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Brunori A.
La certificazione PEFC di prodotti forestali non legnosi: il sughero in Sicilia.
La certificazione PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) è un sistema di valutazione della sostenibilità della gestitone forestale. Il sistema PEFC opera lungo tutta la catena di approvvigionamento forestale promuovendo le buone pratiche forestali e garantendo che il legname e i prodotti forestali non legnosi siano prodotti nel rispetto dei criteri degli standard ambientali e sociali. Numerosi studi dimostrano che la certificazione forestale, attraverso una maggiore consapevolezza di gestitone ambientale, determina una maggiore richiesta dei prodotti sul mercato. Nell'area mediterranea sono presenti circa 2,3 milioni di ettari di sughereta strettamente legati alla pres…
From the old agroforestry systems of the modern high-density olive groves: which Carbon sequestration?
Olive tree (Olea europaea L) represents one of the most important evergreen tree species. In Sicily agroforestry systems based on the olive tree, named traditional olive orchard, are common and often are grown together to other tree crops, such as vineyards, or with cereals or forages. This last are usually grown in the interspace between rows and particularly in olive groves were planting density is rather low (less than 200 trees/ha). To increase crop efficiency and to reduce costs of harvesting, by using proper machines, in the last 20 years in the olive industry have been developed new planting systems: Intensive (up to 400 trees/ha), and the Superintensive (up to 2000 trees/ha). Within…
Can the certification of cork management agroforestry system in Sicily help to relaunch its future management?
The economic importance of cork oak forests is mainly attributable to the role of provisioning non-timber forest products. The history of human management of these cork oaks stands make them a perfect example of agroforestry system, which surface is totally included in the Mediterranean-climate zones with more than 2.3 million hectares. In Sicily, the surface covered by cork forests amounts to about 15,000 ha but the most of this area is not affected by cultural practices. The cultural abandonment of many cork oak stands threatens their survival because of the close link between the conservation of cork stands and its use for productive purposes. The abandonment reasons are related to poor …