Landholding organizations
Assess the property and its uses before choosing a management structure or committing to a new forestry project.
Start with this: Land and management assessmentSustainability and forestry / Land. Management. Continuity.
Give the land a management model.
Commission the assessment, management structure and business case for a forestry project, with its institutional responsibilities and funding route defined. José Miguel Medeiros leads the work, drawing on his tenure as President and CEO of FlorestGal, Portugal’s first public forestry company.
For those responsible for the land.
Owners’ associations
Define how fragmented holdings can be managed together, with ownership, agreements and responsibilities made explicit.
Start with this: Management modelMunicipal and territorial partnerships
Develop an institutional strategy and funding assessment around the land, its management needs and the public responsibilities involved.
Start with this: Government and stakeholder strategyInvestors assessing forestry
Commission a business case that examines land arrangements, production and environmental services against the proposed costs and income.
Start with this: Forestry business caseStart with the land and its responsibilities.
- Who owns the land, and what management arrangements are possible?
- Which uses fit the property and its conservation responsibilities?
- How should silviculture, fuel management and production be organized?
- Do the proposed uses, costs and income support a pilot?
- Which institutions and public funding programs belong in the plan?
Build the case from the ground.
Read the land.
Assess the property, ownership and current uses. Identify the information and specialist assessment needed to judge the proposed activities.
Structure the management.
Compare aggregation and management arrangements. Set out the agreements, responsibilities and operating tasks each option requires.
Model a pilot.
Prepare the forestry business case with Amândio Costa on financial modeling. Examine production and environmental services through explicit cost, income and phasing assumptions.
Prepare the institutional case.
José Miguel Medeiros maps the responsible institutions and assesses funding eligibility. Prepare the supporting evidence and application where the program fits the project.
Public forestry, personally led.
Partner experience
FlorestGal
José Miguel Medeiros, President and CEO, FlorestGal, 2018 to 2021.
José Miguel Medeiros was the first President and CEO of FlorestGal, Portugal’s first public forestry company, and turned a scattered state estate into a managed forest business with a long-term plan.
Read the case: FlorestGalThe first work to commission.
Land and management assessment
Led by: José Miguel Medeiros
The questionWhat is this land, who holds it, and which uses should be examined?
The outputAn assessment of the property, ownership and uses, with the information and specialist work needed for a management decision.
Management model
Led by: José Miguel Medeiros
The questionHow can fragmented land be managed together?
The outputOptions for management agreements and structures, with ownership arrangements, operating tasks and responsibilities named.
Forestry business case
Led by: José Miguel Medeiros, with Amândio Costa on financial modeling
The questionDo the proposed uses, costs and income support the project?
The outputA forestry business case and financial model, starting with a pilot and stating the assumptions for production and environmental services.
Funding eligibility
Led by: José Miguel Medeiros
The questionWhich public and European programs fit this project?
The outputAn eligibility assessment and, where the project fits a program, preparation of the funding application.
Field operations are scoped with qualified specialists for each mandate.
The financial and institutional work around the land.
Financial model
Led by: Luis Da Silva, with Amândio Costa on financial modeling
The questionWhich assumptions drive the business, and what happens when they change?
The outputA driver-based operating model with revenue, costs, headcount, profit and loss, cash flow, unit economics and scenarios.
Government and stakeholder strategy
Led by: José Miguel Medeiros
The questionWho decides, in what order, and what evidence does each institution require?
The outputA municipal and national stakeholder map and engagement plan, with the sequence, evidence requirements and responsibilities defined.
EU grant application
Led by: José Miguel Medeiros
The questionHow should an eligible project present its case for European funding?
The outputA structured and written application, with the project case and supporting material organized around the program’s requirements.
The research we follow
Reports from other organizations that the partners track for this sector. Open any one to read, download or print it.
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- Research · 28 September 2026
The State of the World’s Forests 2026
FAO makes the economic case for restoring forests and landscapes, while pledges and actual restoration lag far behind the need.
Selected by José Miguel Medeiros
Open the report: The State of the World’s Forests 2026 (opens in a viewer or a new tab) - Research · August 2026
Mobilising Public and Private Finance for Biodiversity
The tools governments and public lenders use to raise money for nature, from tax measures and payments for ecosystem services to blended finance and biodiversity credits.
Selected by José Miguel Medeiros
Open the report: Mobilising Public and Private Finance for Biodiversity (opens in a viewer or a new tab) - Research · 30 June 2026
Relatório de Atividades do SGIFR, 2025
Portugal has fewer fires than before, but a handful of very large ones burn most of the area, and the 2020-2030 national plan was about half done at its midpoint.
Selected by José Miguel Medeiros
Open the report: Relatório de Atividades do SGIFR, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Start with the land you have.
Commission the assessment, management structure and business case for a forestry project, with its institutional responsibilities and funding route defined. José Miguel Medeiros leads the work, drawing on his tenure as President and CEO of FlorestGal, Portugal’s first public forestry company.
Discuss a project