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Since its creation in 1986, the AFG has devoted a large part of its activity to training for forest owners and members of community woodlands. Topics such as the silviculture of pines and broadleaves, forestry taxation, forest certification, and pests and diseases have been the subject of more than 500 specialised courses delivered throughout Galicia.
The organisation of forestry congresses and forums is another of the tasks to which the Association pays special attention; among others, the following may be highlighted:
European Days: Strategies for the protection and improvement of forest resources. Pazo de Mariñán, 4, 5 and 6 May 1989.
International Course on Forest Political Economy. Santiago de Compostela, from 15 to 19 October 1990.
International Seminar on the Afforestation of Agricultural Land. Ourense and Bragança, 13, 14 and 15 October 1994.
First Galician Congress of Communal Forests. Mondariz Balneario, 14, 15 and 16 December 1995.
Debate days on the tax regime for community woodlands. Mondoñedo, Silleda and Ponteareas, April 2002.
Forestry Financing Seminar. Soutomaior, 12 September 2002.
International Days on Forests and Renewable Energies, in which the role of forest owners in the development of renewable energies was debated. Santiago de Compostela, 14 and 15 November 2002.
International Days on Taxation and Financing of Forests. Vigo, 14 and 15 April 2005.
International seminar “Primary Forest Biomass and Green Electricity”. Vigo, 8 June 2007.
Training workshops: “Management of agroforestry spaces in San Xurxo da Mariña and San Román de Doniños. Promotion of agroforestry activity.”. Ferrol-San Xurxo, 30 June, 1 and 2 July 2011.
Cross-border meeting: Cooperation network on forest biomass. Tomiño. 24 November 2011.
Transnational meeting for cooperation: Sustainability of eucalyptus plantations in southern Europe. Santiago de Compostela. 29 and 30 November 2012.
Seminar: “The timber resource in Galicia's forests: situation and market”. Santiago de Compostela. 27 November 2015.
Seminar “Strategic objectives of forest policy”. Viveiro. 2 June 2016.
Working tables on the compatibility of social and forestry uses in community woodlands. Vigo. 10-11 June 2016.
Workshop on the compatibility of social and forestry uses in community woodlands. Vigo. 11 June 2016.
Symposium: The Future of Eucalyptus in Galicia. Monforte de Lemos. 10 June 2017.
Seminar: “The New Regulations on Wildfires, Distances and the Environment”. Vilagarcía de Arousa, 26 May 2018.
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