Training activities

Abstract

We have implemented a training program addressed to the forestry experts of the Sicilian Region Rural and Territorial Development Department, to the students of the Forestry and Environmental Sciences at the University of Palermo, to the professionals members of the Forestry and Agronomy Doctors Association, to all those interested and working in the forestry field in Sicily. All these activities aimed at improving the whole system capacity to manage forests in order to apply the sylvicoltural good practices developed by the project. During the project last two years, 500 experts and 200 forestry sciences students have been trained. The training activities have been focused on the sylvicoltural intervention types (implementation of the forest resilience assessment chart) taking into consideration the ecological features influencing the forest.