How to integrate the FSC Certification and The Gold Standard Carbon Offsets. The course was realized in collaboration with the certifying bodies TUV SUD and NEPCon.
Purchase Public Responsible for forest products
International Winter School CSR tools and public policies for responsible forestry with University of Padua and University of Suceava
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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Research on the use of software “Integrated Valuation of Environmental Services and Tradeoffs – InVEST” to evaluate and map ecosystem services provided by different habitats and soil use in the Veneto Region.
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.
The Project CAREGA aims to optimize the local forest-wood supply chain, efficiently using all the parts that can be obtained from the trees.
For this reason, with the aim of enhancing wood products with zero value, such as residuals from forest operations, there is the intention to transform low value material into a high added value product, such as charcoal. Etifor is implementing innovative contracts between forest owners and primary and secondary processing companies.
Research for the United Nations Economic Commission of Europe and FAO office Geneve based on “Forests and Water: Valuation and Payments for Forest Ecosystem Services.
The SINCERE project brings together politics, science and action to generate positive impact on forests and related benefits. Etifor is responsible for one of the Innovative Actions that will be developed to increase the value of the natural capital of forests.
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Definition of best practices and standards for the development of local energy biomass supply chains.
