AFOR - Azienda Forestale Regionale RVM

The Regional Forestry Agency (AFOR) is responsible for agricultural, forestry, and pastoral activities, with the aim of managing the region's forests and training apprentices in the sector.
AFOR is active throughout the district and also in other parts of the canton for private individuals, municipalities, and public bodies, both for typical forestry work and for parks and gardens.

PRODUCTS, SERVICES

Cutting and maintenance
• public and private forests
• cleaning of paths, roads, parks, and gardens
• Pruning, forest thinning
• cutting of large and dangerous trees

Production
• Firewood in various sizes
• Solid wood tables, benches, and tubs
• wood chips for heating and mulching
• processed poles for fences, pergolas, and vineyards made of chestnut wood

Construction
• Wooden and mesh fences
• Wooden staircases, dry stone walls
• Plantations and biotopes
• naturalistic engineering
• slope stabilization

Other services
• helicopter assistance and transport
• Transport by truck and forestry crane
• Slope management with ripcutters and other services requiring specialized labor