WELCOME SPEECH IN PONTEVEDRA

OVERVIEW OF GALICIAN FORESTRY AND FOREST SECTOR

JUAN PICOS

jpicos@uvigo.es

@jpicos13

Marley was dead: to begin with.

“Are you the Spirit, sir, whose coming was foretold to me?” asked Scrooge.

“I am!”

The voice was soft and gentle. Singularly low, as if instead of being so close beside him, it were at a distance.

“Who, and what are you?” Scrooge demanded.

“I am the Ghost of Christmas Past.”

'Come in!' exclaimed the Ghost. 'Come in! and know me better, man.‘

Scrooge entered timidly,

and hung his head before this Spirit. He was not the dogged Scrooge he had been; and though the Spirit's eyes were clear and kind, he did not like to meet them.

'I am the Ghost of

Christmas Present,' said the Spirit. 'Look upon me!’

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Foreword

Galicia in figures Land Use in Galicia Timber Harvesting in Galicia Forest Based Industries in Galicia Forest Ownership in Galicia

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EU – Spain - Galicia

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Galicia in figures

2.7 million inhabitants ( aprox = Jamaica)

Total extension: aprox. 3 M ha ( aprox = Belgium, Albania, Armenia)

GDP2012 74.729 M US$ (aprox= Oman)

GDP 2012 per cápita = 27.000 $ (aprox= Czech Rep., Slovenia)

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Galicia in figures

Population •stagnating, ageing, •coastal zone >70% inland <30%) • Disperse (76% in municipalities < 2 000 inhabitants)

Own Language (Galician)

Primary sectors relevant to economy

(Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry+Forest Based Indust.)

Other important sectors (Energy, car industry, textile …)

Still Convergence Region (81% EU27 GDP per capita)

En una carta enviada al Rey Felipe II en 1574

por el regente y los alcaldes mayores del Reino de Galicia:

“dhas arboledas crian en heredades propias limitadas y amojonadas como

si fusen huertas o viñas y las benefician curándolas y labrándolas y

cortando de ellas de tantos en tantos años muy amenudo porque la tierra

es de tal calidad que quantomas se cortare, tanto mas naçe y crece y es

tanta la arboleda que produce que tiene necesidad de yrla entresacando

todos los años”.

Según esta fuente en las tierras particulares no eran “brauas sino que se

ponen y plantan y cultivan y que en dichas arboleadas hay muchas

diferencias de madera”

Galician Forests - Main Figures

3rd National Forest Inventory 4th National Forest Inventory

1998 2009

Forest 1.372.222,00 1424094,17 ha 4%

Standing Volume 133 M m3 o.b. 192 Mm3 o.b. 44%

Average Volume / ha 94,70 m3 o.b. /ha 134 m3 o.b. / ha 41%

Annual Increment 11 M m3

Annual Fellings 6 M m3 7,8 M m3 31%

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Land Use in Galicia

60 % Forest Land (forest+shrubland)

48 % Forest

Forest

Shrubland

Agriculture

Improductive

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Predominant Soil Depth Potential bioclimatic intensities

“Rule of thumb” (if no limiting factors)

x 2 = Eucalyptus globulus MAI

x 1,5 = Pinus radiata MAI

x 1 = Pinus pinaster MAI

Productivity

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Land Use in Galicia

8%

2%

28%

12%

14%

7%

4%

4%

22%

3%

3%

11%

2%

2%

Shrubland with scattered trees

Riverside Trees

Pinus pinaster

Eucalyptus globulus

Quercus robur

Quercus pyrenaica

Pinus sylvestris

Pinus radiata

Pinus pinaster & Eucalyptus globulus

Pinus pinaster, Eucalyptus globulus & Quercus robur

Quercus robur, Eucalyptus globulus & other broadleaves

Castanea sativa & other broadleaves

Pinus pinaster & broadleaves

Forest stands in Galicia by dominant specie

Fuente: III IFN (data of 1996) cited in O Monte galego en Cifras 2001

Conifers (mainly Pinus pinaster, radiata,

Evergreen Broadleaves (mainly Eucalyptus sp.)

Other Broadleaves (mainly Oak, Chestnut, birch)

396.417 ha 437.550 ha 215.899 ha

Average Rotation

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Eucalyptus: globulus 12 - 17 years (20-30 High Quality sawlogs)

Pinus pinaster: 30 – 35 years

Pinus radiata: 25 – 30 years

Pinus sylvestris: 60 years

Quercus robur : 80 years

Castanea sativa: 60 years

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Timber Harvesting in Galicia

Harvested Annual Timber Volume

in Galicia by species

39,3%

10,4%

0,6%

0,1%

46,7%

1,4%

0,4%

0,9%

2,7%

Pinus pinaster

Pinus radiata

Pinus sylvestris

Other conifers

Eucalyptus sp.

Castanea sp.

Quercus sp

Betula sp.

Other broadleaves

Fuente: Economía rural y agraria en Galicia, 2002

Galicia produces 50-55 % Spanish roundwood

Galicia = 60% of Total Spanish Timber Harvest Source: BDN-MARM (2008)

Galicia = 75% of Total Spanish Private Timber Harvest Source: BDN-MARM (2008)

2010 in Galicia: 33.000 timber sales Source: Monte Industria (2010)

6,8 Mm3 industrial + aprox. 1Mm3 fuelwood Source: Monte Industria (2010)

200 m3 / timber sale in avrg. 80% of forest plots < 0,5 ha (650.000 forest owners)

Spain

Cartogram of annual fellings

Galicia

Spain

Galicia

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Forest Ownership in Galicia

68%

2%

11%

19%

30%

Private Individual

Public

Private Communal (Public Management)

Private Communal (Private Management)

Galician Forests - Main Figures

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98% of the forest is PRIVATE FOREST 672.000 individual forest owners (in a 2.7 million population) less than 2 hectares in 2 or 3 different plots per owner.

80% of the plots is smaller than 0,5 ha.

2.800 private communal forests average size 250 ha, 36% managed by Forest Service through contracts

Industry Manages directly less than 12.000 hectares

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Forest Based Industries in Galicia

Annual turnover in Galicia: >2.000 M€ (3% Galician GDP)

Direct Employment: 15.000 persons (1,3% Galician workers)

Induced Employment: 60.000 persons (5,3% Galician workers)

Of which in rural areas: 65 %

Responsible of 5% of Galician trade to EU and overseas

1998

'I am in the presence of theGhost of Christmas Yet ToCome?' said Scrooge.

The Spirit answered not, butpointed onward with its hand.

'You are about to show meshadows of the things that

have not happened, but willhappen in the time beforeus,' Scrooge pursued.

'Is that so, Spirit?'

'I am in the presence of theGhost of Christmas Yet ToCome?' said Scrooge.

The Spirit answered not, butpointed onward with its hand.

'You are about to show meshadows of the things that

have not happened, but willhappen in the time beforeus,' Scrooge pursued.

'Is that so, Spirit?'

Madrid, 18 Noviembre de 2008 Its Better a land with trees in its forests than an State with Gold in its Banks