3,000 hectares of pure or mixed cork oak plantations have been created through a Rural Development Programme implemented by the Junta de Castilla y León (regional government).

The programme, costing 5.5 million euros, has seen the creation of some plantations of pure cork oak (Quercus suber) and others mixed with holm oak (Quercus ilex).

Authors: Felipe Pérez Martín (Unit of Forest Genetic Resources. Directorate General of Rural Development, Innovation and Forest Policy, Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food). 

Helena Almeida (Centro de Estudos Florestais. Higher Institute of Agronomy (ISA). University of Lisbon. Portugal)

Within the framework of the seminars at the National Agriculture Fair, was carried out on June 5^th the Cork Annual Seminar of Portugal, in which took part as speakers Conceição Santos Silva and Nuno Calado (both researches from UNAC, entity partner of INCREDIBLE project), Helena Pereira (FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia), and João Rui Ferreira (APCOR - Associação Portuguesa da Cortiça). More than 80 attendees listened to his speeches, whose presentations are now available here: