A1. Meetings with landowners, drafting and signing of agreements
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Signing of agreements with the owners of the selected stands
A2. Definition of baseline biodiversity indicators
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Literature review on indicators for assessing the naturalness and biodiversity of the forest ecosystems
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Biodiversity indicator proposal overseen by the Expert Committee
A3. Fine-tuning of a Potential Biodiversity Index: IBPMed-Catalonia
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IBP Cat v2.0 prepared
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IBP Cat v2.1 prepared
A4. Initial diagnosis of the action stands and of the naturally evolving stands: Characterisation and mapping
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Delimitation of the project stands
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Creation of GIS map
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Development of the protocol for conducting expert inventories
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Information processing
A5. Design of conservation measures and forestry interventions, drafting of specifications and processing of administrative permits.
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Design of forestry actions to be performed
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Drafting of the specifications for the performance and contracting of forestry works
✓
Processing of authorisation applications for the competent forestry authorities
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Selection of companies for forestry work
A6. Analysis of innovative funding mechanisms (direct and indirect) and contractual models with landowners to integrate biodiversity improvements into sustainable forest management
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Compilation of the main innovative funding mechanisms, incentives and contractual mechanisms
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Document analysing the various land stewardship models and recommendations for the development of other contractual mechanisms