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06.03.2017
Koli Forum & World Circular Economy Forum on 5-6 June, 2017, Helsinki
UNIQUE EVENT WHERE BIOECONOMY MEETS CIRCULAR ECONOMY The 5th Koli Forum is exceptionally held as a session in the World Circular Economy Forum 2017 at the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki on June 5-6, 2017. This special event of the year will highlight the drivers of and opportunities in bio- and circular economy, while offering a unique possibility for…
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21.03.2016
Professor Jyrki Kangas is the new Chairman of the board
Professor Jyrki Kangas started as the new chairman of the board of the Koli Forum Association in February 2016. He replaces Dr. Petteri Taalas who joined the World Meteorological Organization as the Secretary General based in Geneva, Switzerland. Professor Kangas is based at the University of Eastern Finland’s School of Forest Sciences where he works…
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10.03.2016
Sumforest - call for research projects opens 21.3.2016
The FP7 ERA-NET Sumforest pre-announces the upcoming call for transnational collaborative research projects. The call will open on the 21st March 2016 with a closing date for proposals on the 17th June 2016. The title of the call is “Sustainable forests for the society of the future“. The present call for proposals focuses on basic and…
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03.11.2015
Koli Forum newsletter 2/2015
Liisa Käär representing the Koli Theses 2015. (Photo: Ernesto Hartikainen) Read about Koli Forum 2015- event in September and Koli Forum visit in Davos. The newsletter is available via this link.
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21.10.2015
Circular economy met with bioeconomy at the World Resources Forum in Davos, Switzerland
Koli Forum participated in the World Resources Forum event in Davos, Switzerland during October 12-15, 2015. This year’s WRF conference, held in the Swiss mountain resort Davos, was hosted by the Swiss government (Federal Office for the Environment) and supported by a wide range of governmental, business and non-governmental organizations. Over 600 participants from 108 countries were discussing various aspects of…
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15.09.2015
Koli Forum 2017
Governmental and non-governmental delegates, including business representatives from World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Nordic Waste Group, the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) and big and small and medium sized companies working in developed and developing countries were among the delegates and experts who debated on circular economy and international resources governance. UNEP’s…
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14.09.2015
High carbon materials and low carbon energy were in the focus of Koli Forum 2015
The fourth Koli Forum conference took place during September 9-11, 2015 in Koli, Finland. Participants to the conference included representatives from the various Northern bioeconomy sectors ranging from fisheries, food and agriculture, forestry as well as new bioeconomy products and services from North America, Europe, China and Japan. Koli Forum 2015 attracted a wide range of…
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14.09.2015
Pictures from Koli Forum 2015
Visit our photo gallery to see the pictures of Koli Forum 2015 . We will be downloading more photos in the near coming days!
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