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Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry provides EUR five million in funding for research and innovation projects that promote climate change resilience in agriculture, forestry and other types of land use

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry funds five new research and innovation projects from the&…

10 policy recommendations for EU member states to build their national bioeconomy policies

BioeconomyBlog

Ten policy recommendations are used to incentivize EU member countries to build their national bioeconomy&…

Minister of Economic Affairs Lintilä to visit the United States to discuss energy and bioeconomy

BioeconomyNews

Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä will visit the United States on 15–16 November. This…

Meet the Scientists of the Future Bioeconomy part 3: Engineering the cell factory

ChemistryBlog

To stay competitive, industries need to increase their productivity. Typically this is done by improving&…

Meet the Scientists of the Future Bioeconomy part 2: Spider Silk – the supermaterial of the future

ChemistryBlog
Electrospinning of a biosynthetic spidersilk.

Spider silk is one of the strongest materials found in the natural world. Scientists have&…

New project to promote allocation of funding to sustainable development

BioeconomyNews

The Government’s objective is to direct more private funding towards sustainable investments in the…

Meet the Scientists of the Future Bioeconomy part 1: Using microbes to create new bioplastics

ChemistryBlog
Mikrobeja tutkitaan petrimaljassa.

Research scientist Anna Ylinen is doing her doctoral thesis at the Center for Young Synbio&…

Bioeconomy Advisory Panel meets for the first time with the aim of creating sustainable growth from the bioeconomy

BioeconomyNews

Finland is currently updating its Bioeconomy Strategy. The objective is to make use of the&…

“A Billion Ton Bioeconomy Vision” in the United States – Finland looking to partner

BioeconomyBlog

Traditional expertise in the forest industry along with wood-based product innovations over the last few&…

Wooden building – A beauty with health benefits?

BuildingBlog
Interior image of Tuupala Wood School.

Finns love their wild forests and blue lakes. Therefore, it is no wonder that they&…

Video: Bioeconomy in Central Finland

BioeconomyVideo

Bioeconomy has been Central Finland’s advantage for a long time. And now, because of…

Regional biodiversity forums support the process to update the Biodiversity Strategy

BioeconomyNews

During this autumn, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Economic Affairs&…

Updated Finnish Bioeconomy Strategy aims to promote sustainable growth and climate objectives

Editors' ChoiceCase

The objective of the updated Finnish Bioeconomy Strategy is to harness the bioeconomy to create&…

Updated Finnish Bioeconomy Strategy aims to promote sustainable growth and climate objectives

Editors' ChoiceNews

The objective of the updated Finnish Bioeconomy Strategy is to harness the bioeconomy to create&…

The EU Biodiversity Strategy sets ambitious targets – the measures must take into account overall sustainability and different circumstances in the Member States

BioeconomyNews

On 20 May 2020, the European Commission published a new Biodiversity Strategy aimed at halting…

Government roadmap to carbon neutral Finland – climate leadership means opportunities for the whole country

BioeconomyNews

At its climate meeting on Monday 3 February, the Finnish Government published a roadmap that…