Redforesta 2025 will bring together experts in innovation, planning, and forest protection in Cáceres.
Description
The Official College of Forestry Engineers is organizing the Redforesta 2025 Seminar on Sustainable Forest Management on June 5 and 6 at the San Francisco Cultural Complex in Cáceres. This is a key event for the Spanish forestry sector. Framed within the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 , it is funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).
Over four thematic sections , the seminar will address the main challenges and opportunities of sustainable forest management (SFM), with particular attention to digitalization, competitiveness, and technological development in the sector.
BLOCK 1 – New Technologies
Emerging tools such as computer vision, drones (UAS), digital seals, hunting traceability, and remote sensing for inventory and monitoring will be explored. Speakers from organizations such as the Cesefor Foundation, Aeromedia UAV, and Föra Forest Technologies will participate.
BLOCK 2 – Forest Planning (I)
This section will cover the forestry context in Extremadura, partner forests, mosaic landscape planning, and forest certification (PEFC and FSC), with experts from the Regional Government of Extremadura, the University of Extremadura, PEFC, and FSC Spain.
BLOCK 3 – Forest Planning (II)
The second day will open with an analysis of the role of private enterprise in forest management, carbon markets as a financing mechanism, and innovation in the use of rockrose and resin. The success story of the "Green Motor" project in Asturias will be highlighted.
BLOCK 4 – Defense of the Mount
The seminar will conclude with presentations on disease control such as drought, forest health through remote sensing, fire prevention with the thermal use of biomass, and adaptive forestry, including LIFE projects.
The event is aimed at professionals, teachers, and students in the forestry and environmental fields and can also be followed online , free of charge.