The Xornadas polo Monte Vivo celebration continues in Leiro
Next Saturday, the second ‘Xornadas por un Monte Vivo’will be held in Leiro, with a varied program of activities aimed at highlighting the best practices of ‘comunidades de montes’ and inspiring other stakeholders to work collaboratively.
28 de octubre 2024 — The Barbanza Ecosocial Laboratory is holding the second ‘Xornadas por un Monte Vivo’ (Day for a Living Common Land) in Leiro, Rianxo, next Saturday, November 2nd. It will be a day full of free activities open to the public. Advance registration is mandatory and can be made by emailing info@barbanzaecosocial.org.
Next Saturday morning’s activities will take place on the esplanade behind the Leiro Rectory, with a program that includes children’s activities, black locust removal work, and demonstrations of communal grazing and wood processing. There will also be a visit to the experimental chestnut plantation at the Lourizán CIF.
In the afternoon, the talks and debates will be at the Vicente Vidal Cultural Center, and the day will conclude with musical festivities. The lunch will be shared and will include a tasting of local products, such as horse meat from the Baroña common land community and goat meat from the communities of the Plataforma pola Defensa do Monte.
These sessions are being held after the first eight months of the project, sponsored by the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), as a small-scale showcase of the project’s progress during this period. After being selected in the forest bioeconomy open call, the Laboratory received almost €2 million in European funds to work in the Rianxo ‘montes’ with the goals of generating employment and economic opportunities, conserving biodiversity, and preventing forest fires.
Agenda for the ‘Xornada por un Monte Vivo’ in Leiro
Saturday, November 2, from 9:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
9:30 Community work in Leiro to regenerate areas degraded by the presence of black locust
By the Leiro CMVMC and Montescola, with the collaboration of IES Félix Muriel and Brea Segade
Meeting point at the Leiro cemetery parking loten
9:30 Mural painting at the goat shelter and other activities focused on children, which will take place in parallel with the community work
By the Leiro CMVMC and Montescola, with the collaboration of local schools
On the esplanade behind the Leiro Town Hall
12:30 Visit to the experimental chestnut plantation at the Lourizán CIF in Leiro
By the Leiro CMVMC, with the participation of:
– Ánxela Miguéns, president of the Leiro CMVMC
– Beatriz Míguez Soto, CIF technician from Lourizán
13:30 Wood processing workshop with portable sawmill
Led by the Baroña CMVMC
On the esplanade behind the Leiro Rectory
14:00 Community grazing demonstration
En la explanada detrás da Casa reitoral de Leiro
14:30 Community meal and tasting of common land products
Led by the Montescola Foundation, Leiro, Fieitoso de Taragoña and Baroña CMVMCs
At the Vicente Vidal Cultural Center
16:10 Presentation of the pamphlet of recommendations for the control of invasive species, prepared by the Leiro CMVMC
At the Vicente Vidal Cultural Center
16:15 Presentation of the Laboratory book “When We Were Sustainable”
With the intervention of David Fontán, researcher of the HISTAGRA group
16:30 Talks and debate
Fina Fernández López, geneticist
Is there a future for the chestnut tree in Atlantic Galicia?
Xosé Carlos Castro García, optional environmental agent of the northern area of Rianxo.
Challenges for sustainable ‘monte’ management in Barbanza
Xosé Antón Araúxo, president of the Couso CMVMC
Common land management model
Joám Evans Pim, director of the Montescola Foundation
Community mobility and energy communities
Debate moderated by David Fontán, researcher from the HISTAGRA group
18:00 Closing
Rafael Saco, president of the Plataforma pola Defensa do Monte
18:10 Party and music by local groups
IMPORTANT
Participation in the community work on Sunday and the subsequent meal requires registration. Those interested should send an email to info@barbanzaecosocial.org indicating their full name, whether they would like to attend the meal, and if so, any food allergies.
Barbanza Ecosocial Lab has the support of the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) of the Government of Spain, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.
Coordinated by Fundación RIA, the Barbanza Ecosocial Lab is a project dedicated to promoting the transition towards environmental sustainability and strengthening resilience in the territorial management of the Barbanza common land.