Objective:
Sometimes, the profitability of a natural resource use depends more on the business model and the entrepreneurial culture on which its exploitation is based, than on productivity factors or technological development associated with the use itself.
An innovative business success case, linked to the natural resin extraction activity, such as Pinaster Servicios Medioambientales, can serve as a reference for private entrepreneurs and public decision-makers and administrators to develop and support efficient business strategies that integrate the resin activity.
Context:
In Europe, resin tappers are generally self-employed workers and operate on their own, whose only source of income is the sale of resin.
In the last ten years, many workers have adopted this working model as a way of life. It is a very vulnerable group with a high drop-out rate, sometimes with precarious incomes, which is helpless in the face of the downward volatility of international resin prices.
A cooperative labour model, which integrates natural resin extraction with other complementary activities, will make the profession and the sector itself more sustainable and resilient.
Contacts:
Javier Calvo-Simón, javier.calvo@cesefor.com, http://www.cesefor.com/