READING MATERIAL

We aim to encourage sustainable practices that foster the coexistence of nature conservation, agriculture, and forestry, and thus promote the Wildlife Estates Label in Europe. 

The WESEM training programme is designed to equip students and professionals in forestry and agriculture with the necessary skills to become advisors in sustainable and ethical land management.

The project supported by Interreg Estonia-Latvia helps to develop a tool that includes models and algorithms for assessing ecosystem services that support landowners on shore in the decision-making process.

The aim of the master’s thesis is to analyze the suitability of the Wildlife Estates label evaluation methodology in the Estonian context on the example of the Järvselja Training and Experimental Forestry District. Based on this work, the question whether the label is suitable for Estonian forestry can be answered. The strengths and weaknesses of the label are also highlighted. The WE label is compared to PEFC and FSC certificates to answer the question of why Estonian landowners should prefer the WE label to timber certificates. The motives for applying for the label and possible developments in the benefits of the label are also mapped.

How to describe and measure your heritage trees? Which tree can be considered a heritage tree? How to assess the dimensions, age and condition of a tree? You can find the answer to these questions in the Heritage keeper's guide prepared by Hendrik Relve, which can be downloaded here.

What do these buyers of carbon credits want from me? What obligations do they have to me and I have to them? Selling carbon credits is a new opportunity for landowners who are interested in the topic. However, it is important to know how to ask the right questions at the right time. We have highlighted a few.

How can we make sure that the good idea - reducing emissions - is meaningful and does not create a market for buying "indulgence"? What are the prerequisites for a good carbon project. How to choose a buyer of credits so that the carbon sequestering forestry sector helps those who have reduced their carbon footprint? Additives, scopes, emissions... We created a brief summary of the voluntary carbon market, referring to various sources.