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• General Links
  • Swedish Energy Agency : The Swedish Government Energy Department
    
  • TEKES, Technology Agency in Finland : National Technology Agency in Finland (R&D)
    
  • Federal Environmental Agency : Federal Environmental Agency (Germany)
    
  • Federal Ministry of Nourishment, Agriculture and Forestry : General information about Nourishment, Agriculture and Forestry in Germany
    
  • National Energy Agency in Portugal : ADENE is the national energy agency in Portugal (also in english).
    
  • National Board of Energy in Portugal : The National Board of Energy is the governmental authority responsable for the energy sector in Portugal (also in english).
    
  
  

• Bioenergy
  • Bioenergy in Finland : Portal of Bioenergy in Finland. Information in English and Suomi.
    
  • IEA Bioenergy Task 29 : "Socio-Economic Drivers in Implementing Bioenergy Projects" (Task duration: 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2005)
    
  • Energieholzbörse (EHB) : Information and trading platform for wood energy in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
    
  • Swiss Wood Energy Association : (Verband Holzenergie Schweiz)
    
  • IEA Bioenergy : Website of the international bioenergy research collaboration of the International Energy Agency
    
  • Svebio : The Swedish Bioenergy Association
    
  • EUBIONET : European bioenergy networks AFBnet were established in 1995 by European Comission to promote the utilisation of bioenergy in Europa.
    
  • VTT in Finland : VTT is an impartial expert organisation that carries out technical and technoeconomic research and deveploment work.
    
  • Agency of Renewable Resources (FNR) : central coordinating agency in Germany in the field of renewable resorces
    
  • Biomass Information Centre : Information platform on the use of biomass as a renewable energy source
    
  • IEA Task 29 Educational website on biomass and bioenergy : IEA Task 29 Educational website on biomass and bioenergy: definition, technologies, sustainability, environment, economy, benefits, implementation
    
  
  

• Forest
  • National Board of Forestry in Sweden : The National Board of Forestry is the Government's expert authority on forests and forest policy.
    
  • Forests in Sweden : Forest Sweden is a neutral Information and Knowledge portal for the entire Swedish forestry, forest, wood, pulp/paper industries and their major suppliers.
    
  • METLA in Finland : Finnish Forest Research Institute
    
  • European Forest Report : European Forest Condition Report (available as .pdf)
    
  • Metsähallitus in Finland : Metsähallitus (Forest and Park Service) is a state enterprise within the administrative sector of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.(timber sales,nature protection etc.)
    
  • German Forestry Council : Sustainable forest management in Germany
    
  • National Board of Forestry in Portugal : The National Board of Forestry is the governmental authority responsable for the management of the forestry in Portugal (in portuguese only)
    
  • Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) : Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft
    
  • Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape : SAEFL
    
  • Swiss Association for the Forest Economy : WVS
    
  • European Forest Institute : European Forest Institute (EFI)
    
  
  

• Environment
  • Environment Protection Office of Sweden : The Environmental Protection Office of Sweden is an essential part of the Swedish Government Environment Authority
    
  • FINNISH ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION : Different institutions: Ministry of the Environment, Regional Environment Centres, Environmental Permit Authorities,Finnish Environment Institute, Housing Fund
    
  • Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape : SAEFL
    
  • Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute : SMHI, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, is an authority with extensive service and business operations. SMHI offers comprehensive competence within the areas of meteorology, hydrology and oceanography.
    
  • VTT Research Centre,Environment portal in Finland : The portal of VTT Processes in Finland concerning Environmental Aspects
    
  
  

• Echaine Subcontractors
  • Heat and Power Plant in Enköping : Heat and power plant in Enköping, Sweden
    
  • Turveruukki Oy in Oulu : Turveruukki Oy is one of the leading suppliers of fuel and horticultural peat and wood fuel in Finland
    
  • Swiss Wood Energy Association : Holzenergie Schweiz (HeS)
    
  • University of Zurich, Social Research Centre/Sozialforschungsstelle (SFS) : Institute of Social Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich/Switzerland
    
  
  

• Geographic Information Systems
  • Geographical Portuguese Institute : The IGEO is a governmental institute, responsable for the national carthography and working also in GIS (in portuguese only)
    
  • National System for Geographical Information in Portugal : SNIG is a web site that provides access to geographic information produced by national public agencies within environmental, agricultural, economic, scientific and cultural domains (also in english).
    
  • ESRI : ESRI International
    
  • Geography Network : Geography Network - Access to World of Information
    
  • SWEPOS : A National network of reference stations for GPS
    
  • ESRI - Downloadable data : ESRI - Downloadable data from different sources.
    
  • Land and Geographic Services of Sweden : The task of Lantmäteriet is to contribute to an efficient and sustainable use of Sweden´s real estate, land and water. The organisation has three divisions: Cadastral services, Land and Geographic Information and Metria.
    
  • GIS.COM : GIS.com is a portal to GIS information on the Web and was created by ESRI, a GIS software developer. The site is intended to educate anyone interested in geographic technology on the value that technology brings to their day-to-day activities. The site also provides GIS users with resources to help them in their work.
    
  • Baltic Sea Region Maps : The Baltic Sea Region GIS, Maps and Statistical Database is a result of the Baltic Drainage Basin Project (BDBP), a multi-disciplinary research project under the EU 1991-1994 Environment Research Programme. It was developed as joint effort between the Beijer Institute, Stockholm, Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University and UNEP/GRID-Arendal.
    
  
  

• University
  • Joensuu University : University of Joensuu in Finland
    
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences : Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden
    
  • University of Oulu : University of Oulu in Finland
    
  • Helsinki University of Technology : Helsinki University of Technology in Finland. Laboratory of Energy Economics and Power Plant Engineering. Combustion and gasification technologies.
    
  • University of Jyväskylä : University of Jyväskylä in Finland. Renewable energy sources
    
  • Lappeenranta University of Technology : Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland. Energy technologies and economics
    
  • Chalmers University of Technology : Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.