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• May, 26, 2022
• Comments Off on Save the date! MixForChange Final Seminar – June 22, 2022

Wednesday July 22nd we will organize the final seminar of LIFE MixForChange in Barcelona. We will share soon the final agenda and the location. Provisional program

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• May, 10, 2022
• Comments Off on MixForChange project: supporting Mediterranean forests in Brussels

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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• Apr, 26, 2022
• Comments Off on Last meeting of the Project Advisory Committee

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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• Apr, 21, 2022
• Comments Off on Pilot system of logistics and marketing of products from the Mediterranean sub-humid mixed forests

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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• Mar, 26, 2022
• Comments Off on MixForChange silviculture, at El País newspaper

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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• Feb, 22, 2022
• Comments Off on Replication of MixForChange silviculture in 55 hectares

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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• Dec, 21, 2021
• Comments Off on Report with the conclusions of the dasometric monitoring of MixForChange silviculture

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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• Nov, 24, 2021
• Comments Off on Report on the technical trip LIFE Biorgest – LIFE MixForChange to Occitanie (France), October 2021

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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• Nov, 19, 2021
• Comments Off on MixForChange in two seminars (November 24 and 25, 2021)

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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• Nov, 05, 2021
• Comments Off on Article on single-tree silviculture published in “Silvicultura” journal

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 […]