L’AQUILA – A project aimed at creating synergies and sharing knowledge for active management of forests and collective properties.
This was discussed yesterday during a workshop at the Faculty of Engineering, dedicated to the important opportunities offered by the active management of Abruzzo’s forests in the context of Ecosystem Services and Voluntary Carbon Credits.
‘Gesta – Eco-Sustainable Management of the Territory in Abruzzo’, this is the name of the project, promotes forms of active management of the forests, with particular attention to those falling within the collective properties of a vast mountain area of Abruzzo which involves the Provinces of L’Aquila and Teramo, for an extension of over 14,000 hectares.
We talked about it with the vice president of the ‘Gesta’ association, Antonello Liberatore
Speakers: Raoul Romano – MASAF/CREA: “The National Carbon Credit Registry”; Saverio Maluccio – CREA PB: “Enhancement of ecosystem services for forest regulation”; Paolo Camerano – FSC Italia: “Certification and value of forest management responsibility”; Francesca Dini – PEFC Italy: “PEFC Certification of Ecosystem Services, experiences and activities in Italyto; Daniele Di Santo – Head of the Forestry and State Property Office of the Province of L’Aquila:“Forest management and protected areas: operational procedures and proposals”; Alessandro Alivernini – CREA FC: Martin Lazzaro – Universidad de La Plata (Argentina): “Opportunities and prospects for international cooperation on ecosystem services”.
