Overview of industries of the future and the forest products industry's agenda 2020

摘要

The forest products industry prepared their vision document,Agenda 2020,in November 1994.Agenda 2020 targets six strategic areas: sustainable forest management,environmental performance,energy peformance,imporved capital effectiveness,recycling,and sensors and controls,In conjunction with industry.OIT has begun funding pre-competitive,research and development projects in support of Agenda 2020's six strategic areas.To date,OIT has funded 21 new projects in fiscal 1996 and 28 new projects in fiscal 1997.OIT is currently in the selection process of projects that will begin in fiscal 1999.