## 3 Results
### SWOT Analysis
#### 3.1.3 Opportunities  
Respondents identified opportunities for the CBE transition mainly in policy and institutional external factors, such as government funding. However, market instruments, such as certifications and technological factors, were also considered important. In particular, they pointed out the role of specific measures in the Rural Development Plan (RDP) of the Campania Region, in order to foster human resources development, innovation processes, and products valorization, as well as to increase company revenues. As for human resources, RDP considers the training of entrepreneurs, workers, and other technical experts to be of crucial importance for the development of disadvantaged forest areas. Therefore, it subsidizes the organization of courses focused on improving the skills and know-how of these professionals. RDP is also a potential funding source for renewing machineries for forest harvesting (e.g., cableways for transportation in mountain areas) and wood processing. _\"I am sure that funding courses aimed at training entrepreneurs and workers in the sector is very useful, even more so if the subject of the training concerns process innovation and the valorization of waste products along with an incentive for the purchase of innovative machinery and/or equipment\"._  
Interviewees highlighted that RDP and tax credit, if combined as a synergic funding source, may be of paramount importance to nurture mechanization processes in the supply chain, thus increasing the volume of harvested biomass. In particular, volumes would be also increased by the contribution of lower value materials, such as small branches and treetops, that may be used in novel production processes. If this happened, the forest-wood sector of more disadvantaged areas would be substantially sustained; there would be a decrease in production costs and occupational risks, as well as an increase in raw materials. Lastly, respondents highlighted the future role of RDP in supporting innovation processes by designing specific interventions that would entail the collaboration of universities and other research institutions. Besides the role of RDP, other opportunities may come from national and regional loans, aiming at the establishment of forestry associations and consortia. The emergence of forest consortia could be the first step in the establishment of networks of structured intra and intersectoral structured collaborations, fundamental for the future of a forest-based CBE. The fact that combining a set of funding measures would be crucial in low profit woodlands is the main insight that emerged regarding the role of policy support. This is particularly true in the case of young forest surfaces covered with low-income species and destined to the thinning forest process. In these areas, the contribution of new technological equipment and skills, and of increased wood volumes, may feed circular bioeconomy processes and the production of innovative materials. Even though their role was mentioned in fewer interviews, forest certifications were also considered by respondents as a potential support tool for the creation of CBE forest-wood supply chains. More specifically, the Sustainable Forest Management (GFS) and Chain of Custody (CoC) certifications may increase the added value of forest-based products, thus opening doors to international markets and providing more jobs. In the words of one of the stakeholders:  
_\"Forest certification are an opportunity to get companies into markets where the quality of wood products is more relevant. Our forests are already sustainably managed; thus, it would be easy obtaining this type of certifications. Certifications might also be a first step to enter voluntary carbon credit markets\"._  
As the last opportunity identified, several professionals and entrepreneurs stated that the market offers a set of technological solutions to reduce energy costs by adopting renewable energies.