Laboratorio do Territorio

Portugal and Galicia reflect on territorial planning, land management and support to new entrants

Monday, 12 de May de 2025

The revitalization and resilient management of rural areas requires innovation and the training of participating agents to be able to adequately address the specific challenges of each territory

Participatory planning for territorial adaptation to climate change

Miranda Barrós, David , Friday, 28 de February de 2025

participatory planning enables a comprehensive and conciliatory approach, considering the perspectives of all those involved in territorial management

Towards a territorial agenda for Galicia. Urban and rural integration

Tuesday, 03 de December de 2024

Xurxo Loureiro Veira, participated last Tuesday 19 of November in the second day of the cycle of symposia organized by the RIA Foundation at its headquarters in Santiago de Compostela.

Alejandro, Lucía e Fernando, winners of the 7th Edition Rafael Crecente awards

Wednesday, 27 de November de 2024

On Monday, November 25th, the results of the 7th edition of the Rafael Crecente Awards were made public in a ceremony held at the Higher Polytechnic School of Engineering on the Campus Terra

Rural land use planning in Galicia and the Inventory of agricultural and forestry land as an essential tool for agricultural and forestry productivity preservation

Thursday, 21 de November de 2024

At the “I Meeting on Spatial Planning. Spatial Planning in Galicia: Assessment and Challenges” organized by the Economic Forum of Galicia on November 8th

Ceremony VII Edition Rafael Crecente Awards

Wednesday, 20 de November de 2024

The ceremony for the VII edition of the Rafael Crecente Awards will take place on Monday, November 25th, at 18:30 in the School of Engineering (EPSE) in Lugo

New entrants in the framework of changing rural territories and their adaptation to the different crisis and political and socio-economic trends

Friday, 15 de November de 2024

The potential relevance of new entrants in agriculture, suggested as a complement or alternative to the classic family generational renewal

Abandonment and afforestation: a four-speed Galicia

Tuesday, 15 de October de 2024

The current landscape of Galicia is the result of the expansion of wooded areas throughout the twentieth century. During the last decades, the space dedicated to agricultural production has been reduced

Strategies for the revitalization of villages in Europe and Galicia: Smart Villages and Model Settlements

Tuesday, 08 de October de 2024

Inés Santé presented the European Smart Villages Strategy at the conference O Rexurdir das Aldeas (The Revival of Villages)

Interaction between stakeholders and levels of governance in Green Infrastructure plans: Lessons learnt from two strategic planning processes in Galicia and The Netherlands

Friday, 20 de September de 2024

Our colleague Rocío Losada Iglesias travelled last week to Vilnius, Lithuania, to attend the 20th European Rural Development Network (ERDN) Conference, titled

Logistics and optimization of collection routes and location of manure treatment plants: combination of GIS tools with mathematical models

Monday, 29 de July de 2024

Several groups of the University of Santiago have been working on the Agromanure project for the development of an integrated management system of livestock manure generated in farms in northern Spain.

Generational renewal in the Galician agricultural sector: challenges and opportunities for debate at the VIII Xornada Casal de Armán

Thursday, 04 de July de 2024

The VIII Xornada Casal de Armán, organized by the Economic Forum of Galicia, took place on June 27, 2024 in Santiago de Compostela. This event brought together twenty experts linked to both the agricultural and rural development sectors in Galicia.

100 years of land consolidation in Europe. Taking stock, looking ahead

Monday, 17 de June de 2024

The 15th International LANDNET Workshop took place from 5 to 7 June 2024 in Middelburg, The Netherlands and was organized by FAO

Learning geospatial technologies in interdisciplinary environments: a rehearsal of innovative pedagogical approaches

Tuesday, 04 de June de 2024

During the years 2020 to 2023, a working group formed by researchers from several European universities carried out the project CROSSLAND

Are SUDS a good nature-based solution for Galician cities?

Friday, 24 de May de 2024

Nature-based solutions are an emerging and increasingly necessary tool in the fight against climate change and to improve the living conditions of city residents.

Over 3000 Operational Groups in Europe

Monday, 13 de May de 2024

The EU CAP Network Innovation & Knowledge Exchange | EIP-AGRI celebrated this milestone with the EU CAP Network Conference 'EIP-AGRI Operational Groups: Innovation in practice' in Estoril (Portugal), that took place between 6 and 8 May 2024

Enhancing the instruments for the active management of the territory: Program for the Transformation of the Portuguese Landscape and the Galician Agricultural Land Recovery Law

Tuesday, 30 de April de 2024

The Programa de Transformação da Paisagem (Portuguese Landscape Transformation Program) and the Lei de Recuperación de Terra Agraria de Galicia (Galician Agricultural Land Recovery Law) were born in parallel, with similar ambitions in terms of manag

Supporting new entrants in the access to land: Inspiring experiences

Monday, 22 de April de 2024

The OG TERRACTIVA has just published a compilation of inspiring experiences on how to facilitate access to land to new entrants.

SDSS to Guide the Design of Ecological Corridors in a Green Infrastructure in Galicia

Tuesday, 16 de April de 2024

The study presents a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) to help identify areas with high potential to function as ecological corridors, aiming to facilitate their inclusion in the planning instruments of a GI.

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