Members of the LIFE Wood for Future team have participated today in a day of field practices on timber harvesting with students of the higher level training cycle “Higher Technician in Forestry and Natural Environment Management” of the Center for Forestry Training and Experimentation of Cazorla, located in Vadillo-Castril within the Natural Park of the Sierra de Cazorla Segura and Las Villas and managed by the Junta de Andalucía. Members of AFA-Profor, Environmental Agents of the Park, the Territorial Delegate of Sustainability, Environment and Blue Economy in Jaén, the Director of the Park and members of the Dentrolavide laboratory of the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville have also participated in the conference.

During the conference, the importance of an Andalusian Wood Quality Plan was highlighted, as a tool to take wood to its maximum value, that of industrialized construction in structural products, thus ensuring the sustainability of sustainable forest management and the conservation of forest masses. To this end, the Granada-based architecture firm Bonsai Arquitectos and promoters of sustainable housing with wood also participated in the conference. The mutual interaction of the different agents of the value chain, from forest management to the final use in construction, is key to ensure the environmental, social and economic sustainability of the territory within the framework of a Protected Natural Area. Professional training in all links of the chain, and in particular in the link of forest management and harvesting at the foot of the forest, are key to ensure a collective gear. The spirit of this wonderful field day on the Navahondona Mountain was “We understand each other better and we will go further”. Thanks to the company Aperos de Video for the documentary monitoring of the day.