This paper presents issues connected with operation of furniture clusters in EU with a special emphasis put on establishment of clusters in Poland. The paper also discusses potential created when enterprises form a cluster. Some case studies are given to provide a comparison between clusters operating in various European countries.
Conditions of the preparation of the European Forest-Based Sector Development Programmes (Forest Sector Outlook Study - FSOS). The article in a synthetic manner presents Information resulting from the authorʼs own experience from his activity in the ECE/FAO Timber Committee in Geneva in the years 1980- 2014. The experience concerns preparation of forest sector development programmes for particular regions of the world by global agencies, mainly the UN (including the FAO). These programmes are based on the available source materials from individual countries and on the own estimation of these organizations. They also benefit from the available research methods and the involvement of experts and country correspondents. The programmes that were drawn up are used by scientists, politicians, and various specialists in strategic and operational activity, and also for scientific and didactic purposes.
The Annual Conference of the European Forest Institute (EFI) was organised on 15th October 2010 in Dresden. The Conference was accompanied by a seminar on biomass from forests and other lands.
The article discusses the latest global trends in the use of paper in the newspaper sector offered by continent for the years 1999 and 2009. These are supplemented with an account of the decisions made by major world and domestic titles with respect to venturing into the market of electronic media.