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TABLE 1: Reuse of vacant land. Instruments of success
ROOM 0E-2
Organising entities: SPRILUR, Public Company for Industrial Land Management of the Basque Government and Ihobe, Public Environmental Management Company of the Basque Government.
Moderator: Ana Isabel Alzola Echazarra, Basque Soil Protection Strategy responsible, Ihobe, Public Company for Environmental Management. Basque Government.
Presentations:
- The Reuse of Vacant Land: a Key Line of Action in the Basque Country’s Land Protection Strategy. Ana Isabel Alzola Echazarra, Ihobe, Public Company for Environmental Management. Basque Government.
- The Reuse of Land for the Development of Economic Activities. An Example from the Administration. Iker Bergaretxe, Deputy Director. Sprilur, Basque Public Company for Industrial Land Management. Basque Government.
- Strategies for the Reuse of Vacant Land in Scotland.
David Stewart, Scottish Land Commission.
- Strategies for the Reuse of Vacant Land in Austria-Brownfield Dialoge.
Gundula Prokop, Austrian Environment Agency.
- Natural Recovery and Land Conservation. Javier Vázquez, Ekologistak Martxan.
ACTIVITY: Key Elements to Develop a Roadmap to Incentivise the Reuse of Vacant Land.
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TABLE 2: Sustainable Forest Management: an Opportunity to Improve Soil Health
ROOM 3A
Organising entity: HAZI Foundation, HAZI Foundation, Rural, Coastal and Food Development.
Moderator: Alejandro Cantero Amiano. HAZI Foundation, Rural, Coastal and Food Development.
Presentations:
- Sustainable Forest Management and Soils in the Basque Country: Basonet Network. Alejandro Cantero Amiano, HAZI Foundation.
- Carbon Storage in Forest Soils in France. Roland de Lary, Director General of the Centre National de la Propriété Forestière.
- Carbon Accumulated in the Layer of Fallen Leaves in Forests.
Ricardo Ruiz Peinado Gertrudix, Senior Scientist at the Institute of Forest Sciences (ICIFOR-INIA) of the CSIC. Spanish National Research Council.
- Proposal for a Soil Monitoring Directive of the European Commission.
Guillermo Fernández Centeno, Technical Advisor to the Subdirectorate General for Forestry Policy and Combating Desertification. Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. Government of Spain.
- Carbon Content Map of Spanish Forest Soils. Rosa Calvo de Anta, Professor of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry. USC, University of Santiago de Compostela.
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TABLE 3: How to promote the application of land decontamination technologies
ROOM 0E-1
Organising entity: ACLIMA, Environmental Cluster of the Basque Country.
- OPENING: Institutional Framework for Soil Decontamination and Public-Private Partnership. Javier Agirre Orcajo, Director of Environmental Quality and Circular Economy. Basque Government.
- PRESENTATIONS: Levers to promote the application of recovery technologies
- Flanders (Belgium). Specific Policies, Strategies and Instruments to Encourage Soil Restoration and the Use of On-site Technologies. Johan Ceenaeme, Policy koordinatzailea, Flandriako hondakinen agentzia Publikoa.
- Soil bank: towards the circularity of a valuable resource. Germán Monge, technical director, and Beatriz Ortiz de la Torre Juanas, IDOM.
- How to Promote Innovation in Soil Decontamination through Public Procurement. POSIDON Project. Mikel González Vara, Bilbao City Council.
- Multifunctionality of Reclaimed Soils: Feasible or Fallacious Aspiration? Eduardo Alzola Echazarra, director of the Soil Research and Treatment Area. AFESA.
- ROUND TABLE: Present and Future Challenges of Soil
- Moderator: Teresa Tejero, director of the Environment and Occupational Health and Safety Unit. ONDOAN.
- Public institution: Challenges in Soil Contamination in the Basque Country, Levers and Public Instruments (Euskadi Soil Protection Strategy 2030). Maribel Martínez, Head of the Hazardous Waste and Contaminated Soil Service. Basque Government.
- Offer: Capabilities of the Environmental Sector in the Basque Country. Service Development Opportunities. Olga Martín, general director of ACLIMA.
- Demand: Needs of People and Entities Owning Contaminated Land. Aurkene Niño, SPRILUR.
- GROUP DYNAMICS: Levers to enhance the recovery and new uses of contaminated soils.
- Lever 1: BASOINSA – Francisco Murillo (technical director).
- DLever 2: DINAM – Gonzalo Zárate (technical director).
- Lever 3: TEKNIMAP – Lara Arribas (soil inspector).
- Lever 4: LIMIA & MARTIN – Imanol Martín (owner).
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TABLE 4: Good soil protection practices at a municipal level
ROOM 5H
Organising entity: UDALSAREA 2030, Basque Network of Sustainable Municipalities.
Moderator: Izaro Basurko, Ihobe, Public Company for Environmental Management. Basque Government.
Presentations:
- Land Inventory and Municipal Planning. Mari Jose Imaz, Orduña-Urduna Town Council.
- Soil Quality and Good Practices in Soil Protection in Municipal Planning. Jon Ruiz de Infante, CEA/Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council.
- Municipal Management of the Former Industrial Site of a Paper Mill. Iratxe Arriola, Ea Town Council.
- Actions on Municipal Land and Climate Change. Amets Jaureguizar, Bakio Town Council.
- Drafting of Astigarraga’s PGOU (Land Use Plan) with Land Protection Criteria. Raoul Servet, ARAUDI.
- Drafting of the Peñacerrada PGOU (Land Use Plan) with Land Protection Criteria. Unai Fernandez de Mendia. EGITU.
- Soil Recovery in Forests that Have Withstood a Fire. Cristina Fernández, Regional Government of Galicia.
- Good Practices for the Improvement of Soil Permeability and Biodiversity in the Municipality of Durango. Aitor Larrucea Abad and Igor Zorrakin, Durango Town Council.
