Director of the course
José Manuel Cabrero
What is this course about?
From the citizen's perspective, forests are a landscape that they enjoy on their holidays, that visit on their tourist getaways and are concerned when they hear news about forest fires. Forests are a great unknown, generating countless questions:
How are our forests managed?
How can fires be prevented?
How important are they with respect to climate change?
Does wood construction endanger our forest resources?
Does using wood cause deforestation?
Is it sustainable to build with wood?
These and other questions are the starting point of this summer course, which seeks to bring the general public closer to knowledge about the management forestry and the value of our forests.
Spain, the second country with the largest forest area in Europe, and in particular Navarra, the leader in the management sustainable forest management and policies promoting wood construction, provides the ideal context for exploring how proper forest management contributes to both environmental preservation and wealth generation. goal is to bring the knowledge about forests to citizens who are increasingly distant from them and show that a forest is much more than a beautiful landscape: it is a resource living being that, when managed correctly, brings benefits to society and the environment.
The training will offer a comprehensive view of forest management and the wood cycle, from its management until its use in Building . It will feature the participation of experts in management forestry and wood construction, as well as those responsible for the administration and conservation of natural heritage, who will share their knowledge on conservation, use manager of resources, sustainability and Economics circular.
The course will include technical visits to learn first-hand about the entire process, from the management from forests to their transformation into construction products. Tours will be given of forests, sawmills and buildings constructed from wood (additionally, it is proposed that it will take place in a building - Civivox Condestable - that combines both Structures historical buildings rehabilitated as modern ones in wood).
MONDAY 8TH
September 8
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
BLOCK 1: OUR FORESTS (morning)
| 9:00 | presentation of the course and objectives. JM Cabrero , University of Navarra. |
| 9:15 | Our forests. What are our forests like? How healthy are they? What tree species are there? Who owns them? status current state of forests in Spain and Europe, future forecasts) Fermín Olabe , Government of Navarre |
| 10:15 | Questions and comments time |
| 10:30 | Environmental and social importance of forests. What value do our forests have? What products or services do they generate? (Forest products—beyond timber—related economic sectors, development rural, female entrepreneurship in the sector) Eduardo Montero , FORESNA – association Forestry of Navarra Olatz Esparza , ADEMAN – association of Wood Entrepreneurs of Navarra |
| 11:30 | Questions and comments time |
| 11:45 | Rest |
| 12:15 | Forest management . Obtaining ecosystem benefits How do we care for our forests? What about deforestation? Are we running out of forests? management and sustainable maintenance. Forest certification seals. Risk of deforestation in our environment) Miguel Ángel Sobrino , Mancomunitat de Municicipis Berguedans per a la Biomassa |
| 13:15 | Questions and comments time |
BLOCK 2: BUILDING WITH WOOD (afternoon)
| 16:00 | Use of wood in construction. Why build with wood? Does it make sense today? How do you build with wood? Is it safe to build with wood? (Use of certified and sustainable products, sustainable architecture, construction systems, new products and developments) José Manuel Cabrero , University of Navarra |
| 17:00 | Questions and comments time |
| 17:15 | Build with local wood. Can our wood be used for building? employment local resources, products developed with local wood, entrepreneurial opportunities, promotion of Economics rural, Economics circular) Eduard Correal, Forest Science and Technology Center of Catalonia |
| 18:15 | Question and answer session colloquium end |
TUESDAY 9TH
September 9
9:00 - 14:00 h
visit technique
| 9:00 | Departure from Pamplona |
| 10:00 | Tour of a sustainably managed forest visit together with Foresna, University of Navarra and staff of the Government of Navarra |
| 12:30 | visit to a wooden construction |
PRISMA has the support of the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the challenge Demographic (MITECO) in the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU.
