Setting up of a short supply chain based on the valorization of cork waste in the Pyrénées-Orientales region

Submitted by FLORIAN GALINAT on 19 May 2020
Device for crushing cork

This project studied in the Pyrénées-Orientales region for cork waste and the setting up of a short supply chain (building, garden centre, etc.) in order to create local jobs and enable owners of cork oak forests to earn some. The structuring of a value chain for cork waste will allow a return to production of the cork groves favourable to the prevention of fire risks and thus to the conservation of its heritage interest. The project has chosen to use techniques which do not require major investment in equipment or buildings. We focused on the results of a transformation into granulated...

Traditional use of wild and naturalized plants as a potential for innovation in the development of rural areas of Croatia

Submitted by Dino Buršić on 7 April 2020
Melissa cream with immortelle

The main objective of this factsheet is to determine the possibilities and directions of innovative commercialization of wild and naturalized plants based on market trends and ethnobotanical research. One of the secondary goals is to preserve local botanical and other knowledge related to the recognition and application of wild and naturalized plants in the areas of Drenov Bok and Vela Luka by conducting field research.

Edible below ground fungal fruitbodies in Greece

Submitted by Kalliopi Stara on 17 March 2020
Greece is a country with dramatic geological relief which makes it one of the richest in biodiversity and habitat types countries in Europe

Greece is a country with dramatic geological relief which makes it one of the richest in biodiversity and habitat types countries in Europe. So far over 100 fungal species with below ground fruitbodies have been discovered in Greece, among them 13 new species for Science, confirming high diversity also in fungi. As we have just began to explore fungi with subterranean fruiting bodies, we are confident that many new species will be recorded in Greece in the near future. The protection of forest ecosystems is vital for hypogeous fungi, such as valuable truffles' conservation.