Xurxo Loureiro Veira

TECHNICAL

Xurxo Loureiro Veira holds a PhD in Forest Engineering from the University of Santiago de Compostela with the thesis “Future scenarios of food security in Galicia in a context of environmental change” supervised by professor Urbano Fra Paleo. He has a master’s degree in sustainable land and territorial management and a postgraduate degree in agrifood companies’ management. Throughout his professional activity he has worked on land consolidation projects, wildfires service, and as export manager in the agrifood sector.

He has been a member of the Land Laboratory (GI-1934 TB) since 2016, where he currently works as an associate researcher, participating in research projects related to land management, forest resilience, biogovernance, ecosystem services, green infrastructure and rural development. He has delivered training courses on Geographic Information Systems, and organized international, multidisciplinary and participatory workshops, seminars and focus groups within the framework of different research projects and to promote innovation in the rural sector in Europe.