Web application for designing Permanent Polycyclic Plantations (PPP)

LIFE: InBioWood

InBioWood - Increase Biodiversity through Wood Production


LIFE12 ENV/IT/000153

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Object

Web application to support the design of 3P Polycyclic Plantations.

PROJECT REFERENT
De Pietri Stefano

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Objective

Provide a simple and operational tool capable of effectively helping technicians in the design of 3P Plantations.

Good Practice Description

It consists in an operational tool to support technicians and agricultural entrepreneurs, in the selection and design phases of the 3P Plantations.

It is a web application called 'Legno & Ambiente' which allows to develop and visualise project models and diagrams based on specific indications from the designer and owner.

The App consists of three sections and a series of useful links

  • Section 1 - “Create a new system”: by answering 5 simple questions you can select, among 116 possible solutions, the one that best meets the owner's needs. In the project presented there is what is needed to create the proposed system scheme. The only activity left to the designer concerns the choice of tree and shrub species. In this regard, the App also provides special support tables.
  • Section 2 - "My projects", stores all projects in PDF format including: plant diagram, crop plan and an indicative financial assessment of general costs and revenues.
  • Section 3 - “Set costs and revenues”, allows you to set and save the economic parameters suitable for your case, in order to arrive at a more realistic financial evaluation.

Finally, the application is accompanied by links for further information on 3P Plantations and other technical documentation.

Territorial Context

It can be used both via PC, by visiting the website www.inbiowood.eu/webapp, and as an App for smartphones and tablets, Apple and Android, by searching for “Legno & Ambiente” on the Apple Store or Play Store. The use of the App is completely free.

Replicability conditions

It can be used anywhere you want to design and implement polycyclic plantations. The choice of plants by the designer allows you to adapt the system to the environmental conditions in which it will be developed.

Dissemination material

From the GoProFor database, in the final part of the sheet, it is possible to download material relating to the project and in particular the technical manual entitled "Design, construction and management of Naturalistic Polycyclic Wood Plantations" in Italian and English.