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AENOR certifies 100,000 hectares of monte, Segovia, Soria and Burgos

24/08/2006

on August 24, 2006

The Spanish Association for standardisation and certification (Aenor) delivered on 21 June to the Junta de Castilla y León certificate management forestry sustainable PEFC of 100,000 hectares of forest, belonging to 113 municipalities in the provinces of SegoviaSoria and Burgos. This certification joins the Association already delivered to the Government of Castile and León, Spain in 2004 and thus adds 228.000 certified mount hectares.

The PEFC certificate from Aenor certifies that the woodland is managed in a sustainable manner. In other words, that maintains their biodiversity, productivity, capacity of regeneration, vitality and their potential to fulfil, now and in the future, relevant ecological, economic and social functions, without causing damage to other ecosystems. To receive this certification, the forest Manager should, among other requirements, ensuring the maintenance of the wooded area; tracking the State of health of the forest; establish measures for defence against fire and treatments for control of pests and diseases; preserve protected areas and endangered species; promote biodiversity with the presence of dead trees in an appropriate manner; manage not forest residues and develop training schemes for workers in the field of forest management and occupational hazards.

Aenor certification helps safeguarding forests and it is proof that those responsible for the management of these planned its use in a sustainable manner. In addition, a proper forest management provides economic benefits to streamline the process of exploitation and forest exploitation, improving the utilization of resources and optimize the management of forest residues. And it is that forests are the natural reservoirs of oxygen on Earth more important and function as regulators of hydrological, avoiding natural disasters, like floods or landslides. But in addition, managed properly are an inexhaustible source of natural and ecological materials for the industry.

AENOR is the first certification body recognized as an entity of forest certification in Spain and as such has certified 504.696 hectares of forests in our country, half of this area is located in Castille and León, Spain.