{"id":3142,"date":"2024-04-12T13:50:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T11:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/the-life-beech-project-holds-its-first-expert-committee\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:37:21","slug":"the-life-beech-project-holds-its-first-expert-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/en\/the-life-beech-project-holds-its-first-expert-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LIFE BEECH PROJECT HOLDS ITS FIRST EXPERT COMMITTEE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The partners of the Life Haya \u201cHardwood For The Home\u201d project held their 1st expert committee<\/strong> meeting in the town of Lagr\u00e1n <\/strong>in Alava on 12 March.<\/p>\n\n

The aim of this committee is to gather the knowledge of professionals in the sector and to create a forum for debate on close-to-nature forestry in beech forests, beech wood products, and to learn about the opportunities and problems of this type of tree.<\/p>\n\n

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The meeting served as a synthesis to improve the existing knowledge<\/strong> of beech forests<\/strong> for the thirty or so experts<\/strong> in forest management, forestry, biodiversity and climate change who attended.<\/p>\n\n

During the day, the attendees visited different stands in the area<\/strong> to get to know the beech forests first hand. Specifically, they visited stands in the Sierras Meridionales de \u00c1lava and the GOFAGUS plots, for the revaluation of beech trees through innovation and the improvement of the competitiveness of its forest-industry value chain. <\/p>\n\n

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During this productive meeting, the participants reached conclusions focused on 3 areas:<\/p>\n\n

1. BIOECONOMICS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n