Brigadas deseucaliptizadoras. Fundación Montescola

00:15 Who are you and where are we?
00:54 What kind of projects are the Brigadas Deseucaliptizadoras and what is their relationship with the Verdegaia Association?
02:02 Some media outlets state that the Brigades started after the wave of fires in the fall of 2016, can you explain these beginnings?
03:29 For those who do not know about the subject, can you explain why eucalyptus is a problem in Galicia?
04:44 What kind of business is the eucalyptus industry in Galicia? Who benefits from its cultivation?
06:42 How does eucalyptus cultivation affect the destructuring of the land?
08:42 When we refer to the Brigades, we are basically talking about groups of volunteers who come to Galicia to clear the forests of eucalyptus and other noxious plants. Is it correct to think of the Brigades as a political project to reclaim the communal lands and their particular articulation of management, governance and distribution of common resources?
10:09 I read on your website that the Brigades also aim to build community and recover popular Galician traditions such as the roga and the albaroque. What are these traditions and why are they important?
12:36 How many brigades are there?
13:49 What do you have to do to become a volunteer?
14:43 How do local inhabitants perceive the work of the Brigades?
15:46 I understand that the Brigades work to clear the forests of noxious plants; are these forests state-owned, private or communal lands?
16:39 Should we understand the Deseucaliptizadoras Brigades as an exponent of a broad movement promoting political and civil awareness of territorial rights?
18:03 Has there been any improvement in the forests as a result of the intervention of the Brigades?
19:22 Another of the activities which the Brigades are involved in is the declaration of rights of the Tins river. I have read that this initiative is driven by the ReNatur_Outes project, the Serra Outes City Council, three public universities in Galicia and two Foundations: Centro de Estudios Euroregionales Galicia-North Portugal and Montescola. Can you tell us when, where and why this initiative was born?
22:30 What rights does this declaration establish?
22:31 Is this a symbolic action or does it have any legal effects?
23:31 Has the community living in this area participated in this process?
25:10 Has this initiative been replicated in other areas?
25:42 Let's think about the systemic change you are talking about; why a claim for the rights of nature?
26:44 Why is it important to learn and teach how to defend these rights?
29:31 Isn't it strange to have to demand that rights to natural resources be recognized?
31:06 The declaration of rights enables a form of land and natural resource stewardship; do you recommend that other interested communities follow this model?
32:21 Was this declaration intended to promote a national law for the protection and restoration of nature?
34:07 How would you describe Spain's environmental health?
35:06 Does your Association dedicate time to education for the defense of the right to environmental justice and its reparation?
37:32 What is your relationship with the University [Academia]?
38:42 You have mentioned in this conversation the word “comunera”, can you explain what reality you are referring to when you use that word?
39:33 Joam, what fuels your energy to continue fighting in an environment where capitalist extractivism predominates and a certain hostility on the part of some sectors of society towards environmentalism is present?
41:06 From the Constellation of the Commons (CC) we are working on the production of a useful and proactive imaginary that encourages civic participation in the transformation of the hegemonic system. Can you share with us some good news?