enter new markets. The farm will be an Australian-first, located next door to the Shire of Murray’s ...
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Effect of afforestation on soil fungal community structure is greater than spatial distance
Afforestation is an important strategy to enhance terrestrial carbon sink. It alters regional landscapes and affects microbial processes in soil ecosystems. In particular, soil fungi, which play an important role in carbon and nitrogen cycling, could be greatly affected. However, at a watershed scale, the changes of soil fungal communities under afforestation could not only be influenced by host ...
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Aviro D16, the World's First Gimbal Spraying For Pest Control
SINGAPORE, December 14, 2021 -- Precision spraying has never been in higher demand, dwindling human resources and pushing for more sustainable practice. Overuse of pesticides has long plagued the industry, not just for cost but also for a more significant ecosystem impact. Avirtech introduces the world's first gimbal-based spraying for high precision, accurate up to a spray radius of 10 cm. ...
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Melbourne set to jingle all the way to Christmas Day
The Festival is part of a landmark $200 million investment by the City of Melbourne and the Victorian Government to stimulate the economy and bring the city to life. The city will dazzle with the glow of thousands of decorations, including a 16-metre tall Christmas tree, as families and shoppers are welcomed into the streets and shops for an extended festival period from Friday 12 ...
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From `a joke` to `family relocation`-why did this entrepreneur choose Dianjiang?
In the office building of Dianjiang Software Park, a team of more than ten people is stepping up the debugging and testing of drones. "The weather is good today. Take the time to go out for aerial surveys and enclosures to correspond to flight defense operations." The same scene is in Dianjiang Software. The garden is constantly on stage. A high-tech enterprise located in Suzhou, why would a ...
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Funding for Carlton Forest
The designers, manufacturers, and operators of the first continuous pyrolysis plant in the UK for end-of-life tyres, has received a substantial grant from BEIS Invest to Grow grant scheme. Facilitated by the University of Derby, the grant has been awarded to highlight the innovation behind the visionary project, the jobs that it will create in the local community initially and in the long term, ...
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New trial ensures successful planting of seedlings to restore areas in Pantanal degraded by fires
The pilot project uses the transplantation of seedlings due to a shortage in production of native seeds, necessary to restore forests around the Cuiabá River, Pantanal, that have recently been degraded by fires in the region. The actions are taking place in the Sesc Baía das Pedras Park – Sesc Pantanal, carried out by a team of researchers from the CPP/INAU and UFMT, together ...
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Technical Guideline - Building Sustainable Aquaculture through Coastal Field Schools
Meaningful participation of local stakeholders, especially local communities, is key to successfully Implementing and optimising any Building with Nature solution. In line with this principle and based on analysis of the biophysical as well as the socio-economic systems, the Building with Nature Indonesia initiative integrates revitalisation of aquaculture with mangrove restoration for coastal ...
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Boster Fiera
BOSTER, acronym of Bosco (forest) and Territorio (territory) is the biggest Italian outdoor international event focused on the enhancement of forest resources and the sustainable management of the mountain territory. The fair took place from 2nd to 4th July 2021 in Olux in the Turin region. Everything was organized by our Italian dealer Metal Agricola Srl. We exhibited the Forwarders ...
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On the path to net zero, Canada must grow a circular bioeconomy
Bathroom sinks made of wood fibre, energy derived from garbage, skyscrapers built of cross-laminated timber, and carbon fibre that is used in Formula 1 cars are all examples of bioproducts that are helping us replace the use of fossil fuels in our everyday lives. Today – July 7 – we are joining the World Bioeconomy Forum in celebrating World Bioproducts Day to raise awareness of the ...
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Investancia Group and BioEnergy Plantations Australia Pty Ltd extend world-leading pongamia tree genetics partnership
Leading agro-research companies BioEnergy Plantations Australia Pty Ltd (BPA) and Investancia Group have agreed to extend their world-leading pongamia tree genetics partnership. Based on new propagation protocols and the exclusive access to the world’s best pongamia genetics – Investancia and BPA will further cooperate in developing volume-based reforestation and commercial planting ...
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John Deere Announces Supplier Agreement with Mobile Track Solutions, LLC.
John Deere announces a master supply agreement with Mobile Track Solutions, L.L.C., an Elkader, Iowa-based manufacturer of towed scrapers. As a part of the agreement, Mobile Track Solutions will provide the John Deere-branded greater than 27 cubic yard capacity towed scrapers for distribution through the John Deere construction and agriculture dealer networks. "The trend for a single ...
By John Deere
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Hakki Pilke 38 Pro and 43 Pro Firewood Processors Have a NEW Half-Stroke Function
The Hakki Pilke 38 Pro and 43 Pro firewood processors now have the half-stroke function for making short firewood faster as a standard equipment. Take your efficiency to a whole new level and double the cycle speed with half-stroke. With this activated, the splitting returns already after half of the stroke, thus halving the cycle time. The half-stroke splitting can be easily controlled with a ...
By Hakki Pilke
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The Circular Bioeconomy – A Collaborative Path To Net Zero: Conference Explores Opportunities for Canada’s Industry and Communities
Canada’s longest-running and largest conference focused on the bioeconomy will be exploring the critical role that forests and bioproducts will play as Canada pursues its target to have net zero emissions by 2050. The Virtual Canadian Bioeconomy Conference and Exhibition will be presented next Tuesday and Wednesday. First held in 2004, in the forestry and bioeconomy centre of Prince ...
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Investancia Paraguay S.A. commences 30-day public comment period on VCS+CCB ARR carbon project
Comments are invited from the public about whether the below project meet the requirements of the Verified Carbon Standard and Climate, Community & Biodiversity Programs. Comments received by Verra will be published to the project record on the Verra Registry and must be considered by the project proponent and validation/verification body (VVB). Impact Reforestation in the Chaco Project ...
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Blockchain will track 50 million trees through Investancia and EcoMatcher partnership
Leading agro-research company Investancia has teamed up with EcoMatcher to track a large-scale reforestation project using EcoMatcher’s blockchain-enabled digital tree-planting platform. Over the next ten years, 50 million trees will each receive a unique QR code in Investancia’s tree nursery. Once the trees are planted, each QR code is scanned with EcoMatcher’s TreeCorder app ...
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Registration now open for the VIRTUAL 2021 Canadian Bioeconomy Conference & Exhibition
The vital role of the bioeconomy in realizing Canada’s net zero aspirations will be explored in the virtual 2021 Canadian Bioeconomy Conference and Exhibition, which will be held on June 22 and 23 from 8am to 11am (pacific time) both days. Registration is now open for the conference, click Enter Virtual Platform to get started at www.bioeconomyconference.com. Presented by Inland and Case ...
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