The extreme resistance of certain varieties impacts the choice of materials for floors, furniture or instruments. What natural factors make some of them practically indestructible?
Read articleYou cant waste time, says María Elena Gauchat. The phrase might sound strange coming from someone who works in tree breeding and who, after making a cross, must wait several years before beginning to know if he was right with each bet. But that is exactly where one of the keys to research in forest genetics lies: it requires a lot of patience, although there is no room for distraction.
Recovering the forests that help supply Bogotá with water required more than reforestation. A project combined nature and rural production so that its results could last. Planting thousands of trees can transform a landscape, but it does not guarantee that this change will survive the test of time. In the mountains of Cundinamarca, Colombia, the recovery of degraded areas posed an additional challenge: protecting nature without leaving aside the families who depended on those lands.
The genetic improvement of willow and new technological alternatives for its use in different productive and environmental systems will be the focus of a professional update talk organized by the Professional Council of Agricultural Engineering (CPIA) and the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA). The activity will take place on Wednesday, November 25, 2026, at 2:30 p.m., in virtual mode and with free participation, upon registration.
Creators in 1920, the Biagio Barile workshop imposed a technique that is today famous throughout the world and that the family of founders continues to defend, piece by piece, as a legacy
Plus Communities By Ana Grinstein Israeli scientists are working on a technology that allows natural components of wood to be used to manufacture objects using three-dimensional (3D) printing.
Santiago de Chile (EFE).- The Atacama Desert, located in northern Chile and considered one of the driest places in the world, has been a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers for weeks, thanks to the heavy rains that have fallen during the winter months in the southern hemisphere.
The first International Congress “Patagonia, beyond fire”, held from October 27 to 29 on the premises of the Rural Society of Neuquén and organized by the Secretary of Emergencies and Irrigation Management of the provincial government, closed with a commitment between Neuquén, Río Negro and Chubut to form an Interprovincial Regional Table for the prevention and comprehensive management of rural, forest and interface fires in the Patagonian provinces. The meeting, organized by the Government of Neuquén, brought together more than 400 participants and specialists from Argentina, Chile, Canada and Spain, with the purpose of transforming the exchange of experiences into a cooperation agenda in the face of new fire scenarios in the region.
A court decision halts Frances plan to renew 1 billion trees, exposing controversies over intervention in forests threatened by parasites and severe drought. In France, the ambitious plan to renew 1 billion trees by 2032 suffered a strong judicial setback. The objective, after the large fires of 2022, seeks to renew about 10% of French forests in the face of the advance of climate change.
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