Studies and research

How can National Forest Funds catalyse the provision of ecosystem services

  • 2021

National Forest Funds (NFFs) are a significant source of funding for the forestry sector. In this paper, we analysed three NFF case studies (Costa Rica, Morocco, and Vietnam) in order to assess, with operational examples, if and to what extent NFFs already operate on Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) or PES-like mechanisms.

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National forest funds and Payments for Ecosystem Services in Costa Rica, Morocco and Vietnam.

Sustainable climate investments 2020

  • 2020

The handbook, by ItaSIF with inputs coming from a working group, analyzes the crucial role of sustainable finance in view of achieving climate targets.

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The “Sustainable climate investments” handbook analyzes the crucial role of sustainable finance in view of achieving climate targets, both in terms of integrating sustainability considerations into investment choices, and in financing mitigation and adaptation solutions. Within the handbook, Etifor developed chapter 5.1 related to agriculture and forests. The first part of the chapter

Forest and Wellbeing

  • 2020
  • Forest and Wellbeing
  • Sustainable investments
  • 2020
  • I. Doimo; M. Masiero; P. Gatto

This review gives an overview of existing literature on the emerging topic of human wellbeing-forest. Read the whole abstract.

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Bridging Medical and Forest Research for Effective Forest-Based Initiatives

Intermediary organisations in collaborative environmental governance

  • 2020

This study makes an exploratory analysis of the EU-funded LIFE sub-programme for the Environment and its priority area Environment and Resource Efficiency focused on the role of networks and in particular of intermediary organizations by using Social Network Analysis.

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An exploratory analysis of the LIFE sub-programme for the Environment by using Social Network Analysis

SIMRA’s final Policy Brief How can Policy help bring about Social Innovation in Rural Areas?

  • 2020
  • SIMRA’s final Policy Brief How can Policy help bring about Social Innovation in Rural Areas?
  • Local development, Sustainable investments
  • 2020
  • Team SIMRA

This briefing explores the challenge of raising the profile of social innovation in policy-making, because although social innovation may happen as a result of citizen action alone, its impact can be much enhanced by the design of supportive policies.

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Forest plantations in Southwestern Europe A comparative trend analysis on investment returns, markets and policies

  • 2019
  • Forest plantations in Southwestern Europe A comparative trend analysis on investment returns, markets and policies
  • Sustainable investments
  • 2019
  • Alex Pra et al.

This paper represents the first analysis of forest plantation investments on a comparative perspective in the context of Southwestern Europe. Our experts estimated and compared potential investment returns at aggregate level for some of the most important productive forest plantation species in the region, including hybrid poplar, eucalyptus and maritime pine.

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RAF 2019 Italy Bosco Limite. The forest that defends against climate change

  • 2019

The first “Report on the state of Italian forests” aims to provide a global, detailed and timely picture of the state of Italian forests and its supply chains. The article, written by the Etifor team in collaboration with Davide Pettenella, presents a successful case study: Bosco Limite.

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In recent decades Italian society has gradually lost sight of the importance of forests, a green lung that covers about 40% of the national territory.We have also forgotten how the national forest system, with its productive, environmental and socio-cultural chains, still represents a vital fulcrum of the country today. In this context, the first "Report

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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Enhancing outdoor recreation and biodiversity through payments for ecosystem services

  • 2018
  • Enhancing outdoor recreation and biodiversity through payments for ecosystem services
  • Responsible management, Sustainable investments
  • 2018
  • AA.VV.

As part of the Springer Nature SharedIt initiative, you can now read the article “Enhancing outdoor recreation and biodiversity through payments for ecosystem services: emerging potentials from selected Natura 2000 sites in Italy” written with the contribution of Etifor’s team.

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