Case study

Adopting a common protocol for selling cork through tendering procedures in public cork oak woodlands in Sardinia (Italy)

Objective:

The aim is to provide a standard reference model to be used by public forest owners of cork oak woodlands to sell cork, both on the tree or in cork piles, through public tendering systems in Italy. The documents represent a good practice developed by the Agency Forestas on the basis of its long term experience in cork tendering systems that may be useful for harmonizing cork selling procedures across the country.  

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Context:

Cork oak woodlands in the Region of Sardinia represent around 83% of the national cover, with 140.000 ha of cork oak woodlands and wooded pastures (INFC, 2005), 17% of which are public (owned by municipalities or by the regional government). The Agency FoReSTAS manages around 15.000 ha of public cork oak woodlands (PFAR, 2008), aiming to protect and increase the resilience of cork forests in relation to climate and societal change, but also to enhance cork production and promote the competitiveness of the supply chain, with an orientation towards forest certification. The standardization of cork selling procedures through public tenders is a step towards process harmonization and certification.

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Further information:

Tendering procedure for cork harvested in the Province of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy)

https://www.sardegnaforeste.it/node/40548