We present one of the top products of the project: the Handbook “Adaptive and close-to-nature management in mixed sub-humid Mediterranean forests: holm oak, chestnut, common oak and pine woods“. This guide presents the context, development, implementation and conclusions of MixForChange silviculture, a forest management model that incorporates climate change adaptive criteria with close-to-nature silviculture principles. […]
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The end of the project is approaching, and some of the most outstanding final products are seeing the light. Last week we presented the program of the project final seminar (22/06/2022) and now it is the turn of two key dissemination products: – Layman Report: a brief document summarizing the structure, methodology, results and conclusions […]
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The Association of Forest Owners of Montnegre-Corredor massif has developed a pilot system to facilitate decision-making for the logistics and marketing of forest products, especially designed for mixed forests and with a diversity of structures and products generated. A specific design of the criteria to be considered and the resulting cartography for the Montnegre-Corredor area […]
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Wednesday July 22nd we will organize the final seminar of LIFE MixForChange in Barcelona. We will share soon the final agenda and the location. Final program
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LIFE MixForChange participates on May 31st, 2022 at the event “A step forward in Forest policy: the Mediterranean perspective”, together with other 7 LIFE projects related to Mediterranean forests. The aim is to raise the voice of the Mediterranean forest for its adequate consideration in European forest policy. Link to the live session
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On Thursday the 21st, we held the fourth and last meeting of the MixForChange Advisory Committee via telematic format, with the title “Overall assessment of LIFE MixForChange: how to promote adaptive and close-to-nature forest management in the Mediterranean?”. In this meeting we had 10 external experts. In total, 34 different experts have participated throughout the […]
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This new publication shows the development of a pilot system for logistics and marketing of forest products developed for the area of Montnegre – Corredor massif, few kilometers northeast from Barcelona. We include an analysis of the logistic steps in this area, with the identification of the key factors and limitations that affect logistics and […]
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MixForChange silviculture has been highlighted in an article on adaptive forest management at a major nationwide Spanish journal El País. The article includes contributions by Dr. Jaime Coello (CTFC), technical manager of LIFE MixForChange. Link to the article (in Spanish)
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MixForChange silviculture, which incorporates adaptive, close-to-nature and single-tree criteria, has been replicated in 10 farms, both private and public, with a total area of 55 ha. The project partners have provided support and advice for the design and implementation of these interventions. This area is added to the 164 demonstrative hectares in which this silviculture […]
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In the project we have installed 71 permanent monitoring plots of monitoring with a wide range of dasometric variables, in order to assess the effects of MixForChange silviculture. These plots have been monitored before and right after the application of the silvicultural treatments (2017-18) and in autumn 2020. The measured variables are described in the […]
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