Stemwood

English
Innovation
No
Source of wood

Stemwood. Above and below ground woody biomass (ex. shrubs, wood for fibres, wood for energy). Provenance: Forest, Municipal woodlands, Private forests

Owner or author e-mail
Code
BP_ES_01
Time scale
Since 2009
Mobilization Potential
25.000 m3 per year
Kind of wood concerned
Stemwood
Sustainability Potential
Very positive
Impact on environment & biodiversity

Taking into account environmental and heritage issues of sustainable management

Ease of implementation
Medium
Economic impact
High impact for forest owners, more valuable forests
Job effect
Locally high
Income effect
Locally high
Specific knowledge needed
Forest management concepts
Costs of implementation

 5-15 €/ha-year (recovered with the revenues obtained thanks to the improvement in management)

Technical readiness level
Immediately applicable
Location
Spain
Implementers
Agresta S.Coop
Actual status
Running
Attachments
Country Region City
Spain
Scope
National
Voting
0%
Start Year
2009
Digital solution
No
Origin of wood
Type of wood
Abstract

Many forests that could generate income are not really managed and forest-owners don´t take care of them. The causes are very often the low profitability of wood exploitation and the complexity of its management. Forest owners are not usually specialists and are not engaged in forestry activities. This leads to no incomes and to an increased risk of fires and pests. Faced with this situation, Agresta proposes specific contracts to forest-owners, making it possible a professional sustainable management allowing revenues, forest planning, wood mobilization, and infrastructure and silvicultural operations.

Forest management is not enough to get many forests out of abandonment. It is important to be in contact with main stakeholders and the reality of the markets, something that a forestry company can assure.
It is necessary to work with professionalism, entrepreneurial vision and long-term commitment, in a collaborative relationship and win-win with the owner.
The specialization in turnkey forest management by a company allows improving and making profitable the management since it increases the innovation capacity, including the technological one (management software, forest inventories with remote sensing...)

Taking into account environmental and heritage issues of sustainable management

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Logo of Main Organization
Logo of Project
BP - Rosewood - V1
YES
Country of origin
Spain
Scale of application
Project under which this factsheet has been created
Has video
no