Participants
To carry out this initiative, a multidisciplinary supra-regional operational group has been created (Galicia, Castilla y León, the Basque Country and Madrid), with a total of 10 participants, including applicant members and collaborating members.
Applicant members
The Forestry Association of Galicia is a non-profit association founded in Santiago de Compostela in 1986, which brings together private forest owners and communities of communal forests. Among its aims are to support and promote forestry research, propose research lines and projects that respond to the needs of Galician forestry professionals, and promote initiatives that contribute to increasing the added value of the goods, products and resources generated in Galician forests.
The Federation of Forestry Associations of Castilla y León has represented and defended the interests of foresters and forestry owner associations in Castilla y León since 1990. With more than 6,000 members and 500,000 hectares, FAFCYLE promotes cooperation with other entities as a way to foster innovative solutions for the forestry sector and address the new challenges posed by climate change, such as improving the resilience of our forest stands in order to guarantee their future.
The Confederation of Foresters of the Basque Country was founded in 1986 and brings together forestry owner associations in Euskadi. It represents half of the private forest area in the region and works to promote the improvement of the forestry sector. Its objective is to test the performance of forest materials under adverse conditions and to improve future management and plantations.
TRAGSA is a public company that supports the provision of essential services in rural development, environmental conservation and emergency response. It will participate in the project through its forest nursery in Maceda (Ourense) and its innovation unit in Madrid, providing expertise in genetic improvement and conservation of forest genetic resources, as well as traceability within the forestry chain.
Innovation agent and knowledge transfer office between the research sector and the business world in different fields, such as the agri-food and forestry sectors, through project promotion and management, as well as participation leading communication, dissemination and exploitation activities. It participates in the following projects: H2020 SoildiverAgro and ROADMAP; Interreg POCTEP Biomasa-AP and Conserval; Interreg Sudoe VINIoT; the regional Operational Groups BIO_MARTERRA, MULTI-Forest, PURINPRECISO and SUEROVAL; and the supra-regional groups Ash4Soil, CLIMALACT, OLIVEBIOME, OLIVITECH, PLANFORLAB, PRERIVID, SIMBAV and UBAVIDA.
The Confederation of Forestry Organizations of Spain (COSE) is an independent, non-profit organization with a national scope that was founded in 1987 with the aim of bringing together private forest owners (67% of Spain’s forest area) through regional forestry associations, acting as a representative body before public administrations and serving as a valid interlocutor to channel initiatives and proposals, structure the territory and influence political and legislative decisions on forestry matters at national and European level. Its main commitment is to promote sustainable forest management in order to prevent the abandonment of forest land, developing projects that enhance the value of forests and enable profitability to ensure their continuity in providing goods and services both now and for future generations.
Subcontracted members
The Lourizán Forestry Research Centre, which depends on the Xunta de Galicia, works on the genetic improvement of forest species and on the transfer of knowledge to the forestry sector. Its experience in genotype selection and resource conservation is key to the project.
The NEIKER Technology Centre conducts applied research in the agricultural and forestry sector, assessing forest health and the impact of climate change. Its Forest Health group is essential for this project, providing expertise in forest diseases.
The General Foundation of the University of Valladolid manages university infrastructures and promotes the relationship between the University of Valladolid and society. The Forest Pathology research group participates in the project with its expertise in tree pathogens and forest diseases.
The Institute of Forest Sciences of INIA-CSIC provides scientific and technical information for the management of forest systems and has collaborated in research on basic materials and reproduction, as well as in the management of trial networks.