The objective of the protocol is the adoption of a common standard for the description of pure or mixed stands with cork oaks for planning and/or management purposes. The aim is ultimately to contribute to the creation of coherent and complete information bases at the regional level, to improve cork oak forest planning, and thereby foster their development, in accordance with the indications of the Regional Forestry Law (Law no. 8/2016 art. 33) and of regional sectorial regulations on cork (Law no. 4/1994).
Adoption of a common protocol for describing cork oak woodlands in Sardinia (Italy) for planning and management purposes
- Category: Cork
- Themes: Forest management considering biodiversity conservation
- Position in the value chain: Forestry
- Type: Practice
- Scale: Subnational
- Country: Italy
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- Keywords: cork oak, cork oak woodlands, forest management plans, Quercus suber, state owned forests
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