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Global forest area decreased by 41 million hectares between 2015 and 2025

The rate of loss is 4.12 million each year, higher than the period 2000-2015, but lower than the 10.7 million from 1900-2000. The reduction included 16 million hectares of primary forests, those with no obvious trace of human activity and of great importance for biodiversity. The global forest area decreased by more than 41 million hectares, close to 1%, between 2015 and 2025, with South America (-4.61%) and Africa (-4.28%) as the regions with the most pronounced losses.

The Right Tool for the Job: How One Combilift Has Delivered Safe Operations for 28 Years

As National Forklift Safety Day highlights the importance of safe material handling practices, the story of the first-ever Combilift C-Series demonstrates the lasting value of choosing the right tool for the job. Still in operation after 28 years at J.G. Kelly Supplies in Monaghan, Ireland, the original multi-directional forklift has helped transform the companys handling of long loads, improving safety, increasing efficiency, and proving that purpose-built equipment can deliver exceptional returns for decades.

World Environment Day | The forest-industry as a strategic ally for climate action and sustainable productive solutions

Every June 5, World Environment Day invites us to reflect on the concrete actions that can contribute to building a more sustainable future. The Argentine Forestry Association (AFoA) adheres to the 2026 proposal, in which the United Nations focuses on climate action, a challenge that requires the commitment of governments, companies and citizens, but also the promotion of productive sectors capable of generating solutions based on nature.

It devastated a Patagonian myrtle forest and will have to pay almost 67 million pesos

A brutal clandestine clearing in front of Lake Correntoso, in the town of Villa La Angostura, led to an unprecedented financial penalty. Justice verified the destruction of protected species by the advance of bulldozers and ordered the owners of the lot to implement a strict remediation plan to try to save the Patagonian ecosystem.

The first woman to preside over the College of Agricultural Engineers

Lorena Elorriaga highlighted that her management will seek to strengthen institutional functioning and the link with professionals and organizations of the Province Agricultural engineer Lorena Elorriaga recently took over as president of the College of Agricultural and Forestry Engineers of the Province of Buenos Aires, becoming the first woman to hold that position since the creation of the institution.

They plant more than 1,000,000 trees to recover one of the most important ecosystems in the world: it is the greatest pride of this country

The project not only seeks to recover environmental balance, but also protect the natural environment of one of the most visited destinations in the world. Amid growing global concern about climate change, Peru launched an unprecedented initiative that aims to restore one of its most emblematic ecosystems. The project, which contemplates the massive planting of trees in strategic areas, seeks not only to recover environmental balance, but also to protect the natural environment of Machu Picchu, one of the most visited destinations in the world.