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The vice president and minister for ecological transition and demographic challenge Sara Aagesen recalled that forests constitute a valuable source of forest biomass generate food income employment and mitigate climate change.
The Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge adds to the celebration of International Forest Day proclaimed in November 2012 by the United Nations General Assembly to celebrate and raise awareness about the importance of all types of forests that exist on our planet. This year the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture has chosen the slogan forests and foodS highlighting the importance of forests in food safety nutrition and livelihoods. More than five billion people worldwide depend on non -timber forest products to obtain essential food medicines and resources. In addition forests play a fundamental role in the balance of agricultural ecosystems regulating water preserving soil fertility and protecting the pollinators essential factors for the pollinators.E food.
The vice president and minister for ecological transition and demographic challenge Sara Aagesen highlighted the importance of International Forest Day noting that this celebration under the slogan forests and food recognizes the fundamental role that forests play in food security. He also recalled that forests constitute a valuable source of forest biomass generate food income and employment in addition to favoring soil fertility PR PROteger water resources and provide essential habitats for biodiversity key aspects in the mitigation of climate change.The Ministry has promoted the celebration of this day in a conference held in Soria on March 20 and 21 in collaboration the Board of Castilla y Leon the City Council of Soria and the platform together for the forests. Rodriguez de Sancho highlightedThat Spain due to its climatic and ecological diversity houses great potential in non -wood forest products. It is one of the countries with the greatest mycological wealth in Europe with more than three thousand eight hundred species of identified wild fungi. In addition it leads the world production of black truffle with a production concentrated in Castilla y Leon together with Aragon and Catalonia and expanding to other regions.
These products are high ecological value and represent an opportunityFor economic revitalization in areas affected by depopulation and demographic challenge where its sustainable use can contribute to generating employment setting a population and diversifying the local economy. For the elaboration of forest policy and conservation of biodiversity it is essentialThe 60th anniversary provides information on forest formations and the resources they provide. Thanks to this work we know the growing evolution of the forest area and that more than half of the Spanish territory is forest area being 38 % wooded. This year this year has finished the field work of the fourth cycle of the inventory with the lifting of the last plot in the Pinsapar of the Sierra de las Nieves (Ronda Malaga). The sustainable management of the BOSques the impulse of bioeconomy and biodiversity conservation require a firm commitment and concrete actions. State forestry strategies and programs offer a solid framework to sustainable the resources of the mountain highlighting its role in food security rural economy and resilience against climate change. Along these lines the Spanish Forestry Horizon 2050 (EFE) strategy reinforces the multifunctional vision of the mountains acknowledgingor the value of non-wood forest products as a sustainable economic alternative in addition to being a key tool for the conservation and adaptation of forest ecosystems to climate change. To achieve these objectives the Spanish forest plan 2022-2032 (PFE) contemplates specific measures in its strategic axis of forest bioeconomy aimed at strengthening non-timber forest products.
The improvement of statistics and training is prioritized the promotion of the commercialAllocation through positioning strategies in national and international markets the impulse of associationism and professionalization of the sector as well as the creation of dialogue forums between producers industry and administrations.Diversification and resilience of forest ecosystems. In the field of truffle the National Center for Forest Genetic Resources El Serranillo leads since 2013 an experimental program to expand the crop of truffles (aestivum pipe and tuber borchii) outside the traditional areas with the aim of developing sustainable productive models in Mediterranean environments. The seletion and catalog of highly pinon producers and agroforestry management of the species. On the other hand in collaboration with the Biodiversity Foundation two calls for aid are being managed which together total 97 million euros to finance 70 transformative projects in bioeconomy with the aim of promoting the sustainable use of forest resources generating new economic opportunities in the rural environment and contributing to transition to a moDelo more innovative resilient and aligned with the challenges of climate change and depopulation. This has been possible thanks to the Next Generation funds of the European Union which have provided a unique opportunity to boost bioeconomy from the Ministry. The General Director has announced that in the coming months new calls for aid financed with the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) will be launched aimed at promoting initiatives linked to the BioeconomiA including the sustainable use of food products of forest origin. In total 39 million euros will be managed for the impulse of innovative forest bioeconomy projects.
