News and Views.

The article presents forest research news briefs. Celebration of 100th anniversary of Finland and Finnish forest research, and includes need for knowledge and timber, and information on acid rain and demand for energy. Meeting of Nordic Co-operation Group for Forest Inventory to be held in Denmark on August 2018 for discussing future forest resource availability, and role of forests in climate change mitigation. Celebration of 100th anniversary of Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.