SylvaMED : Mediterranean Forests for All

Programme 2007 - 2013 Programme MED

Date of latest update: 2021-12-25

Description

Description (EN):

SylvaMED intends to facilitate innovative integration of forests environmental services into regional policies. Mediterranean forest ecosystems provide multiple goods and services, and are key to the socio-economic development of rural zones and to the well-being of urban populations. Many of these forest collective goods are crucial to environmental sustainability but currently unrecognized. Quantification of their value and field experiments will allow for their policy uptake.

Achievements (EN):

State of the art of project implementation since the project start SylvaMED started with the diagnosis of the present situation in the current forest legislation with regard PES/MBI implementation and in the state of the art of PES in water and forest scheme, non wood forest products and social uses of the forests. Have developed three technical modules reviewing the existing experiences and working in possible valorization and protection schemes available to each partner. The main results of this step were three technical working reports. On the basis of this diagnosis SylvaMED developed a practical component through the implementation of the pilot actions on Payment for Environmental Services. Each partner developed different sistems of compensation for the environmental services provided by the forests. Jointly with this step, an important communication action plan was developed. With the pilot action implementation also the partners organized a roundtables with private and public satkeholders in oder to exchange best practices and find solutions. Latest project activities and outputs During the reporting period, the partnership of the SylvaMED project have been implemented, in each region, one or more different pilot actions on systems of payment for the environmental services. At the same time, they have been involved different stakeholders in the progress of the pilot actions and in the events for the dissemination of the first results and evaluations. The aim is to collect the results of this exchange activities and to propose legislative improvements in forestry, rural development and to disseminate a new concept for the collective benefits provided by the mediterranean forests. Also, the partners were working in the Catallogue of the Best Practices: to collect the best practices obtained during the implementation of the pilot action on PES and in the preparation of the content of the main publication of the project: the Breen Book, a reference manual on the valuation of environmental services. Next key steps for the project Upon completion the experimental actions on PES, have to identify the best practices developed and to promote the exchange of the results through a public and private roundtables to finally stablish a clear conclusions and to drawn a practical policy recommendations in order to integrate the systems of PES in teh current local legislation. Also the Catallogue of Good Practices and the Green Book are in proces. Final Conference of the project is next June 2013 (International Day of Environment

Thematic information

Regional planning and development Agriculture and fisheries and forestry

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: Forest Technology Center of Catalonia

Address: Edifici Can Mascaro Ctra. Vella de Sant Lloreno, 25280 Solsona, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Regional Centre for Private Forestry of Languedoc Roussillon

Name: Regional Centre for Private Forestry of Languedoc Roussillon

Address: CRPF du Languedoc Roussillon 378 rue de la Galera Parc Euromedecine, 34097 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

Legal status: n/a

EFIMED - European Forest Institute Mediterranean Regional Office

Name: EFIMED - European Forest Institute Mediterranean Regional Office

Address: Passeig Lluis Companys 23-1, 8010 Barcelona, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Regional Forest Ownership Centre of PACA

Name: Regional Forest Ownership Centre of PACA

Address: 7 impasse Ricard Digne , 13004 MARSEILLE, France

Legal status: n/a

Environmental Department of Liguria Region

Name: Environmental Department of Liguria Region

Address: VIA D´ANNUNZIO 111 , 16121 GENOVA, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Slovenia Forest Service

Name: Slovenia Forest Service

Address: Vejna pot 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: n/a

Forest Ownership Center of Catalonia

Name: Forest Ownership Center of Catalonia

Address: Ctra. de Sabadell a Sta. Perpatua, km 4,5 , 8130 Santa Perpetua de Mogoda, Spain

Legal status: n/a

CIHEAM - Mediterranean Agronomic institute of Chania

Name: CIHEAM - Mediterranean Agronomic institute of Chania

Address: Alsyllio Agrokepiou P.O BOX 85, 73100 Chania, Greece

Legal status: n/a

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Regional Centre for Private Forestry of Languedoc Roussillon

SylvaMED : Mediterranean Forests for All

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EFIMED - European Forest Institute Mediterranean Regional Office

SylvaMED : Mediterranean Forests for All

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Regional Forest Ownership Centre of PACA

SylvaMED : Mediterranean Forests for All

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Environmental Department of Liguria Region

SylvaMED : Mediterranean Forests for All

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Slovenia Forest Service

SylvaMED : Mediterranean Forests for All

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Forest Ownership Center of Catalonia

SylvaMED : Mediterranean Forests for All

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CIHEAM - Mediterranean Agronomic institute of Chania

SylvaMED : Mediterranean Forests for All

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Forest Technology Center of Catalonia

SylvaMED : Mediterranean Forests for All

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Summary

Project name (EN): SylvaMED : Mediterranean Forests for All

Project acronym: SylvaMED

Project start date: 2010-09-01

Project end date: 2013-08-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 278 126.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 974 589.50

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2007 - 2013 Programme MED

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2015-12-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

159 / 159 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 395 / 1 395 (100%)

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