Foraging the untapped value of Europe's forests

“STARTREE will provide a European perspective, and make explicit the potential of NWFP. We’ve so far shown that for certain regions, the market value of certain produce – cork trees, chestnut groves, mushrooms, or berries etc. – may easily outgrow wood production.”, says Robert Mavsar, the StarTree project co-ordinator, in a recent interview with the European Commission Information Centre.