The RESINEX Operational Group (OG) and its innovation project are presented, the aim of the latter being to boost the resin sector in Extremadura. This OG comprises companies, associations and research centres with close links to the Forest Sector. The promotional institutions included in this OG cover environmental management from different perspectives. This diversification enables products and processes that can be improved within the forestry sector to be identified. The beneficiary associations provide a direct link with the workers in the sector, as well as forming part of the outreach activities, providing a greater territorial scope.
RESINEX Operational Group: Professionalization, knowledge transfer and innovation in the resin sector in Extremadura
- Category: Resins
- Themes: Improvement of the working conditions and training
- Position in the value chain: Forestry
- Type: Practice
- Scale: Subnational
- Country: Spain
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- Keywords: innovation project, resin harvesting, resin tappers
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