Case studies tagged with forests

On September 2021, the mayor and the District Planning Secretary presented the proposal for the Territorial Ordering Plan (POT ) 2022-2035. This POT responds and involves the Sustainable Development Goals in land use planning. Based on these areas, the plan incorporates on four pillars, including sustainable mobility, greening, a care system for women and sustainable economic economy.

This case study from the SINCERE project had the goal to:

• Develop mechanisms for multi-purpose forest management, introducing the concept of ecosystem services (ES) and multi-purpose forest use into the current forest renting system which currently only provides leases for a single ES.
• Change management priorities from wood harvesting to multi-purpose forest management.
• Increase the economic efficiency of forest use while maintaining a balance between all ES by introducing a
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This case study from the SINCERE project had the goal to:

• Set up a partnership between the regional park and local poplar plantations to increase the sustainable management of the plantations while increasing funding for restoration of crucial areas within the regional park.
• Bring together farmers into a certification group, facilitating certification and reducing costs, while benefitting the natural environment of the regional park.
• The innovative mechanism (IM) consists of a
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This case study from the SINCERE project had the goal to:

• Explore how managing forests for use as spiritual forests could benefit both the forest and the forest owner.
• Raise awareness of the importance of cultural ecosystem services (CES) and motivate forest owners and managers to supply these services and to manage forests appropriately.
• The innovative mechanism (IM) is market-based, and its idea, concept and implementation come from the forest owner.

This case study from the SINCERE project had the goal to:

• Develop several scenarios for payments of forest ecosystem services (FES) - health benefits - and empower future management of the park.
• Raise funds, monitor all sport events, and ensure that these are held sustainably. The innovative mechanism (IM) consists of one-time concession permits implemented in the Medvednica Nature Park.
• Raise money for new content and infrastructure to support human health and wellbeing via a second IM consisting of
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This case study from the SINCERE project had the goal to:

• Test reverse auctions as a way to fund and stimulate the generation of much-needed forest ecosystem services (FES) - wildlife population control, habitat restoration in forested hunted areas - and as alternative to subsidy schemes in a populous and urbanised area.
• Test if approach leads to more cost-efficient use of limited financial resources and supports initiatives considered important to relevant stakeholders and society as a whole.
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The Project provided recommendations for an NbS pilot intervention in Elbasan Municipality through the NbS Baseline Assignment - the process that included consultation, identification of potential sites for implementing pilot NbS measures and a multidisciplinary assessment.