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23 Jun

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Concha Redondo (Cesefor)

The traceability of natural resin, a pending issue that can be solved with RESINAPP [1]

The SustForest Plus [2] project has designed and developed a traceability system based on a client-server web and Android application which allows to document in real time the path of the resin, from its extraction in the forest to the factory where the first transformation will take place.

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traceability [3]

ITC [4]

information [5]

transactions [6]

natural resin [7]

origin accreditation [8]

Cooperative and labour diversification: elements for sustainable and quality forestry work [9]

Sometimes, the profitability of the use of a forest resource depends more on the business model and entrepreneurial culture on which its exploitation is based, than on productivity factors or technological development associated with the use itself.

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entrepreneurship [10]

business strategies [11]

cooperative labour model [12]

resin tapping [13]

SustForest Plus Project publishes a series of resin tool technical fact sheets [14]

The SustForest Plus [15] Project has just published a series of nine technical fact sheets, which will allow local blacksmiths and small metal workshops to manufacture the main resin tools.

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resources [16]

knowledge transfer [17]

fact sheets [18]

resin tappers [19]

quality of use [20]

natural resins [21]

MIKOGEST will use ICT and Big Data analysis techniques to deepen the sustainable management of mycological resources [22]

Last March was held a new meeting of the operational group MIKOGEST (Dynamic & Innovative Management of Mycological Resources) to address the work of the innovation project it plans to carry out. The aim is to manage the regulation of this resource by tools based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), within a framework that guarantees sustainability in the use of the resource, traceability in the value chain and provides useful information to the collector and the business sector.

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operational groups [23]

ITC [4]

Big data [24]

ecosystem services [25]

innovation [26]

mushrooms [27]

non-wood forest products [28]

NWFP [29]

technology [30]

The Croatian Forest Research Institute shows its latest findings on hypogeous fungi in Varaždin region [31]

Two Interregional Workshops were held from 10^th till 12^th of December 2019 in Varaždin, Croatia. The first one was from the Mushroom & Truffles iNet, while the second one was from the Aromatics & Medicinal Plants iNet.

Latest researches that Croatian Forest Research Institute are conducting on hypogeous fungi in Varaždin region, Croatia, resulted with finding of a big specie variety of hypogeous fungi. Since those researches attracted a big interest from the local community, City of Varaždin became a perfect place to promote the INCREDIBLE project.

The chestnut sector, present in the European Parliament [32]

This week begins in the European Parliament a round of contacts promoted by the European Chestnut Network, Eurocastanea, founded a year ago in Plasencia (Extremadura, Spain), with the aim of defending the common interests of producers, industrialists and commercial operators in the European chestnut sector.

Some of the members of EuroCastanea are also members of the Wild Nuts & Berries iNet, whose launching within the framework of the INCREDIBLE project will also be announced during this meeting in the European Parliament.

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chestnut [33]

European Parliament [34]

networking [35]

Eurocastanea [36]

supranational [37]

Pine nuts production in Tunisia: A review of stakes practices and socio-economic constraints [38]

Last November 13th, more than 30 persons attended the Science to Practice event held in the north west of Tunisia (Nefza) to explore Pine nuts extraction practices and the economic importance of this product to local population livelihood.

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Science to Practice [39]

Tunis [40]

Wild Nuts & Berries iNet [41]

Deployment of stone pine elite clones for pine nut orchards [42]

The regional Central Forest Nursery of the regional government of Castilla y León (Spain) has released grafted plants of 5 elite clones of Pinus pinea, a.k.a. Mediterranean stone pine for its big hardshelled seeds. Their edible kernels, the genuine Mediterranean pine nuts, are nowadays the most expensive nuts of the world due to their scarcity and dependence on collection from the wild.

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pine nuts [43]

agroforestry [44]

improved genetic resources [45]

elite clones [46]

Resin use, territorial development and demographic challenge - Your contribution matters [47]

Last November 5^th more than fifty people and several media attended the INCREDIBLE Science to Practice event Resin use, territorial development and demographic challenge, held in Soria, Spain, in Cesefor headquarters. The day served to draw a picture of the evolution and today sector problems, and to raise some political and administrative solutions to support the natural resin sector.

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Resin Use [48]

Territorial Development [49]

Demographic Challenge; Politics; [50]

X European Chestnut Meeting, Sept. 2019 [51]

The annual meetings of the European Network EuroCastanea are the most important reference for anyone (agents, transformers, producers, dealers) working in the European chestnut sector. This two-day event offers a program that simultaneously combines the strong technical character of the conferences with the technical visits, trying to meet the priorities of the moment and the advancing research and innovation into the sector.

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chestnuts [52]

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