Tecniche e attrezzature per la valorizzazione del bene forestale attraverso modelli di allevamento semibrado di suini

In the last decades, our understanding of the principles regarding the relationship between the man and the rural world has undergone signifi cant changes. Innovative ideas for the evaluation of material and non-material forest resource values and sustainable forest management are reminiscent of traditional forest resource management practices and values. For example, forests with little or no economic value for wood production can fi nd new functions through the use of secondary forest products. Forest fruits, specifi cally acorns and chestnuts, can increase the value of livestock breeding systems (in particular for pigs) in order to improve animal nutrition and livestock quality as well as to reduce the environmental impacts associated with their production, particularly their impact on forest ecosystems. Italian and foreign experiences have been used to define common principles, techniques and simple breeding structures (with reduced environmental impact) suitable for extensive pig breeding. These techniques can gain be highly profi table in high forest areas (for example in oak woods), which will have new, important, economic functions of enhanced aesthetic and landscape value.