Studies and research

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.

Gaining Depth: State of Watershed Investment 2014

  • 2014
  • Gaining Depth: State of Watershed Investment 2014
  • Responsible management, Sustainable investments
  • 2014
  • Bennett G., Nathaniel C., Leonardi A.

Developed jointly with Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, this report analyses government and business investments in clean water initiatives on an international scale: $ 12.3 billion invested in 2013, bringing benefits to more than 7 million households and 365 million hectares of land.

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Developed jointly with Forest Trends' Ecosystem Marketplace, this report analyses government and business investments in clean water initiatives on an international scale: $ 12.3 billion invested in 2013, bringing benefits to more than 7 million households and 365 million hectares of land.

Payments for Ecosystem Services: giving ecosystems their due value

  • 2014
  • Payments for Ecosystem Services: giving ecosystems their due value
  • Responsible management
  • 2014
  • Saccone L.

What are ecosystem services, how do they work, what are the areas of intervention and the actors involved: this guide explains how to give value to ecosystems and proposes three different case studies in Italy and Angola.

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What are ecosystem services, how do they work, what are the areas of intervention and the actors involved: this guide explains how to give value to ecosystems and proposes three different case studies in Italy and Angola.

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