📋 Tender Overview
Start Date: 01/09/2023
End Date: 31/08/2028
Total Eligible Budget: 2,807,870 €
EU Contribution: 1,684,722 €
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
BACKGROUND
The LIFE HFH project will develop a silvicultural model based on CLOSE TO NATURE FORESTRY (CNF) to increase the climate change mitigation capacity of beech forests in Spain. The model will establish the adaptation to climate change of beech forests and the improvement of their biodiversity. This model will be applied in a set of 10 demonstration stands of 20 ha, located in 10 Public Forest areas, spread over 4 regions of Spain (Navarra, La Rioja, Castilla-León and Basque Country) that will represent the edaphoclimatic conditions, development and conservation status of beech forests in Spain. The implementation of the CNF will generate 250 tons of wood for cascade use. The beech wood obtained in the demonstration stands will be used to: 1) develop 2 new C2M lines of innovative beech wood products with long carbon retention life: glued laminated timber (MLE) and cross-laminated timber (CLT) 2) develop the new "Hayabitat" construction system with which a pilot demonstration building will be constructed to serve for training and transferability of results. The pilot building will become the first building certified in sustainable forest management under the PEFC standard and will also be certified as a passive building under the "Passivhaus" standard. The results obtained in the demonstration stands will allow scaling up the application of NFP through the development of regional strategic plans.
