A1. Meetings with landowners, drafting and signing of agreements

✓

Signing of agreements with the owners of the selected stands

A2. Definition of baseline biodiversity indicators

✓

Literature review on indicators for assessing the naturalness and biodiversity of the forest ecosystems

✓

Biodiversity indicator proposal overseen by the Expert Committee

A3. Fine-tuning of a Potential Biodiversity Index: IBPMed-Catalonia

✓

IBP Cat v2.0 prepared

✓

IBP Cat v2.1 prepared

A4. Initial diagnosis of the action stands and of the naturally evolving stands: Characterisation and mapping

✓

Delimitation of the project stands

✓

Creation of GIS map

✓

Development of the protocol for conducting expert inventories

✓

Information processing

A5. Design of conservation measures and forestry interventions, drafting of specifications and processing of administrative permits.

✓

Design of forestry actions to be performed

✓

Drafting of the specifications for the performance and contracting of forestry works

✓

Processing of authorisation applications for the competent forestry authorities

✓

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

✓

Compilation of the main innovative funding mechanisms, incentives and contractual mechanisms

✓

Document analysing the various land stewardship models and recommendations for the development of other contractual mechanisms