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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On October 20 and 21, 2021 we carried out, in collaboration with LIFE Biorgest project, a technical trip to Occitanie (southern France). We visited various forest management experiences incorporating biodiversity conservation criteria and silviculture of uneven-aged, mixed forests. The trip report is available in this link.
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On November 24 and 25, LIFE MixForChange project will be represented in two seminars: November 24: EIP-AGRI Seminar – Turning Forest Innovation into practice. Online seminar organized by the European Commission, on November 24 and 25. Lídia Guitart (APMC) will introduce the project in the “Adaptation to Climate Change” session. Seminar program. November 25: X […]
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The number 84 of “Silvicultura” technical journal, edited by Centre de la Propietat Forestal, includes a 4-page article describing how to identify trees of value (either economic or ecological) and their main competitors. These concepts are fundamental in the framework of a silviculture integrating single-tree criteria, as the one implemented in LIFE MixForChange project. Link […]
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The 10th project Newsletter, corresponding to October 2021, is available here. We present the progress made in the last 6 months and the activities to come in the next months You may also check the past issues and subscribe
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To evaluate the effects of MixForChange silviculture on ecological variables we have installed 26 permanent plots. These plots have been monitored before the application of the silvicultural treatments (2017-18) and on a regular basis until the summer of 2021. Half of these plots correspond to intervened areas and the other half are control plots, that […]
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This course, jointly organised by LIFE MixForChange and LIFE Biorgest projects, will take place in October 2021: 6th & 7th (web-based conference) and 14th & 15th (practical on-site sessions). The course will be conducted in Spanish. The participation is free of charge, being possible to participate in all sessions or only in selected ones. The […]
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This guide, prepared by authors from CTFC, APMC, CPF and Barcelona Province Council, seeks to build bridges between three essential aspects for our society: local policies, the management and conservation of forest services and values, and in particular peri-urban areas, and the challenge of adapting to and mitigating the impacts of climate change. These three aspects are strongly interrelated, and therefore it […]
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The LIFE MixForChange project was presented at the IV Conference of University Research on Climate Change (“Innovation in the adaptation to climate change”), organized by the Chair of Climate Change of the Polytechnic University of Valencia on 8-9 July 2021, with more than 200 attendees. You can consult the program and the whole content of […]
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MixForChange project has appeared recently in various media with regard to valuable broadleaves timber, a product that is promoted with the innovative silviculture developed within the project. Some of these news also include an interview to Germán Peraire, a handcraft furniture maker who participated in the Catalogue of Uses of Uses of valuable broadleaves timber […]
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