BOSQUES NATURALES SA

Their core work

BOSQUES NATURALES SA is a Spanish forestry SME specialising in planted hardwood forest management and timber valorisation. Their work centers on improving the economic and ecological value of managed forests — both by developing next-generation hardwood plantations across the EU (WOODnat) and by finding innovative ways to extract value from low-grade, small-diameter timber through laser cutting technology (LASERCUT). In practical terms, they sit at the intersection of forest silviculture and wood processing innovation, translating forest management expertise into commercially viable solutions. Their two H2020 projects suggest they are an operator-level company that generates proprietary know-how from hands-on forest management rather than academic research.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both H2020 projects ran in 2016, which means there is no meaningful temporal shift to analyse within the available data — the organisation's entire EU-funded research footprint is concentrated in a single year. What can be said is that even within that snapshot, they pursued two complementary tracks simultaneously: upstream forest development (WOODnat) and downstream wood processing innovation (LASERCUT), suggesting a vertically integrated strategic vision. Whether they pursued further projects post-2016 outside H2020, or shifted focus entirely, cannot be determined from this dataset.

With both projects dated to 2016 and no subsequent H2020 activity on record, it is not possible to identify a directional trend — potential collaborators should verify current business activity directly before assuming this profile reflects their present focus.

How they like to work

BOSQUES NATURALES has led one project (LASERCUT as coordinator) and joined one as a partner (WOODnat), suggesting they are comfortable in both roles depending on project scale. Their coordinator role was a small Phase 1 feasibility study — typical for SMEs testing a proprietary technology idea — while their partner role in WOODnat placed them inside a larger Innovation Action alongside multiple European organisations. With 8 unique partners across 5 countries, their network is modest but genuinely international.

They have collaborated with 8 unique partners across 5 countries, giving them a genuinely European (though not wide) network. Their geographic footprint likely reflects the countries involved in EU planted hardwood forest systems — southern and central Europe.

What sets them apart

BOSQUES NATURALES is unusual in that it is a private forestry company — not a research institute or university — that has engaged directly with EU innovation funding. This means they bring operational forest management experience and real commercial stakes to any consortium, not just academic outputs. For a consortium needing a practitioner end-user or a company that will actually deploy the technology in managed forests, they fill a role that most research-heavy partners cannot.

Highlights from their portfolio

• WOODnat
  The largest project by budget (€567,554 EC contribution) and longest duration (2016–2019), addressing a strategic EU challenge — improving the productivity and sustainability of planted hardwood forests across member states.
• LASERCUT
  Coordinated by BOSQUES NATURALES as lead, this SME Instrument Phase 1 feasibility study represents their most entrepreneurial move — applying laser cutting technology to valorise low-grade small-diameter timber, a commercially underexplored problem.