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31.5.2018 Climate, Environment, Forestry

Top science from underground investigations

28.5.2018 Climate, Environment

Luke’s forest expert at IPBES: Nature belongs to us all

21.5.2018 Economy, Environment, Fish

Mysterious migratory fish draw research and industry together

9.5.2018 Economy, Environment

On a digital road to circular economy

10.4.2018 Economy, Environment

Nature-based tourism – global trend, local business and sustainable future?

8.8.2017 Economy, Environment, Forestry

Digital tools help get the best out of forests

20.4.2017 Agriculture, Climate, Environment, Forestry, General

Is Europe’s agriculture and forestry under jeopardy?

18.4.2017 Climate, Economy, Environment, Forestry

Beating the Paris Agreement

23.3.2017 Agriculture, Climate, Environment, Forestry, Game

Climate change may be decelerated by reducing soil emissions

7.3.2017 Environment, Fish

Fish farmers set their sights on offshore areas

7.12.2016 Climate, Environment, Forestry

More timber from the same forest

5.12.2016 Economy, Environment, Forestry

Wood to boost Mozambique´s economy

14.11.2016 Environment, Forestry

Most METSO sites are valuable − the ecological criteria are effective

10.10.2016 Agriculture, Environment

Producers’ initiative gave rise to the Teholanta (‘Power manure’) project

10.10.2016 Agriculture, Environment

Reaping the full benefit of the manure of domesticated animals – with or without processing it

Information is gathered under Normilanta

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Sari Luostarinen and Juha Grönroos hope that manure will again be a valuable product. (Photo: Anna Toppari)[/caption] Sari Luostarinen and Juha Grönroos have seen the change in utilisation of manure: from being an issue concerning only a small niche, it has been brought to the political arena. Information on manure has been dispersed, but researchers are now compiling it. Collaboration has resulted in the Normilanta system, soon to be completed, which, among other things, makes use of the results of a query on manure use directed at producers in 2013. “Normilanta is a calculator of the volume of manure produced in Finland, including its characteristics”, Luostarinen remarks. Normilanta has already been used in the emission modelling related to energy and climate strategy work. Normilanta will produce the information on manure for the Biomass atlas, to be published next year. Using this service, the user can view the availability, volume and characteristics of the various forms of biomass on a map. Another tool for the toolbox, a nutrient calculator, is also under construction. “The Nutrient Calculator enables assessment of where manure and other forms of biomass with a rich nutrient content could be sited”, Gröönroos says. The data thus gathered enables the creation of digital applications which facilitate, for example, the transport and sale of manure products. Text: Anna Toppari, Luke