Studies and research

Valuing forest ecosystem services a training manual for planners and project developers

  • 2019

The aim of this manual, published by FAO, is to enhance understanding of ecosystem services and their valuation. Most of the examples and case studies presented herein, therefore, are tailored to the Bangladesh context, but the general concepts, approaches and methods can be applied to a broad spectrum of situations.

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The aim of this manual is to enhance understanding of ecosystem services and their valuation. The specific target group comprises governmental officers in planning units and field-level officers and practitioners in key government departments in Bangladesh responsible for project development, including the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its agencies. Most of the examples

Demonstrating Ecosystem Services Impacts FSC International (FSC-GUI-30-006)

  • 2018
  • Demonstrating Ecosystem Services Impacts FSC International (FSC-GUI-30-006)
  • Responsible management
  • 2018
  • AA.VV.

This document is written, by FSC International and Etifor experts, for forest managers who are looking for additional technical guidance for using the FSC Ecosystem Services Procedure (FSC-PRO-30-006) to improve their access to ecosystem services markets.

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Forest Management Auditing Certification of Forest Products and Services

  • 2018

Forest managers, auditors and project developers require a new range of skills: this book, co-editing by Etifor, outlines the market-based tools that are required by such professionals to ensure corporate social responsibility in the forestry sector.

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It is difficult to find products or services in the market that are not defined as sustainable. But what makes a product or a service really sustainable? A good reference standard and a serious and independent system of control (audit). Lucio Brotto (Etifor Srl) and Davide Pettenella (University of Padova) as editors, and the rest

What does the future hold for poplar cultivation?

  • 2018
  • What does the future hold for poplar cultivation?
  • Responsible management, Sustainable investments
  • 2018
  • G.Levarato, A. Pra, D. Pettenella

Download this survey in Italian on the state-of-the-art and the prospects for industrial use of poplar timber. The report is based on thesis work in ‘Forestry and Environmental Technologies’ of the University of Padova and has been produced in collaboration with Etifor.

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Market Outlooks: Voluntary Carbon

  • 2017
  • Market Outlooks: Voluntary Carbon
  • Responsible management, Sustainable investments
  • 2017
  • Kelley Hamrick, Lucio Brotto

The “STATE OF EUROPEAN MARKETS 2017 – Voluntary carbon” is a market outlook realized by Ecosystem Marketplace, Etifor and the University of Padova during ECOSTAR | NATURAL TALENTS an Erasmus+Knowledge Alliances project.

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The "STATE OF EUROPEAN MARKETS 2017 – Voluntary carbon" is a market outlook realized by Ecosystem Marketplace, Etifor and the University of Padova during ECOSTAR | NATURAL TALENTS an Erasmus+Knowledge Alliances project.

Market Outlooks: Watershed Investments

  • 2017
  • Market Outlooks: Watershed Investments
  • Responsible management, Sustainable investments
  • 2017
  • Genevieve Bennett, Franziska Ruef, Alessandro Leonardi

The “STATE OF EUROPEAN MARKETS 2017 – Watershed Investments” is a market outlook realized by Ecosystem Marketplace, Etifor and the University of Padova during ECOSTAR | NATURAL TALENTS an Erasmus+Knowledge Alliances project.

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The "STATE OF EUROPEAN MARKETS 2017 - Watershed Investments" is a market outlook realized by Ecosystem Marketplace, Etifor and the University of Padova during ECOSTAR | NATURAL TALENTS an Erasmus+Knowledge Alliances project.

Market Outlooks: Biodiversity Offsets and Compensation

  • 2017
  • Market Outlooks: Biodiversity Offsets and Compensation
  • Responsible management, Sustainable investments
  • 2017
  • Genevieve Bennett,Ariadna Chavarria, Franziska Ruef, Alessandro Leonardi

The “STATE OF EUROPEAN MARKETS 2017 – Biodiversity Offsets and Compensation” is a market outlook realized by Ecosystem Marketplace, Etifor and the University of Padova during ECOSTAR | NATURAL TALENTS an Erasmus+Knowledge Alliances project.

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The "STATE OF EUROPEAN MARKETS 2017 - Biodiversity Offsets and Compensation" is a market outlook realized by Ecosystem Marketplace, Etifor and the University of Padova during ECOSTAR | NATURAL TALENTS an Erasmus+Knowledge Alliances project.

Design, implementation and management of Permanent Polycyclic Tree farms

  • 2016
  • Design, implementation and management of Permanent Polycyclic Tree farms
  • Responsible management
  • 2016
  • Buresti Lattes E., Mori P., Brotto L., Polato R., Pra A., Pettenella D., Zampieri R.

The first national and international handbook developed within the InBioWood project, which brings together the activities needed to realize this “new way” of producing wood outside the forest, in one logical structure.

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The first national and international handbook developed within the InBioWood project, which brings together the activities needed to realize this "new way" of producing wood outside the forest, in one logical structure.

How to measure the value of natural goods

  • 2015
  • How to measure the value of natural goods
  • Responsible management
  • 2015
  • Masiero M.

In 2015, the first issue of  Ecoscienza explored, in depth, the issue of correctly attributing economic value to the many services provided by ecosystems: soil, air, water, countless plant and animal species, forests and protected areas are the “natural capital” that make up these services.

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In 2015, the first issue of  Ecoscienza explored, in depth, the issue of correctly attributing economic value to the many services provided by ecosystems: soil, air, water, countless plant and animal species, forests and protected areas are the "natural capital" that make up these services.

Planted forests in emerging economies

  • 2015
  • Planted forests in emerging economies
  • Responsible management, Sustainable investments
  • 2015
  • Brotto L., Pettenella D., Cerutti P., Pirard R.

A study that identifies, describes and analyzes the Sustainable and Responsible Investments (SRI) tools for forest plantations, recommending a framework for assessing investments in terms of environmental, social and governance impacts.

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A study that identifies, describes and analyzes the Sustainable and Responsible Investments (SRI) tools for forest plantations, recommending a framework for assessing investments in terms of environmental, social and governance impacts.

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