Line of action:

Terrestrial ecosystems

Status:

En ejecución

Location:

National level

Geographic scope:

España

Execution date:

2026

End date:

2028

Duration:

18/02/2026 - 30/09/2028

Total budget:

€1,479,976.38

Amount of aid from the Biodiversity Foundation:

€926,932.57

The project will strengthen the State Network of Public Forests as a tool for governance and inter-administrative cooperation for sustainable forest management and the promotion of the bioeconomy in the forest field.

To consolidate itself as a space for cooperation between the managing entities and owners of public forests, which increases society’s recognition of these forests, the public forest management carried out in them and the goods and services derived from it, within the framework of the fight against climate change, the conservation of biodiversity and the demographic challenge.

• Disclosure.
• Operation of the EMBR.
• Maintenance and updating of the observatory.
• Shared knowledge.
• Meeting spaces.
• Training activities.
• Legislation.
• Support for owner entities.
• Management

Among the expected results are: the consolidation of 8 permanent jobs in the technical office, the updating of information on 7 million hectares of forests of public utility and 1 million hectares of heritage forests, the incorporation of 252 new good practices in the catalogue, the holding of 20 webinars (≈800 participants) and 8 training campuses (≈160 participants), the organization of 11 technical conferences (≈500 attendees), 2 state congresses (≈200 attendees) and 7 regional meetings to advise owner entities. In addition to the preparation of an updated regulatory repository, 3 models of base specifications and a continuity plan for the REMP.

In this consolidation phase, the aim is to strengthen cooperation between all the autonomous communities and cities, as well as with councils and provincial councils, consolidating the EMSR as a reference structure for forest governance in Spain.