News from forest and wood research

On June 5, experts from the fields of politics, science and business met to discuss the first draft of the position paper “Swiss Wood-Based Bioeconomy”, which is being developed jointly with  SATW – Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences  & SKB – Swiss Coordination Committee for Biotechnology . Wood resources in Switzerland:  It is not the usable potential that is important, but the actual growth. When calculating the resources of the available woody biomass, it is not the usa

Meaningful Incentive System or Unacceptable Double Counting?   On May 14, 2024, in collaboration with the Innosuisse Flagship DeCIRRA, a groundbreaking dialogue platform was held with over 40 participants, focusing intensively on CO2 storage in timber construction and its accounting on the voluntary carbon market. The event aimed to build an understanding within the industry of the basics, system boundaries, and definitions related to the voluntary carbon market, and to provi

On 25 April 2024, S-WIN, in cooperation with the Innosuisse Flagship "Think Earth", organised a dialogue platform on the recycling of waste wood in Switzerland. The event included guided tours of the waste wood processing plant and the recycling center of Schneider Umweltservices, where the waste wood, which mainly comes from the construction industry, is sorted and differentiated into uncoated and coated waste wood. The waste wood is then shredded by a shredder and screened

On 5 December 2023, we discussed the wood-based bioeconomy in Switzerland with representatives from various areas of wood research and business. The S-WIN team presented the status of the fact sheet "Wood-based bioeconomy Switzerland", which aims to provide an overview of the challenges and opportunities of the wood-based bioeconomy in Switzerland. It is being developed in collaboration with SATW - Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences  & SKB - Swiss Coordination Committee fo