The best option for highly atomised sectors is to have a common positioning that brings together as many products as possible, by creating an umbrella brand that provides added value. PEFC Spain enables forest certification for wild products by means of grouping all producers and forest products managed under sustainability criteria under a recognized brand. This enhances an economic activities compatible with forest conservation and undertaken by thousands of people in Spanish rural areas.
The PEFC certification for wild food chains of custody (CoC) can help to improve the regulation of their use and commercialisation and the recognition of sectors that at present are still partly non-formal.
PEFC, forest certification for sustainable sources and traceability, an added value for wild food
- Category: Aromatic & Medicinal Plants, Wild Mushrooms & Truffles, Wild Nuts & Berries
- Themes: Certification, Labels, Standards and traceability
- Position in the value chain: Marketing & Consumers
- Type: Practice
- Scale: National
- Country: Spain
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- Keywords: forest nuts, wild food, wild harvested
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