The SMURF project, in line with the EU Forest Strategy, will help promote sustainable forest management and conserve European forests, developing a set of solutions focused on small forest holdings: (1) new tailored organizational and business models, based on forestry practices closer to nature (CNS – Closer to Nature Sylviculture), which promote new ecosystem services (carbon cultivation and biodiversity) and the valorization of wood and non-wood forest products (2) training, digital tools and others supporting structures/instruments and (3) guidelines to support policy makers in establishing standardized remuneration policies and systems at regional, national and European level through the creation of a harmonized European Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) system. for Ecosystem Services). With a translational, multidisciplinary and multi-actor approach, thanks to its complementary and multi-purpose consortium members composed of private, academic and public stakeholders, and taking into account sometimes neglected sociocultural and geodemographic factors, SMURF will provide sustainability solutions for the entire supply chain. forest-based value.
Participants
FOUNDATION CENTER FOR FOREST SERVICES AND PROMOTION AND ITS INDUSTRY OF CASTILLA Y LEON – CESEFOR (ES) [Coordinating entity], INNOVAWOOD ASBL (BE), UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE – UNIFI (IT), BLUEBILOBA STARTUP INNOVATIVA SRL (IT), Xylofutur Produits et (BE), CONTACTICA SL (ES)
