Descripción del proyecto
Preparar el terreno para una bioeconomía mediterránea próspera
Los bosques mediterráneos representan un salvavidas para las economías locales, ya que ofrecen una gran cantidad de servicios y bienes ecosistémicos. Sin embargo, el sector se enfrenta a numerosos retos, como el lento crecimiento de la rentabilidad de la madera, la limitación de los mercados de productos forestales no madereros (PFNM) y la compleja interacción entre el envejecimiento de la población rural, el abandono del suelo agrícola y la invasión de los matorrales. También existe la amenaza de megaincendios, exacerbada por el cambio climático. En este contexto, el equipo proyecto INCREdible, financiado con fondos europeos, pretende colmar la brecha entre investigación e innovación fomentando la colaboración entre profesionales y científicos, así como entre distintas regiones. Se centrará en PFNM clave como el corcho, las resinas, los aromáticos y los comestibles. Los cuales constituirán centros de recopilación de mejores prácticas relacionadas con la producción, la transformación y los canales comerciales.
Objetivo
Mediterranean forests play a pivotal role for local economies by providing a large array of ecosystem services and goods. Despite its potential, the sector is facing significant challenges at many levels, including: low profitability of slow-growing timber, niche markets for Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFPs), and a wider context of aging rural population, farmland abandonment and scrub encroachment, leading to an increase in the occurrence of megafires, which is further aggravated by climate change. A sustainable, inclusive, smart bio-based economy centred on multipurpose trees and NWFPs can be part of the solution, if triggered by an improvement in knowledge exchange channels between NWFP practitioners and scientists, and among regions.
The purpose of INCREdible is to address the existing research and innovation knowledge divide in relation to NWFP-service systems of the Mediterranean basin. In particular, INCREdible aims to link knowledge and foster collaboration among different groups of stakeholders, developing innovative business models and enhancing the expertise of rural regions towards the development of inclusive economic strategies.
To achieve these objectives, INCREdible will developan Innovation NETworks (iNets) around crucial lines of Mediterranean NWFPs: cork, resins, aromatics, and edibles. Each iNet will aim to gather best practices (both practical and science-based) related to NWFP production, transformation and trade channels. Particular attention will be drawn to cross-cutting sectorial issues such as: (i) innovative business models and value chains, (ii) innovative access to finance, (iii) innovative marketing and digital tools. Lastly, INCREdible will collect information and knowledge arising from iNets into an interregional online platform, which will function both as deposit and exchange system of information among partners, existing networks and organizations, for raising awareness of existing success cases and cross-fertilization.
Ámbito científico
- social sciencessociologygovernance
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managemententrepreneurship
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculture
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsbioeconomy
Programa(s)
- H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.2.4. - Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries and supporting the development of a European bioeconomy
- H2020-EU.3.2.1. - Sustainable agriculture and forestry
- H2020-EU.3.2.2. - Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector for a safe and healthy diet
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-RUR-2017-1
Régimen de financiación
CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinador
80100 Joensuu
Finlandia