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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, and has given way to continuous areas occupied by bush and trees, large continuous concentrations of biomass, which considerably… Read More »Abandonment and afforestation: a four-speed Galicia
From November 6th to 8th, the XIV CIER took place in Coimbra bringing together sociology, economics and rural demography researchers, from the Iberian countries and Latin America. The main discussions included topics such as: comparision of agricultural policies in both continents; food security and sovereignty from a wide spectrum of… Read More »New entrants in the framework of changing rural territories and their adaptation to the different crisis and political and socio-economic trends
At the “I Meeting on Spatial Planning. Spatial Planning in Galicia: Assessment and Challenges” organized by the Economic Forum of Galicia on November 8th, Inés Santé participated in the panel ‘What is society demanding to the territory?’ where she highlighted the need to advance in rural land planning with instruments, such as… Read More »Rural land use planning in Galicia and the Inventory of agricultural and forestry land as an essential tool for agricultural and forestry productivity preservation
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. The cycle of symposia complements the activity that the RIA Foundation has carried out in the past, gathering expert knowledge… Read More »Towards a territorial agenda for Galicia. Urban and rural integration
The pressure of human activities on natural resources continues to increase worldwide, driving environmental changes and land use competition amongst conflicting uses. In these contexts of confluence of multiple visions and interests, participatory planning is the necessary approach, which enables a comprehensive and conciliatory approach, considering the perspectives of all… Read More »Participatory planning for territorial adaptation to climate change
Amongst the Geographic Information Systems (GIS), those focused on public participation (PPGIS) are tools used to support the collection of information not yet available at official level of small and dispersed infrastructures in the territory. This is the case of water supply and sanitation points in small communities in developing… Read More »Participatory GIS as tools to support the public management of water in developing countries
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. With this objective, on 7th and 8th May 7 we organized the third and fourth technical exchange visits of the INTERREG PAISACTIVO… Read More »Portugal and Galicia reflect on territorial planning, land management and support to new entrants
How would we like our villages to be within 20 years? What challenges do we need to address? How do we make it possible? How to move towards that vision? With these and many other questions in mind, the Land Lab is organizing the summer course “Rural Revitalization: New Life for… Read More »Sign up for the Rural Revitalization – new life for villages and the land
Rural plots in Galicia are not usually registered in the Land Registry (with the exception of land consolidation areas), as this is not compulsory. Moreover, while most plots have a cadastral owner, the owner is often unlocatable. There is no accurate data, but the magnitude of the problem in Galicia… Read More »The FAO LandNet network show interest in the instruments of the Galician Law on Farmland Recovery
O relevo xeracional está á orde do día en innumerables discusións, incluídas as dos principais sectores produtivos. Abordar as incógnitas que nos formula quizais non é tan recorrente. Co obxecto de contribuír a ese debate, a nosa compañeira Guillermina Fernández asistiu en Riga ao 30º Congreso “Navegando as transicións rurais:… Read More »O relevo xeracional agrario a debate no 30º Congreso da Sociedade Europea de Socioloxía Rural