The Granada town of Huéscar has hosted the First Conference “Sustainability of our forests” organized by the recently created Association of Forest Owners of Eastern Andalusia. Both Marian Núñez, President of the Association, and Francisco Carreño, President of COSE (Confederation of Organizations of Foresters of Spain), as Antolino Gallego, Coordinator of LIFE Wood for Future, have stressed the importance of sustainable forest management and the use of forests in Eastern Andalusia to fight fires and pests, as well as to boost the economy of depopulated areas through local resources. The conference was held in the Plenary Hall of the Town Hall of the town, and it has highlighted the structuring role of the Associations and Groups of Producers to carry out this management with sustainable forest certification and ensure a steady supply of quality wood to the industry. The associationism is also the indispensable tool to work with the administration to defend the interests of private owners and the conservation of the forest and the promotion of the economy. The creation in the last year and independently of the Association of Forest Owners of Eastern Andalusia, based in Huescar, and the Marjal Grouping in the poplar sector of Granada and Andalusia, based in Granada, is good evidence that the forestry sector begins to give clear signs of revitalization, encouraged by the need to combat climate change, depopulation and dependence on foreign markets. For his part, Antolino Gallego presented the industrial model promoted by LIFE Wood for Future, which under an efficient technical pairing between poplar and pine wood, and eventually concrete, would consist of a series of local sawmills, a small structural wood laminates plant, an industry of mixed wood-concrete products, which would also be accompanied by a plant for the recovery of waste from the sawing of poplar and pine logs. This industrial ecosystem in the province would contribute to the valorization of the pine forests of the eastern mountains and poplar groves of Andalusia, which would require a sustainable forest management of the forests for their better use. The region of Huéscar-Castril also has a great potential for poplar plantations, so this mixed poplar-pine industrial model would be a double entry for its economy. Likewise, the region has an industrial success story, the company Tubocás S.L., dedicated to the manufacture of pellets, which could benefit significantly from this industrial ecosystem aimed at construction. The industrial model would reduce doubly the ecological footprint of construction, through the use of wood for structure and pellets as energy. The conference also included other interesting possibilities for the future for the valorization of the forests, such as the cultivation of truffles and the sale of carbon credits, as well as the attractiveness of mushroom picking, as highlighted by the teacher and beloved neighbor of the Sierra de Cazorla, Rufino Nieto.
During the day was presented in an exhibition in the gardens of the school, one of the first structural products of wood and concrete brand Andalusia, developed by Pemade and the Wood Research Unit (UIMA) of the UGR under the LIFE project Wood for the Future, which will be placed on the market through the spinoff of the UGR Iberolam Timber & Technology, germ of the first Andalusian industry in the industry.
Developers, builders, architects and technical architects participated last Friday, September 13, in the conference Industrialized sustainable construction. A driving industry for Andalusia, which has shown how this building system, which in Spain represents only 1.5% of the market, far below the most advanced countries in Europe, can solve some of the problems that afflict the construction sector, such as lack of labor or high carbon footprint.
Developers in Granada see industrialized construction as an opportunity for the necessary “change of model” in the sector. More comfortable, safe and qualified employment, less waste and CO2 emissions, faster and more efficient building, among the advantages of a digitized prefabrication system that in Spain represents only 1.5% of the market. This Friday, the School of Building Engineering hosted a conference organized by the LIFE Wood for the Future project in which developers, builders, architects and public administrations participated.
The eighth edition of the LIFE Wood For Future Newsletter is now available, where you can consult the latest news of the project.
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