Since it began two years ago, the ForestED project has been progressing steadily until it is now approaching its conclusion. Over these months the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia has been working on developing various prototypes of pieces made from the wood gathered in the forests of Galicia and Catalonia. Now the time has come […]
Last Wednesday, 5 November, we took part in the opening day of the final touring exhibition of the FORESTED project in Barcelona. The Forestry Association of Galicia was represented by its president, Antonio Rigueiro Rodríguez, who also spoke as a panellist at the event. This exhibition showcases, among other things, prototypes of wooden components for multiple uses that […]
Throughout the months of August and September, some of the prototypes developed at the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia with wood from the Galician and Catalan forests, cut within the project, were unveiled. ForestED, which show how sustainable forest management can transform broadleaf and conifer trees that are currently underutilized into products for […]
The Galician Forestry Association, in collaboration with the Concello do Incio and within the ForestED project, organises on Friday 16th May 2025 a workshop on the use of deciduous hardwoods that will take place in the Multipurpose Hall of the Concello and will develop the following programme: ForestED: hardwoods for innovative uses in the forest sector [...].
A video is published explaining the birch fellings carried out in the municipality of Zas, A Coruña, in the autumn of 2004 to obtain wood for the experiments being carried out in the ForestED project. The video can be viewed on this link. Birch is a native species in Galicia with an area that is increasing, both naturally and through plantations [...]
Throughout the month of November 2024, the Galicia Forestry Association carried out the felling planned within the activities of the ForestED project of oak and chestnut samples in the study areas of the project. On November 5, a chestnut plot was cut in the municipality of Boqueixón, on the 6th and 7th, oaks [...]
The Galicia Forestry Association organizes, in collaboration with the Concello de Boimorto, a workshop on forest management in Boimorto Saturday 23 November 2024. It will take place in the Casa da Cultura and will start at 10.30 am. This workshop is part of the activities of the ForestED project, Impulse to the transformative potential of forest management for the sustainable production of wood[...]