ANEPROMA MAKES FINAL BALANCE OF THE "WOOD IN THE RECOVERY OF TRADITIONS WITH A FUTURE" PROJECT WITH A CONFERENCE IN ALMODOVAR'S FIELD

Last Saturday 6 October of 2012  It took place at the Teatro Municipal of Almodóvar del Campo (Ciudad Real), the Congress"Techniques and measures for putting up the grazing how management tool in mountains of Sierra Madrona and Alcudia Valley"", thus closing the set of actions training (courses) e informative (technical conferences, web portal http://www.maderaypastoralismo.es, study on the agricultural sector and its infrastructure and practical guide to implementation (construction / rehabilitation) livestock infrastructure in the region of the Valley of Alcudia and Sierra Madrona, and the realization of a complete and extensive campaign of environmental awareness that includes the elaboration of a manual on the management of forests and their impact in the prevention of forest fires, etc) What ANEPROMA He comes running from the end of the year 2011 in the comarca of Valle de Alcudia and Sierra Madrona, in the framework of the project"The wood in the recovery of tradition with future"."

The project, linked to the Program empleaverde of the Biodiversity Foundation attached to the Ministry of agriculture, Food and environment and co-financed by the European Social Fund, It has tried to recover e implement traditions currently disused, transfer knowledge to the business and the worker in general, and so, implement different types of jobs linked to a new approach of the economy based on the principle of sustainability, In addition to boost entrepreneurial activity, through the generation of ideas that may result in new activities and professional occupations related to the environment.

The Congress was opened by DNA. Pilar Vargas, Provincial of Castilla La Mancha agriculture peripheral Service Coordinator, jointly with D. José Ramón Montoya, Vice President of ASAJA Ciudad Real and D. Jose Miguel Solis, Director of ANEPROMA, demonstrating with its assistance commitment to both the Administration and local farmer organizations with the development of initiatives such as those that ANEPROMA He has executed in the area of Valle de Alcudia and Sierra Madrona.

The development of technical content, was attended by speakers of proven professional experience, It emphasized, along each intervention, the need to promote sustainable and innovative activities, thus contributing to the parallel improvement of biodiversity and the economic growth of the region.

This was the order followed by the rapporteurs of the Congress:

– First of all, the Lleida architect D. Josep Bunyesc, expert in the design and

Edificacion sostenible construction of ecological and sustainable housing, It illustrated the attendees about the possibilities that today provides the bioclimatic construction, with plates of wood and insulation wool fibres. This paper was quite well received by the livestock sector Conference, they are Merino Wool producers, mostly, so they were able to see how a traditional product currently presents new uses with total competitiveness.

– Professor of the school of agricultural engineering of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, D. Francisco Ayuga, He addressed precisely the process to follow in the rehabilitation of infrastructure and agricultural constructions, and they are required to preserve the Ministry practice. The construction of new infrastructuresaprisco ovejas was also present in his speech, in which you could enjoy a wide range of practical examples and a large photo gallery.

– The section chief of defense against forest fires in the community of Madrid, D. José Antonio Suárez, I speak of the need for the use of grazing as an efficient tool in the control of vegetation in lines of Defense and applications to the prevention of forest fires. Discussed the practical and real example carried out in the community of Madrid, that could be followed by the authorities present in the room, being one of the papers that most interest presented in the audience.Paisaje Sierra Madrona

– As close to the lecture series, the President of the Association mark of quality "Meat of the Alcudia Valley", D. Urban Pedro Herrero,  I would inform all the present on the current situation and future prospects of the brand, what drink with you, the start of a round of questions mainly led by farmers in the area.

Once finished the presentations, It gave way to derived from the competition offered awards for ANEPROMA to the "best project of work new and rehabilitation of infrastructure livestock in Valley of Alcudia and Sierra Madrona". Given the same was the Honorary President of ANEPROMA, D. Jaime Alcácer, Professional with a long career in the industrial sector of the wood. The winning proposals were, in the category of construction of new work, al Canadian step in Scots pine wood and, in the category of rehabilitation, the project of bird watching turret It is located in the municipality of Solana del Pino.

The documentation delivered to the recipients of the action consisted in an technical dossier with the guidance of proposals submitted to the prize, together with the Practical guide for the implementation of livestock infrastructure and its consequences in the management in the Valley of Alcudia and Sierra Madrona (E2) and the Diagnostic study the current situation of the agricultural sector and infrastructure associated with the area of Valley of Alcudia and Sierra Madrona (E1), result of the research work in the area carried out by technicians of the Association during the course of the project.

As Congress closing, became final balance of results obtained in the project, "making special mention of the recent creation and/or Constitution of the"Interprofessional Association for the defence of the Mediterranean mount in the Pastoral heritage"", It aims to ensure the viability of the extensive and sustainable farming through the promotion of controlled grazing fire prevention programs, the rehabilitation of livestock infrastructure using wood and, in general, the protection of the forest environment, through their rational exploitation.

Finally, the words which are collected Benoit Jobbe-Duval, President of ANEPROMA, enunciated in the closing ceremony: ""I firmly believe that, among all, We can make this more natural world. And so it is necessary to be aware that using wood We contribute to decrease the climate change, We promote the economic development of rural areas like yours, We improve the landscape and, In short, We use a traditional material, aesthetic and with a wide range of associated benefits. Well, our project, whose abbreviated title is "Wood in the recovery of traditions with a future" intended to achieve these objectives by setting this in the pastoral wealth of the region and in the traditional dedication, majority on the other hand, cattle population. We wanted to join tradition, reflected in these activities of exploitation of the natural environment so ingrained, with future, because we recognize the value of pastoral dedication and his contribution to the conservation of the natural values. In short, in an environment of great cattle tradition, with a high density of buildings linked to farms, and with high natural and cultural values that have motivated his statement as Natural Park, the use of the material wood is essential to enhance the qualities of the environment.""

For more information, contact the secretariat of ANEPROMA on the phone 626 348 163 or through the project's website www.maderaypastoralismo.es

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