Overview
- The 2024 inventory indicates roughly 25,000 hectares more eucalyptus since 2022, including about 19,100 added in the last year.
- Inventory authors report a three to four year delay before satellites detect young plantings, cautioning that apparent growth may reflect pre-moratorium activity.
- The 2021 rules permit planting where eucalyptus already existed, creating legal pathways for expansion within established stands.
- Researchers identify 5,111 hectares of eucalyptus on non-forest parcels where this use is restricted by law, and 41,939 hectares in areas cut in 2024 that are regenerating.
- Eucalyptus accounts for about 28% of Galicia as total forest area grew 1.4% year over year, with conifers at 446,897 hectares and broadleaves at 631,012.