ValoFor: Small Forests – Big Players

Valorising small scale forestry for a bio-based economy

The project will assess small forest owners from southern to northern European forests in Austria, Germany, Sweden, Finland and Slovenia.

Project aim: To understand the contribution of small forest owners in the transition to a wood based bio-economy by considering the perception and management strategies of small forest owners.

ValoFor is supported under the umbrella of ERA-NET ForestValue by the Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, Austria, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Finland, the Coordinator Academy of Finland, the Innovation Funding Agency Business Finland, the Finland Ministry of the Environment; the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Germany, the German Agency for Renewable Resources, the German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Slovenia, the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, the Swedish Energy Agency, the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems and the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement N° 773324).

ValoFor: Small Forests – Big Players

Valorising small scale forestry for a bio-based economy

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