by Guðrún Þórðardóttir | May 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
The TreProX project held a weeklong workshop on 10-16 October 2021. The subject was wood quality and standards of wood sorting as well as methods used in maximizing the quality of timber in growing forest stands. Members of the project are the Agricultural University...
by Guðrún Þórðardóttir | Dec 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
The TreProX project held a weeklong workshop on 10.-16th of October. The subject was wood quality and standards of wood sorting as well as methods used in maximizing the quality of timber in forests while they are growing. Members of the project are The...
by Guðrún Þórðardóttir | Oct 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
The last day of the Iceland visit was spent in Þjórsárdalur, an area where the Iceland Forest Services has planted and maintained a forest for almost 80 years. There the participants had practical excercises, under the guidance of Tomas Ivarsson, based on timber...
by Guðrún Þórðardóttir | Oct 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
On Thursday Tomas Ivarsson, one of the editors of the book Commercial Grading of Timber – Grading Rules, gave the theoretical part of his workshop based on the book. The book is really a handbook and participants learned how to use the book as a guide to sorting...
by Guðrún Þórðardóttir | Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
After a very nice breakfast at Hvanneyri, the program of day three of the TreProX Icelandic workshop started formally at Mógilsá, the Iceland Forest Services Research Center. The Director of the center, Dr. Edda Sigurdís Oddsdóttir, began the program by telling the...
by Guðrún Þórðardóttir | Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
On day two of the TreProX Iceland workshop Bent Jensen from Copenhagen University Forestry School talked about how planting and maintenance of forests directly affects timber quality. He gave quite a few examples of good and bad practices and the discussions that...
