1. Agricultural Faculty of Padua ITALY contact person Stefano Grigolato Department of Land, Agriculture and Forest Systems Viale dell’Università 16 I-35020 Legnaro (Padova) stefano.grigolato@unipd.it w w w. a g r a r i a. u n i p d. I t

2. Taking full advantage of R&D and innovation in the forest-based sector A “LIFE SCIENCES” FACULTY educational and researching expertise on: AGRICULTURE – FORESTRY – ENVIROMENT - FOOD Forest Management and Ecology; Agriculture and Forest Economics; Agriculture and Forest Mechanisation; Watershed management; Fitopathology; Entomology; Biomass production; Management and improvement of animal resources Bio-technologies applied to food and health studies 120 professors and researchers 1 Experimental farmland 1 Experimental Alpine Centre Agricultural Faculty of Padua: a LIFE SCIENCE Faculty w w w. a g r a r i a. u n i p d. I t

3. FP6 A new environmental Accounting Framework Using Externality Data and Input-Output for Policy Analysis FP6 Accompanying measures under quality of life and management of living resources FP5 Global change and pine processionary moth: a new challenge for integrated pest management FP5 Multi-source inventory methods for quantifying carbon stocks changes in European Forest PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES within FP5 and FP6 : Agricultural Faculty of Padua: a LIFE SCIENCE Faculty w w w. a g r a r i a. u n i p d. I t

4. First Topics Choice ENV.2007.2.4.2. Use of natural resources: the impact on biodiversity, ecosystem, goods and services. How to use wood forest resources by valuing biodiversity and according to: Wood industrial chain requirements; Wood biomass requirement for energy use; Forest good and services; Interest on researching benefits of SMEs or SME associations (BOTTOM-UP approach) Agricultural Faculty of Padua: a LIFE SCIENCE Faculty w w w. a g r a r i a. u n i p d. I t

5. Key Competence and Skills within the organization For further contact: stefano.grigolato@unipd.it Forest management and Forest ecosystem (experimental centre) Forest and bioenergy mechanization (engineering lab) Wood technologies and wood properties Forest based products and processes Wood products market and marketing analysis Forest fitopathology and entomology AGRICULTURE – FORESTRY – ENVIROMENTAL - FOOD Agricultural Faculty of Padua: a LIFE SCIENCE Faculty w w w. a g r a r i a. u n i p d. I t