Support forest managers in conducting sustainable management and adopting silvicultural best practices for more productive, biodiverse and resilient forests
Planning instruments and services: Provided by forest engineering companies |High-quality data from the permanent forest plots network | Assessment and certification of ecosystem services
Benefits: Increase forest productivity | Reduce imports of native species plants and raw materials | Reduce fire risk and burned area and avoid GHG emissions | Increase capacity of carbon sequestration | Increase biodiversity
High-value data and novel cartography to improve planning and decision support in the forest sector
Remote sensing data: Contribute to forest management planning and fire prevention actions |Control wood transport
Cartography: Monitoring forest health |Conducting sustainable forest management
Benefits: Cost savings (e.g. fire surveillance based on remote sensing) | Reduction of burned area | Reduction of GHG emissions
New digital platforms and capacitation actions to improve knowledge transfer and HR qualification
Capacitation actions themes: Sustainable forest management | Best silvicultural practices | Planning and monitoring of forest operations | Digitization of management and accounting processes
Benefits: Improvement of operational efficiency and security | Increase business volumes | Foster economy of rural areas
Customizable new moulds produced from bio-based raw materials
Innovative moulds: New formulations incorporating industrial waste from paper pulp industry | Biodegradable and recyclable packaging | Low cost
Benefits: Cost reduction in the treatment of industrial waste | Reduction of GHG emissions | High added value for the market
Quinta de Prados,
Campus da UTAD
5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
geral@forestwise.pt
+351 259 350 253
Co-financed by:
