Gipuzkoa Forestry Association to Hold Ordinary General Assembly on Saturday in Soreasu

The meeting in Azpeitia will see the renewal of board positions and an analysis of the association's status.

Generic image of a Basque farmhouse.
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Generic image of a Basque farmhouse.

The Gipuzkoa Forestry Association will hold its Ordinary General Assembly this Saturday at the Soreasu theater in Azpeitia, starting at 11:00 AM, to renew several board positions and review the entity's activities and economic situation.

During the assembly, in addition to evaluating the association's activities and economic situation over the past year, several board positions will be renewed. This year, specifically, the roles of president and secretary need to be filled. Currently, Julian Unanue holds the presidency, having been in office since July 2022. He is from Azpeitia.
Following the conclusion of the General Assembly, as is customary each year, a lunch for members will be held. This year's gathering will take place at the Mendizabal cider house, located in the Landeta neighborhood.
The Gipuzkoa Forestry Association is a significant organization representing forest owners in the territory. Out of the 10,400 forest owners in Gipuzkoa, 2,804 are members of this association (1,329 of whom live in farmhouses). Among these members, 185 families are from Azpeitia.
Sixty-two percent of Gipuzkoa's total area, amounting to 122,800 hectares, is covered by forest masses. The forest area managed by the association's members totals 50,900 hectares, representing 41.5% of the territory's overall forest area.
The association's primary concerns in recent years have been promoting active forestry and Sustainable Forest Management. Currently, of Gipuzkoa's 122,800 hectares of forest area, 51.6% consists of deciduous trees and 48.4% are conifers. Furthermore, 78.6% of Gipuzkoa's forest area is privately owned, while public forests account for 21.4%.