Portfolio

OptFORESTS, a project to improve the diversity and resilience of forests

  • 2022

This 5-years project aims at supporting the protection and sustainable use of forest genetic resources in Europe to face environmental and social challenges.

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This 5-years project aims at supporting the protection and sustainable use of forest genetic resources in Europe to face environmental and social challenges.

Market analysis: innovative timber products

  • 2020
  • Market analysis: innovative timber products
  • Responsible management
  • United Kingdom
  • Zoological Society of London

Wood is now used in various products, some of which are very innovative. This study aims to analyze the market and future scenarios of some innovative products with high development potential, such as bio-plastics and viscose used in the textile sector.

FSC Stakeholder engagement manual

  • 2020
  • FSC Stakeholder engagement manual
  • Responsible management
  • GlobalItaly
  • FSC International

FSC® certification requires stakeholder engagement to comply with procedures. This project involves the production of a manual: an operational guide, enriched with real and concrete examples, on how to involve stakeholders in a positive and successful way.

IT-FOR: technology in service of the forest

  • 2019 2022

IT-FOR Operative Group aims to promote digitisation in forestry and timber processing enterprises. To this end,, IT-FOR team is working to develop an innovative digital system which will increase these companies’ competitiveness: a web platform that will help enterprises to manage forestry sites and the marketing and traceability of timber.

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An integrated web platform for the development of forestry companies

LIFE Legal Wood Closing the Gaps on Illegal Timber Trade

  • 2019 2022
  • LIFE Legal Wood Closing the Gaps on Illegal Timber Trade
  • Responsible management
  • ItalyFranceBelgiumGermanySpainNetherlandsDenmark
  • European Commission

Etifor is a partner of the LIFE “Legal Wood” project: with the support of the EU LIFE Programme, stakeholders in Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Netherlands will now get the opportunity to work together to further strengthen the implementation of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), due diligence and exchange of information related to the shared aim of stopping illegal timber in supply chains.

GreenChainSAW4LIFE

  • 2019 2021
  • GreenChainSAW4LIFE
  • Responsible management
  • Italy
  • European Commission

  • Iris srl

    Unione Montana dei Comuni del Monviso

    Comune di Barge

    Giusiano Legnami srl

    Compolab srl

    Walden srls

The project GreenChainSAW4LIFE  aims at managing local forest in a innovative, sustainable and shared way, for fighting climatic and enviromental risk such as fire, hydrogeological instability, and loss biodiversity and using/use the wood obtained to producer green energy and biomaterials for benefit of the economy local and nature by implementing an integrated local plan for climate, energy and bioeconomy in the Po, Bronda, and Infernotto Valleys.

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Renewable energy and innovative forest management to face the new challenges of the climate crisis

EUTR Training

  • 2012 2021
  • EUTR Training
  • Responsible management
  • ItalyFinland
  • Bennet, PAM, Tiesse, Segatifriuli, Indufor, AIEL

Consulting and training on the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), the European Union legislation about timber trade and wooden products.

Incredible Horizon 2020

  • 2016 2020
  • Incredible Horizon 2020
  • Responsible management
  • TunisiaFinlandGreeceFranceCroatiaItalySpainPortugalBelgium
  • European Commission

The European H2020 project INCREDIBLE, boost the promotion and innovation of NWFPs in the Mediterranean through the development and animation of a multi-actor network of networks in order to increase knowledge flows contribute to business discovery, social innovation and the co-design of locally adapted innovative value chains. Etifor works mainly in problem solving and scaling-up through cross-sector fertilization.

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Innovative markets and supply chains for NWFPs

Monitoring of FLEGT licensing scheme

  • 2017 2018
  • Monitoring of FLEGT licensing scheme
  • Responsible management
  • EU
  • European Commission

FLEGT IMM is a multi-year project implemented by ITTO and financed by the European Union (EU) to support implementation of bilateral Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) between the EU and timber supplying countries.  Etifor is the italian partner, collaborating in studies and initiative related to international trade of tropical timber and supply chain analysis. One of the area of interest is investigating the effectiveness of the FLEGT licensing scheme, and collect the feedbacks from operators.

 

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