Transfer and dissemination activities to be held in June
Two activities will be held with the participation of UXAFORES in June: a demonstration workshop on mycology and another workshop on FSC forest certification. Attendance at both workshops is free, but prior registration is required.
The Cogumelos+ project workshop "Increasing mycological productivity in Galician pine forests", organized by Servitec, UXAFORES and FEUGA, will be held on June 6. The meeting will be held in the morning in Begonte (Lugo), where the project's experimental plots are located. UXAFORES representatives Julián Alonso, Roque Rodríguez and Javier Pereira-Espinel will participate in the workshops. In addition to presentations on macromycete fungi in pine forests, mycological and wood productivity and silvicultural models applied to Pinus radiata, among other species, demonstrations of pruning and mechanized clearing will be given.
An Open Day, entitled "Responsible Forests, more sustainable cities. A journey towards urban sustainability through responsible forest management: history of the Impulso Verde building", will be held on June 22 - the day before the annual Assembly of FSC Spain members. The open day is organized by FSC Spain and UXAFORES and will be held in the Impulso Verde building in Lugo. The building is the first to be awarded FSC certification for a construction project in Spain, and in which the USC, through PEMADE, and the UPM participated.
The inaugural event will be attended by the mayoress of Lugo, Lara Méndez, the coordinator of UXAFORES, Esperanza Álvarez, and the president of FSC Spain and organizer of the event, Alberto Rojo. The FSC certificate for construction projects will then be awarded to the Lugo City Council as the owner of the Impulso Verde building. These sessions will be followed by a guided visit to the building by members of PEMADE and 3edata. Two round table discussions will then be held on the topics "Development and FSC certification of the project" and "Use of wood for sustainable construction". The morning session will close with speech by the Regional Minister for Rural Affairs.
In the afternoon, attendees will travel to the north of Lugo, where they will visit the company "Hijos de Ramón Rubal, S.L.", supplier of the FSC certified wood used in the building, and a FSC certified forest.