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PROGRAMACIÓN PREVISTA PARA EL ACTO DEL 75 ANIVERSARIO DEL CIF DE LOURIZÁN

El Centro de Investigación Forestal (CIF) de Lourizán, que depende de la Consellería do Medio Rural, celebrará el próximo 08.06.2018 la conmemoración del 75 aniversario de su fundación. Con tal motivo, se programó un acto con el que se pretende hacer un homenaje a todo el persoal que pasó por el...

LOURIZÁN SE IMPLICA EN UN PLAN PARA IMPULSAR LA PRODUCCIÓN DEL CEREZO Y DEL ROBLE

La Consellería de Medio Rural ha puesto en marcha un proyecto con la Fundación Paideia para impulsar la producción del cerezo y del roble con un convenio para fomentar el material forestal de reproducción. La finalidad de éste es favorecer las demandas del sector forestal gallego y contribuir a...

EL CIF DE LOURIZÁN, EL MEJOR DE EUROPA

La conselleira de Medio Rural, Ángeles Vázquez, anuncia que el informe relativo al plan de prevención y defensa contra los incendios forestales para este año 2018 será analizado el jueves 12 de abril por el Consello de la Xunta con el objetivo de que en mayo esté todo organizado. Esta ha sido la...

INFORMATION OF INTEREST

As in previous years, during 2018 several transfer activities will take place in the CIF of Lourizán. The titles of the planned technical seminars are: - Alternative tree species in the face of climate change. - Raising of the Celtic pig in the Galician oak forests and groves. - The role of Galician...

LOURIZÁN FORESTRY RESEARCH CENTRE IS GOING TO CELEBRATE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING IN JUNE

Lourizán Forestry Research Centre, which depends on the Consellería do Medio Rural (Rural Means Council), is going to celebrate this year the 75th anniversary of its founding. For this reason, different commemorative events are being scheduled in order to pay tribute to all the staff that worked on...

LOURIZÁN EXPLORES THE INTEREST OF PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IN PINE RESIN

Volatile compounds of the pine resin have an unexploited potential. Traditional resining by means of bark pike obtains cade with high percentage of solids­—colophony—and with a low percentage of turpentine—the volatile component. That resin is adapted to the traditional applications of the resining...

LOURIZÁN CIF AND JUANA DE VEGA FOUNDATION START PLANTING OAKS IN THE TRASMISAS' EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS

The experimental fields where this project is executed are located in three areas from A Coruña, Lugo and Ourense provinces. The first one is located in Santa Comba council and it's 9,500 square metres long. The second one is located in Chantada council and its area is 6,959 square metres. The third...

LOURIZÁN FORESEES THE OBTAINMENT OF CHESTNUT TREE CLONES ADAPTED TO THE GALICIAN INLAND

Lourizán Forestry Research Centre works on the obtainment of new clones with better characteristics; such as the improvement of cold and dryness resistance, diseases tolerance and a better wood quality or a good compatibility with the graft of the traditional chestnut varieties. These clones can be...

LOURIZÁN FORESTRY RESEARCH CENTRE IS RECOGNISED AS THE REFERENCE IN CHESTNUT TREE RESEARCHS

The Spanish Office of Plant Varieties (OEVV) relies on the General Sub-directorate for Means of Agricultural Production, which relies on the Directorate for Production and Agricultural Means of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Its function is to regulate everything related to the...

TREES ON DEMAND IN ORDER TO PREPARE GALICIA AGAINST THE CLIMATIC CHANGE

The European project Reinfforce, where Lourizán Forestry Research Centre participates, aims to deal with the effect of climatic change on our forests thanks to a network formed by research centres of 12 European countries. To achieve this, 38 arboretums were created which are functioning as...

LOURIZÁN IDENTIFIES CROSSES OF CHESTNUT TREE WITH DRYOCOSMUS KURIPHILUS PEST RESISTANCES

The Dryocosmus kuriphilus pest, which was firstly detected in Galicia in 2014, is almost spread in the entire region. In order to face the problem, the biological struggle through the Torymus sinensis parasitoid insect is the only solution in short terms. However, in medium terms, there are more...

GALICIAN MINISTRY OF RURAL AFFAIRS RENEWS THE COOPERATION WITH INDITEX IN ORDER TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE RESEARCHES OF LOURIZÁN FORESTRY RESEARCH CENTRE

Ángeles Vázquez, the Galician minister of Rural Affairs, and Antonio Abril, the general secretary of Inditex, have signed a cooperation agreement for the development of the Plan de Mellora e Innovación Forestal de Galicia (improvement plan for forestry in Galicia) on December 1st. Under this...