Keyword: Cork

New business models for innovating the cork sector and contrasting cork oak woodland abandonment

This example show cases the possibility that some private companies, interested in processing cork, wood chips and wood, take-up forest management on behalf of private

Monitoring of lepidopteran defoliators infesting cork oak in Sardinia

The aim is to monitor the population densities of the lepidopteran defoliator Lymantria dispar in Sardinian oak woodlands. This is done through egg mass counts

What are the main variables influencing cork thickness?

Evaluate the influence of tree size, stand characteristics, debarking coefficients and climatic variables on cork thickness and its evolution between consecutive cork extraction operations, i.e.

Valorization of a co-product from the manufacture of cork stoppers: creation, production and marketing of an innovative, patented and objectified cosmetic active ingredient.

To find a valorization of a co-product resulting from the treatment of the cork stoppers carried out by the company DIAM BOUCHAGE. The partnership between

Using NIRS to assess the presence of cork anomalies

The cork used in the manufacture of natural cork stoppers or technical stoppers must meet a number of conditions, including being free of certain anomalies.

Tree damage control in a cork oak forest

Reducing the amount of damages in the cork oak forest is very important in terms of the sustainability of this ecosystem. Although some of the

Towards the economic valuation of ecosystem production from cork oak forests in Sardinia (Italy)

The study aimed at assessing the value and trade-offs of a number of ecosystem services associated to cork oak woodland management under different sylvicultural options

Thickness assessment and weight modeling of cork in Tunisia: case study of Ain Snoussi forest

Estimate reproduction cork thickness as a criterion to examine the commercial value and to fit a non-linear model for predicting cork weight to guide the

The use of cork in the thermoregulation of beehives

The aim of this trial was to : a) increase thermoregulation efficiency of beehives by using cork in the construction of hive walls, thus improving

The cork humidity parameter in the commercialization

The humidity of cork has always been a parameter considered in its commercialization, and is usually expressed as a percentage discount on the total cork

Setting up of a short supply chain based on the valorization of cork waste in the Pyrénées-Orientales region

This project studied in the Pyrénées-Orientales region for cork waste and the setting up of a short supply chain (building, garden centre, etc.) in order

Promotion of cork oak recruitment in the Mediterranean

Environmental conditions have a great effect on regeneration, especially in arid or semi-arid ecosystems, such as the Mediterranean basin. In these systems the plants suffer

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