Ignacio SEOANE
Forestry-Wood Chain
European Commission DG Research
Theme 1 Key Action 5.3
SDME 8/27, Rue de la Loi 200
B-1049 Brussels
BELGIUM
Telephone: 32 2 296 20 22
Fax: 32 2 296 43 22

EC-Funded Research:

FP5 - Fifth Framework Programme (1998-2002)

• FP5: Theme 1 - Key Action 5.3 - Sustainable and multi-purpose utilisation of forest resources; the integrated forestry-wood chain
• QLK5-1999-01277: Towards efficient oxygen delignification
• QLK5-1999-01357: PITCH: New environmentally sound methods for pitch control in different paper pulp manufacturing processes
• QLK5-1999-01389: BIOTECH CONTROL: Better management of process water systems by biotechnological identification and treatment of detrimental micro-organisms and metabolites
• QLK5-1999-30960: OAKFLOW - Intra- and interspecific gene flow in oaks as mechanisms promoting diversity and adaptive potential
• QLK5-1999-31377: ESTABLISH: Molecular ecophysiology as a tool for the selection of highly stress-resistant poplar species for multipurpose forests
• QLK5-2000-00177: Compression wood in conifers - the characterisation of its formation and its relevance to timber quality
• QLK5-2000-00276: Measures for improving quality and shape stability of sawn softwood timber during drying and under service conditions
• QLK5-2000-00619: ScreenClean - Optimisation of screening and cleaning technology to control deinking pulp cleanliness
• QLK5-2000-00631: Improving Fraxinus (Ash) productivity for European needs by testing, selection, propagation and promotion of improved genetic resources
• QLK5-2000-00701: Strategy and technology development for a sustainable wood+cork forestry chain
• QLK5-2000-00749: Reduction of detrimental substances in papermaking
• QLK5-2000-00801: Improving the performance of wood joinery through vacuum impregnation of wood primers and preservatives in a single treatment process
• QLK5-2001-0068: End-user access to European RTD for the forest and wood industries sector (Xyloreach)

FAIR Programme (1994-1998)

• FAIR: EUR 18304 EN: Green Chemical and Polymer Chain - Catalogue of Contracts
• FAIR: EUR 18305 EN: Forestry-Wood Chain - Catalogue of Contracts
• FAIR-CT95-0312: Heat Induced Yellowing - A Secondary Phenomena of Chlorine-Free Bleaching
• FAIR-CT95-0424: Tree Improvement Based on Lignin Engineering (TIMBER)
• FAIR-CT95-0560: Wood Extracts in Pulp and Paper Manufacture, Technical and Environmental Implications and Biological Removal
• FAIR-CT95-0805: OXEPI: Oxidative enzymes for the pulp and paper industry
• FAIR-CT95-0909: EUDIREC: Towards a sustainable productive Douglas-fur forest of high quality raw material in Europe
• FAIR-CT96-1360: Separation Methods for Closed-Loop Technology in Bleached Kraft Pulp Manufacture
• FAIR-CT96-1361: Papermaking Chemistry Aspects of Environmentally Friendly ECF and TCF Pulps
• FAIR-CT96-1492: Enzymatic deinking as an environmentally friendly solution for recovered paper recycling (BIO-DEINKING)
• FAIR-CT96-1624: The Strength of Wood Fibres: Association Between Hemicellulose and Cellulose at the Molecular Level
• FAIR-CT96-1837: PROMOTE: Production and marketing of timber of Europe: Evaluation and development of the logging-processing-marketing chains in five countries and practical implementation of the best solutions
• FAIR-CT97-3354: Towards a European larch wood chain
• FAIR-CT97-3381: Excavators as base machines in forest operations
• FAIR-CT97-3460: Bleachability of alkaline pulps
• FAIR-CT97-3681: Microscopy as a tool in pulp and paper research and development
• FAIR-CT97-3855: Comparative production of dissolving pulps by acetosolv, formacell, milox and steaming-extraction pulping
• FAIR-CT97-3893: Characterisation and control of colloids in paper mills recycling recovered papers
• FAIR-CT97-3972: Wood formation processes: the key to improvement of the raw material

AIR Programme (1990 -1996)

• AIR1-CT92-0106: Improvement of a Local Preservation Process for Wood Products with Reduced Environmental Impact
• AIR1-CT92-0143: Northern Conifers in Fast Growing Conditions: A Step Towards an Adequate Wood Supply for Industry
• AIR1-CT92-0187: Image Analysis for the Advancement of Pulp and Paper Research
• AIR1-CT92-0291: Characterisation, Evaluation and Development of Performance Based Tests for Wood-Based Panels for Structural and Non-Structural Applications
• AIR1-CT92-0349: Inter-Disciplinary Research for Poplar Improvement (IRPI)
• AIR1-CT92-0574: Harmonization of Ongoing European Research in the Field of Development and Optimization of Methods for Assessing Drying Quality of Timber
• AIR1-CT92-0608: Production of Quality Wood from Broadleaves
• AIR1-CT92-0682: Modification of Wood with Environmentally Acceptable Chemicals to Improve its Durability and Dimensional Stability
• AIR1-CT92-0715: Forest Planning and Management Tools
• AIR2-CT92-1499: Wood chemistry applied to the manufacture of paper pulp
• AIR2-CT92-1796: Renewpack: Improved Packaging Products From Renewable Materials
• AIR2-CT93-1057: Duration of Load Effect on Different Sized Timber Beams
• AIR2-CT93-1233: Lab Sheet Forming
• AIR2-CT93-1538: Cost Effective Early Thinnings in Multiple-Use Forest with Consideration to Sustained Yield and Ecological and Environmental Conditions
• AIR3-CT94-2000: High Performance Biocomposites with Improved Durability and Dimensional Stability from Non-Toxic Chemically Modified Lignocellulosic Fibres
• AIR3-CT94-2065: Use of New Technical Enzyme and Its Biomimetric System to Improve the Properties of Poplar High Yield Pulp
• AIR3-CT94-2272: Assessment and Improvement of the Recycling Characteristics of Vegetable Oil Based Inks for use with Newsprint and Laser Printed Papers
• AIR3-CT94-2463: Performance and Durability of Wooden Window Joinery Painted with New Types of Paints with Low Organic Solvent Content
• AIR3-CT94-2485: New Paper Industry Uses of Advanced Chemically Modified and Biologically Improved Starch Grades
• AIR3-CT94-2507: New Demands on Laboratory-Refining in Quality Assessment of Paper Pulps

ECLAIR Programme (1988-1993)

• AGRE-0044: Upgrading Straw into Pulp, Paper and Polymeric Materials
• AGRE-0047: Biopulping and Biobleaching
• AGRE-0057: Mechanised Logging and On-Site Debarking of Short Rotation Coppice and Stands of Eucalyptus and Poplar: Impact on Silviculture, Environment and Economy

General Items:

FP5 Quality of Life Programme

• 5.3.1 Multifunctional Management of Forests

FAIR Programme

• Area 1.2 - Green Chemical and Polymer Chain
• Area 1.3 - Forestry-Wood Chain

General Information

• FAIR Programme

General Information

• AIR Programme

General Information

• ECLAIR: European Collaborative Linkage of Agriculture and Industry