Highland researchers offer a boost for forestry firms
Researchers at Inverness College UHI are working with partners in Finland, Sweden and Ireland to help forestry service companies improve workforce skills and expand their business opportunities. The three-year, Europe-wide Forest Business Innovation and Advancement project, will see Euan Bowditch and Elspeth McDonald, of the university’s forestry research department, work with contractors, harvesters, and tree planters from the private sector in Scotland to identify gaps in knowledge and new opportunities. It aims to create a digital education platform, which will include new training opportunities, examples of best practice, partnership working models and planning tools. Read more...
Researchers at Inverness College UHI are working with partners in Finland, Sweden and Ireland to help forestry service companies improve workforce skills and expand their business opportunities. The three-year, Europe-wide Forest Business Innovation and Advancement project, will see Euan Bowditch and Elspeth McDonald, of the university’s forestry research department, work with contractors, harvesters, and tree planters from the private sector in Scotland to identify gaps in knowledge and new opportunities. It aims to create a digital education platform, which will include new training opportunities, examples of best practice, partnership working models and planning tools. Read more...
CZECH FOREST HELPS NASA PLOT CLIMATE CHANGE
The Žofín forest in South Bohemia belongs among the oldest protected nature reserves in Central Europe. This unique woodland, which has been protected for more than 180 years, has now become a focus of research carried out by the US space agency NASA. They want to use the data collected in the forest to compare it with measurements taken from space. That could enable them to get a more accurate picture of the Earth’s surface. Read more...
The Žofín forest in South Bohemia belongs among the oldest protected nature reserves in Central Europe. This unique woodland, which has been protected for more than 180 years, has now become a focus of research carried out by the US space agency NASA. They want to use the data collected in the forest to compare it with measurements taken from space. That could enable them to get a more accurate picture of the Earth’s surface. Read more...
