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

Forests and Water Valuation and payments for forest ecosystem services

  • 2018

The objectives of this study are to further improve our understanding about the ways in which payments for ecosystem services schemes can be applied to forests, in particular focusing on forest’s hydrological functions for the mutual benefit of both humans and the environment.

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The objectives of the"Forests and Water - Valuation and payments for forest ecosystem services" study are to further improve our understanding about the ways in which payments for ecosystem services schemes can be applied to forests, in particular focusing on forest’s hydrological functions for the mutual benefit of both humans and the environment. In addition,

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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Social Capital and Local Development

  • 2017
  • Social Capital and Local Development
  • Local development
  • 2017
  • Pisani, E., Franceschetti, G., Secco, L., Christoforou, A. (Eds.)

This pubblication was edited by our collegues of the TESAF Dep. (University of Padova) with the support of Catie Burlando (Etifor) and it is becoming an useful tool for our rural and local development’s team. The study proposes an original and unique methodology for understanding and measuring social capital and provides a close scrutiny of the economic implications of social capital, in particular with regard to European rural areas.

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Impact Investing: Finance to Support the Socio-Environmental Impact

  • 2017
  • Impact Investing: Finance to Support the Socio-Environmental Impact
  • Sustainable investments
  • 2017
  • Vv.Aa.

Lucio Brotto (Etifor) has  developed the section 4.4 “Forests and Sustainable Agriculture” dedicated to forestry and agricultural investments with positive impacts on the environment.  The pubblication “Impact Investing: Finance to Support the Socio-Environmental Impact” is promoted by the Forum for Sustainable Finance and developed by a Working Group.

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State of the forest carbon market in Italy 2016

  • 2017
  • State of the forest carbon market in Italy 2016
  • Sustainable investments
  • 2017
  • Brotto Lucio, Corradini Giulia, Maluccio Saverio, etc.

The survey by Nucleo Monitoraggio Carbonio, analyzes the evolution of the market of voluntary investments in the forestry sector that aim to the creation of ecosystem services, with particular reference to the accounting of carbon credits generated by forest management projects, reforestation and afforestation realized for the compensation of polluting emissions.

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The survey by Nucleo Monitoraggio Carbonio, analyzes the evolution of the market of voluntary investments in the forestry sector that aim to the creation of ecosystem services, with particular reference to the accounting of carbon credits generated by forest management projects, reforestation and afforestation realized for the compensation of polluting emissions.

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.

Quantifying Illegal Logging and Related Timber Trade

  • 2016
  • Quantifying Illegal Logging and Related Timber Trade
  • Responsible management
  • 2016
  • Jianbang G., Cerutti P.O., Masiero M., Pettenella D., Andrighetto N., Dawson T.

Understanding the magnitude of illegal logging and related timber trade as well as illegal trade flows is critical to addressing the problem. This extract (Chapter 3 of the Report) written by TESAF – University of Padova – colleagues together with our and other experts, is part of a larger study realized by IUFRO and downloadable also from CIFOR website.

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