{"id":5231,"date":"2025-06-18T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/the-life-haya-project-brings-sustainable-forest-management-closer-to-children\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:00:22","slug":"the-life-haya-project-brings-sustainable-forest-management-closer-to-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/en\/the-life-haya-project-brings-sustainable-forest-management-closer-to-children\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LIFE HAYA PROJECT BRINGS SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT CLOSER TO CHILDREN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <strong>June 13<\/strong>, the <strong>LIFE HAYA \u2013 Hardwood for the Home<\/strong> project held the first of its <strong>educational visits to schools<\/strong>, as part of <strong>dissemination and awareness-raising action T.8.5<\/strong>. On this occasion, the project team visited <strong>CEIP CRA El Valle school<\/strong>, which brings together the schools of <strong>Almajano, Fuentelfresno and Almarza<\/strong> in Soria, with the participation of <strong>60 pupils.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-4-1024x768.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4831\" src=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-4-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Silvia G&#xF3;mez, a researcher at CESEDOR (one of the main partners of the LIFE Haya project), explains the distribution map of beech trees on a screen to a group of schoolchildren seated in the school gym, with several hands raised.\" class=\"wp-image-4831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-4-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-4-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-4-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-4-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-4-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-6-1024x768.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4835\" src=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-6-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Silvia G&#xF3;mez Fern&#xE1;ndez, a researcher on the LIFE HAYA project, explains a map of beech distribution in Spain projected on the screen to a group of children seated on mats.\" class=\"wp-image-4835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-6-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-6-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-6-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-6-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-6-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4831\" src=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-4-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Silvia G&#xF3;mez, a researcher at CESEDOR (one of the main partners of the LIFE Haya project), explains the distribution map of beech trees on a screen to a group of schoolchildren seated in the school gym, with several hands raised.\" class=\"wp-image-4831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-4-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-4-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-4-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-4-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-4-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The session was led by <strong>Silvia G\u00f3mez Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, a researcher at <strong>CESEFOR<\/strong>, one of the main partners of the <strong>LIFE HAYA<\/strong> project, who introduced students to key concepts about <strong>beech forests (Fagus sylvatica)<\/strong> and their ecological and economic importance.<br\/>During the activity, the children learned <strong>what beech is, which animals feed on its nuts, its natural distribution, how climate change affects beech forests<\/strong>, and what <strong>close-to-nature silviculture<\/strong> consists of. The <strong>importance of using wood sustainably<\/strong> was also highlighted as an example of responsible forest management. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"&lt;!--[CDATA[https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-5.png]]--&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4833\" src=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-5-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Silvia Gom&#xE9;z, de CESEFOR socio del proyecto Life Haya, muestra una diapositiva con fauna y flora del hayedo mientras los ni&#xF1;os escuchan sentados en el aula.\" class=\"wp-image-4833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-5-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-5-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-5-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-5-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-5-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"&lt;!--[CDATA[https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-8.png]]--&gt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4825\" src=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-8-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Silvia G&#xF3;mez, from CESEFOR, a partner in the LIFE HAYA project, shows a slide on the fauna and flora of beech forests while the children listen seated in the classroom.\" class=\"wp-image-4825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-8-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-8-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-8-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-8-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-8-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To close the day, a <strong>short mindfulness session<\/strong> was held, inviting the pupils to connect with nature through calm and full awareness, thereby fostering a more conscious and respectful relationship with the environment.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-1-768x1024.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4827\" src=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-1-768x1024.png\" alt=\"Silvia G&#xF3;mez Fern&#xE1;ndez, a researcher on the LIFE HAYA project, gives a biodiversity workshop to primary school pupils in a classroom at CEIP El Valle (Soria), with a presentation displayed on a digital screen.\" class=\"wp-image-4827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-1-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-1-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-1-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These visits are part of the <strong>LIFE HAYA project<\/strong> activities, whose aim is to <strong>promote the sustainable management of beech stands and the responsible use of wood in the home environment<\/strong>, contributing to <strong>climate change mitigation<\/strong> and the promotion of a <strong>circular forest bioeconomy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-3-768x1024.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-3-768x1024.png\" alt=\"Close-up of square beech wood pieces with a spiral engraving, used in the LIFE HAYA project&#x2019;s educational workshops delivered in schools.\" class=\"wp-image-4829\" style=\"width:800px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-3-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-3-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-3-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-3-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/lifehaya.pefc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Visita-Proyecto-LIFE-HAYA-colegio-CEIP-El-Valle-Soria-3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 13, the LIFE HAYA \u2013 Hardwood for the Home project held the first of its educational visits to schools, as part of dissemination and awareness-raising action T.8.5. 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