“Study of Points of Added Value – Cork Segment”
Client: UNAC
Description: Assessment of the added value of the cork segment, valuing the raw material and its influence.
Date: Underway
“Revision of the National Strategy for Forests”
Client: Portucel Soporcel Florestal
Description: Revision of the National Strategy for Forests
Date: Underway
“Technical Support Proposal for Herdade de Vale Pepino”
Client: Vale Pepino – Sociedade Agrícola, Lda
Description: Technical support in the selection of the best solutions for woodlands
Date: Underway
“Forest Management Plan – Herdade da Brava”
Client: Sociedade Agrícola Brava – Agricultura, Pecuária e Turismo, S.A.
Description: Drafting of the Forest Management Plan for Herdade da Brava, located in Mértola.
Date: Underway
“Support Options for Resin Extraction Through European Policies”
Description: This project’s ultimate goal is to find administrative and political solutions to make resin extraction economically viable in the Southwest. For this purpose, the economic profitability of resin for forest producers was assessed, their positive externalities in terms of fire prevention was quantified and, lastly, the economic impact of the introduction of the resin machine was assessed.
Date: Underway
“Forest Management Plan – Herdade das Carapinhas”
Client: Filipe Vaz
Description: Developing the property’s Forest Management Plan, located in Silves
Date: February 2013
“Services Proposal for the Defence of the Future Strategic Importance of Eucalyptus in Portugal and for the Development of a Public Support Programme for this Forest Species within the RDP 2014-2015 Framework”
Client: Portucel
Description: Services Proposal for the Defence of the Future Strategic Importance of Eucalyptus in Portugal and for the Drafting of a Public Support Programme to this Forest Species in the RDP Framework 2014-2015
Date: February 2013
“Support Options for Resin Extraction Through European Policies”
Description: This project’s ultimate goal is to find administrative and political solutions to make resin extraction economically viable in the Southwest. For this purpose, the economic profitability of resin for forest producers was assessed, their positive externalities in terms of fire prevention was quantified and, lastly, the economic impact of the introduction of the resin machine was assessed.
Date: October 2012
“Economic Assessment of Resin Production”
Client: PROSECAR
Description: Economic profitability assessment of resin for forest producers, quantification of its positive externalities in terms of fire prevention and assessment of the economic impact of the introduction of the resin machine.
Date: June 2011
“Study of the potential development of ligneous crops on unirrigable farmland”
Client: Portucel and Soporcel Group
Description: Within this study, the identification, characterization and quantification of unirrigable farmland was undertaken in the Costal and Interior Central Regions of Ribatejo and Alentejo, which would be potentially available for the planting of forest stands of short rotation for the production of energy.
Date: November 2010
“Tourism Project of Quinta das Lameiras Village – Nature & Arts”
Client: MainLand
Description: Development of the basic guidelines for the implementation and sustainability of the Quinta das Lameiras Village – Nature & Arts tourism project, located in Figueiró dos Vinhos.
Date: November 2010
“Profitability analysis of the manufacturing of ROBCORK cork”
Client: ROBCORK
Description: Analysis of the viability of the installation of cork manufacturing (1st and 2nd processing) for ROBCORK based on ROBISON technology and know-how.
Date: September 2010
“Business Plan and Application for a Project in the Cork Processing Sector”
Client: Adriano J. Carapinha Ginó e Filhos, Lda.
Description: Viability study of the various investment and support alternatives for cork manufacturing
Date: August 2010
“Forest Management Plan – Herdade do Mercador”
Client: SC Capital – Fundo Especial de Investimento Imobiliário Fechado
Description: Development of a Forest Management Plan for Herdade do Mercador, located in Mourão.
Date: May 2010
“Forest Management Plan – Fundação Eugénio de Almeida”
Client: Fundação Eugénio de Almeida
Description: Drafting of a Forest Management Plan of the whole of the properties, located in Évora.
Date: April 2010
“Forest Management Plan – Sete e Meio Herdades”
Client: Sete e Meio Herdades – Investimentos Agrícolas e Turismo, S.A.
Description: Development of a Forest Management Plan for the property, located in Mourão
Date: April 2010
“Model for the Economic Evaluation of the Coastal Alentejo Cork Oak Forest”
Client: ANSUB
Description: The model created is designed to calculate the production cost of the arroba (32 lbs) of cork, for a cork oak forest without under cover, in the respective stages of the stand’s life cycle and the calculation of the threshold sales price at the producer of the arroba of cork.
Date: October 2008
“The abandonment of agro-forest spaces and municipal procedures for defence against fire”
Client: Federation of Forest Producers of Portugal
Description: Creation of a strategy for the evolution of land tenure concerning the support programme for the permanent forest fund with the title “The Abandonment of Agro-Forest Spaces and Municipal Procedures for Defence Against Fire”
Date: November 2007
“Study of the eucalyptus forest sector”
Client: Competition Authority
Description: Characterization of the structure and evolution of the eucalyptus forest sector during the 1994-2004 period.
Date: February 2005
“Analysis of the economic and financial viability of a Forest Investment Fund”
Client: Study conducted by Millennium BCP, Sousa Cunhal SGSP, SA and AGRO.GES, with the support of IFADAP under measure 6 of the AGRO PROGRAMME.
Date: December 2004
“Market research for the wooden posts sector”
Client: PREMAD
Description: Market research of the wooden posts and their derivatives. Assessment of the internal and external market.
Date: November 2002
“Calculation of the net profit generated by the exploration of a cork oak forest and analysis and validation of the model agreement to be implemented with the producers”
Client: IAPMEI
Description: Determination of the net profit generated by the exploration of a cork oak forest
Date: June 2000
“Sustainable Development Plan of the Azores Forest”
Client: Regional Directorate for Forest Resources of the Autonomous Region of the Azores
Description: Impact analysis of the measures provided for within the forest policies of the Azores and preparation of the negotiations within the Community Support Framework.
Date: June 1998
“Proposal for the creation of a coordinating entity for the cork segment”
Client: A group of associations represented by SUBERÉVORA and Caixa de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo of Santiago de Cacém
Description: Sketch of the proposal for the creation of a National Institute for Cork Oak and Cork.
Date: June 1997
“The Financing System for Forest Investment” – Strategic plan for the Sustainable Development of the Portuguese Forest (in association with Banco Português de Investimento -BPI)
Client: SONAE, SOPORCEL, PORTUCEL and CAP
Description: Study and proposal of a financing model (an articulated combination of financing sources and instruments, public and private) for forest investment.
Date: March 1997
“Strategic study of Cork and the Cork Oak Forest”
Client: A combination of associations represented by SUBERÉVORA and Caixa de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo of Santiago de Cacém
Description: Demonstration of the economic, social and environmental importance of the cork oak sector and its strategic value at a regional, national and European level. Development of the synergies indispensible to the defence and promotion of cork oak stands and of cork. Proposal of an action plan for the defence and development of cork oak.
Date: December 1996
“Proposals for the Sustainable Development of the Portuguese Forest” (in association with Banco Português de Investimento -BPI)
Client: SONAE, SOPORCEL, PORTUCEL and CAP
Description: Analysis of the importance of the forestry sector and the creation of a strategy for the sustainable development and management of the sector as a whole.
Date: November 1996