One more time, I want to show you a documentary about an area in the North of Spain.This documentary can be watch through the tv program “España a ras de cielo” (“Spain flush with sky”).This documentary is named “La Selva de Irati” (“The Jungle of Irati”):
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/espana-a-ras-de-cielo/espana-ras-cielo-selva-irati/2067211/#aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ydHZlLmVzL2FsYWNhcnRhL2ludGVybm8vY29udGVudHRhYmxlLnNodG1sP3BicT0yJm9yZGVyQ3JpdGVyaWE9REVTQyZtb2RsPVRPQyZsb2NhbGU9ZXMmcGFnZVNpemU9MTUmY3R4PTY4MjkwJmFkdlNlYXJjaE9wZW49ZmFsc2U=
The presenter of the program (Francis Lorenzo) explain us how is Irati:
Francis Lorenzo: “We are flowing over the Navarre Pyrenees, near the border with France. We are in the Irati Jungle: the largest Forest in Spain, a green mantle of 17,000 hectares, which is two times the size of the city of Barcelona”.
Now you can see a message on the image. It says: In Europe only Germany's Black Forest is bigger than Irati.
Francis Lorenzo: “Aizcoa is one of the four valleys of this forest. Here we expected Josetxo, a man carrying 60 years dedicated to a little-known business: wood. With him, we will discover how trees which have more than 20 meters high are cut down”.
Now you can read: Josetxo Telletxea. He is dedicated to wood since he was 15 years old.
Josetxo Telletxea: “We are going to cut peak here more than two thousand trees, with ore measuring of 1.500 cubic meters approximately. The lot was removed in auction: they make an Auction, which call for the people dedicated to wood and it is give to the highest bidder”.
You can read on the image: At an auction he (Josetxo) paid 32000 Euros for this lot.
Josetxo: “Tree goes!, ja ja”.
You can read on the image: The beech wood is used to make furniture mostly.
Josetxo: “I have been here with wood since I left the teeth, because my father was a timber forest and I left school at 15 years old, 60 years ago, this is the second and will be the third –ñc vf generation of exploiters. I think in Navarra there are none ... none that is third generation. In the 60 years that I know, because here, at this point we are, there would have come on foot, male horses, to do the job ... had no roads, there was nothing and what was done was drag animals. Today we come with a tractor and hooked those 4 or 5 trees and we took a trip””Well I will say that the work of 40 or 50 men, in those days, today is being done with a couple of men or three”.
Francis: “For men like Josetxo, this forest is their livelihood ....”
Now you can read on the image: Carlos, Mario and Javier. Forest Rangers.
Francis: “But the logging can not be uncontrolled; Carlos, Mario and Javier are the rangers, who are responsible for overseeing the logging of these valleys”.
Carlos, Mario and Javier are talking to Josetxo.And Josetxo tells something to Mario –I think--:
Josetxo: “Hey, I have seen a tree that I need; let´s see whether you can mark it for me….”……… “This is the tree”.
Mario: “What action they ask you?”
Josetxo: “Well, they ask the tree has 8 meters…, but it must have 1´70 circumference”
Mario: “74 and 76….75, Average diameter is 75”…”But, we mark it…. They always have to cut with the mechanical saw above we have given stamp down there.Then, So, although we come to the days or whenever, we note that the brand has to be in the "stump", which stays ".
You can read on the image: It is common eyeballing the height of the trees.
Josetxo: “But…12 meters may it take…?.
Mario: “Well I was going to point 13 ... 13 and a half”
Josetxo: “And from there up .... it may take about 5 meters ....”.
Now, you can read on the image: The rings on the base indicates the age of a tree.
Mario: “Do you come there, Josetxo?”
Josetxo: “Yes”…” It is calculated standing 12 meters…….from the first branch”
Mario: “13 meters till the first branch”
Josetxo: “13 meters, yes, I have said 12 and you 13, but very well”…….” Now let's measure the burning zone, the length that is from there forward”
Mario: “Eight more meters”
Josetxo: “8 meters and 21 meters of wood, 21 meters the total length of the tree, which is productive. Nothing ... till another day, and will let you know”.
Well, here is finished this documentary. I hope that you have enjoyed.
Till soon, kind regards,
Luis.
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