Potential use of natural resin in the current context, Produtores Florestais
The transition to a more sustainable economy, which responds to the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, offers numerous opportunities for the revitalization of more traditional sectors of the Portuguese economy, based on the exploitation of natural resources, as is the case of the production and processing of natural resin. Pine resin is one of […]
Arganil celebrates the resin harvester and the maritime pine forest, Agricultura e Mar
The Arganilense Old Pottery, in Arganil, received last October 22nd the “Tappers day”, an event in honour of resin tapping and maritime pine forests, promoted by Resipinus – Association of Distillers and Resin Explorers. A meeting which included a session about “Resin Conservation in the Sustainability and Future of Forestry”, attended by the mayors of […]
Forestry value chain projects, Voz do Campo
Led by Altri Florestal and under the technical-scientific coordination of CoLAB ForestWISE, the transForm Agenda is a consortium that brings together 57 partners, from companies across the forestry value chain and the energy sector (62%), universities and entities of the National Scientific and Technological System (23%), public administration (5%) and associations (10%), in an unprecedented […]
28 projects will transform the forest value chain, Agroportal
The transForm Agenda is born from the growing need to foster cooperation between actors in the forest sector to bring about structural transformations in value chains to respond to the current societal challenges, such as digitalisation, climate transition and carbon neutrality. Under component C5 of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), related to Capitalisation and […]
TransForm Agenda invests 65 million in R&D and innovation in the forestry sector
The Transform Agenda – Agenda for the digital transformation of forest value chains, which brings together 59 stakeholders in the forest value chain, is one of 18 mobilising agendas and green agendas with the Government signed a funding contract in mid-September under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). In general, according to the Government, the […]
Competitiveness of small enterprises in discussion in Bragança, Notícias do Nordeste
The Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro region will host an initiative whose main objective is to leverage innovation projects and increase the competitiveness of companies and R&D&I service providers from Portugal and Spain, promoting dialogue and active collaboration by sharing ideas and innovation actions within the bioeconomy. Notícias do Nordeste Read the complete article (PT)
“Robots in the forest: fiction or scientific evidence?” – Forest 4.0; Florestas.pt
Technological advances and digitalisation processes, associated with the concept of Forest 4.0, have been transforming the way we know our forests and the way we carry out forestry operations. Paula Soares, Assistant Professor at ISA and Alexandra Marques, member of the Executive Committee and Senior Researcher at ForestWISE, guide us through some of these innovations. […]
“There is a Portugal before and after 2017”, Deco Proteste
We interviewed Carlos Fonseca, the scientific and technological director of ForestWISE, Collaborative Laboratory for Integrated Forest and Fire Management. He was part of the two Independent Technical Commissions that analysed the major wildfires of June and October 2017 in Portugal. Five years later, much has changed. Deco Protetste Read the complete article (PT)
Forest 4.0, iNature
For the first time, Portugal has an organisation that brings together private agents, universities and public administration for a single purpose: the integrated management of forests and rural fires. On the eve of the 4th International Congress on Forests and Potential for Health, organised by iNature in the town of Luso, Carlos Fonseca, the CTO […]