Inspirational ideas: Stronger skills for forest professionals

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Geographical scope	European Union Italy
Keywords	forestry knowledge exchange training

This inspirational idea is also available in a Slovak version. Translation courtesy of the National Rural Network Slovakia. Read more EIP-AGRI inspirational ideas in Slovak on the NRN website.

Many European countries see the need to increase training and skills development for forestry sector professionals. The initiative For.Italy is organising training campaigns across Italian regions to provide foresters with new knowledge, demonstrations of good practices, and opportunities to strengthen their skills.

“With the exception of the Alpine regions, forests have long been neglected in Italy, because they lost economic relevance when industry became more important. Now we see a renewed interest in forest management, mostly for environmental reasons. That’s why we need new, qualified know-how to support forest operators in their daily work”, says Raoul Romano of partner CREA.

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Read the full article in the eighth edition of Agrinnovation magazine (page 16)

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Publication date:

Tuesday, 13 September, 2022 - 16:45