The 2025 Rural Expo will be the scene of a key day for the development of forest-industry and its link with carbon markets
Under the motto Business for an Argentine that grows: Foresto-Industria and Carbon Markets, the meeting will be held on Thursday, July 24, from 3:00 p.m. to 16:30, in the auditorium of the Argentine Rural Society (SRA), located in Juncal 4450, first floor, in the city of Buenos Aires.
Organized by the Forestation Commission of the MRS, the event will feature specialists from the sector, officials and referents of the legal and business scope. The day will address the current state of forest-industry in the country, the regulatory challenges and the potential of Argentina to position themselves as an international provider of carbon credits. Among the speakers are: ? Sabrina Vetter, National Director of Forest Development. Industrial, who will expose on the current panorama of the sector and the new markets ? Federico Moyano, Executive Director of Prosustentia, will present the different types of carbon projects and the operation of the markets ? Juan Pedro Cano, coordinator of the Argentine Carbon Table, will share the development plan of the agricultural and forestry carbon sector ? Manuel Fravega, of the Beccar Varela study, will explain the legal frameworks and the project of law that seeks to regulate the generation of carbon credits in the country. The event will end with a tour of the 137th Exhibition of Livestock, Agriculture and International Industry, which takes place from July 17 to 27 at the Fairground of the Rural of Palermo. This year, the motto of the sample is I felt the tradition, I lived the future, reflecting the balance between the productive roots of the country and the technological innovations of the agriculture. Institutional presentation and immersive technology The Argentine forest-industrial council (trust) participates in the rural expo within the stand of the Ministry of Economy of the Nation, as part of a strategy of visibility of the activity and its impact on regional economies. They reported from the Council-integrated by Afoa, Faima, Asora, AFCP and Mrs. itself-the space will have 3D viewers to offer an immersive experience about the forest-industrial production chain, as well as the delivery of pine seedlings and didactic materials for the public. In addition, they accompany the Undersecretariat of Agricultural and Forestry Production in the dissemination of the different stages of the forest process, from the plantation to the industrial transformation.
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