On June 12, 2023, the Governing Council of the Government of Andalusia took cognizance of the “Program to Promote Timber Harvesting in Andalusia”, promoted by the Directorate General of Forestry Policy and Biodiversity, which is a milestone in the democratic history in terms of change in the policy of Andalusian forest management.
This program has arisen largely due to the drive and knowledge transfer that the LIFE Wood for Future project has been actively carrying out for almost two years along the entire value chain, which brings together forest owners, forestry professionals (AFA-Profor), knowledge agents, industry, the construction sector and public administration.
The objective of the program is to stimulate timber harvesting in Andalusia, favoring sustainable forest management of forests and other agroforestry areas such as poplar groves, using quality timber for structural use in construction as the driving force. This revaluation of the Andalusian forest and its products will result in the implementation of actions for its improvement and conservation, as well as in the promotion of other forest products, one of the basic pillars of the new Forestry Policy in Andalusia.
The Program has started with a budget of 7,200,000 euros financed by the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
You can download the text of the Agreement of the Governing Council, which lays the foundations of the Program to Promote Timber Harvesting signed by the President of the Junta de Andalucía, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, and the Minister of Sustainability, Environment and Blue Economy, José Ramón Fernández Pacheco, in which explicit reference is made to the role of the University of Granada as the initiator of this program. This work has been carried out through the LIFE Wood for Future project, its partners (UGR, USC-PEMADE, COSE, Diputación de Granada, 3edata) and its most direct associates (IFAPA, AFA-Profor, FORET, MARJAL, Iberolam Timber&Technology).
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You can read this information in the Environmental Portal of the Junta de Andalucía:
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The Civitas-UGR Chair presented yesterday afternoon the book “Trends and innovation in sustainable construction”, in an event led by the director of the Chair, Mercedes García de Quesada. The presentation was held at the Royal Hospital, headquarters of the Rectorate of the University of Granada.
The Poplar Producers Association of Granada Marjal offers this weekend a course on management of vegetation cover in poplar groves for soil regeneration and improving biodiversity and productivity. This program, open to all interested parties and free of charge, will be taught by permaculture expert Radko Tichalvsky at the headquarters of the Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Training and Research (IFAPA) of the Junta de Andalucía (Camino de Purchil s / n) on Friday November 15 from 16.30 to 18.30 hours. On Saturday, November 16, a practical training will take place in several poplar groves in the Vega de Granada.
The visit to the wooden structures of the Alhambra and the Palacio de los Vargas in Granada, led by Ignacio Arto, professor at the University of Granada, has put the finishing touch to the M5 training module on durability, protection, diagnosis and rehabilitation given by the spinoff Iberolam Timber Technology, created for the transfer of the LIFE Wood for Future project.
The coordinator of the LIFE Wood for Future project, Antolino Gallego, participated last Thursday, November 7, in a Bioeconomy conference organized by the Málaga Provincial Council at La Noria, a social innovation center located in the capital of Málaga. Professor Gallego presented the talk "Structural bioproducts made in Andalucía" within the Bioproducts and Circularity panel.
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