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Master Chamfer – Edge chamfering 2.0

Wemhöner presents a compact, high-precision solution for panel bevelling, designed to optimize process quality, reduce waste and improve efficiency in industrial production lines.

The worlds forests lost more than 400 million hectares between 1990 and 2020

Environment Editorial, March 19 (EFE).- Forests host up to 80% of the planets terrestrial biodiversity but between 1990 and 2020 they lost more than 400 million hectares in the world, especially in tropical regions of America, Africa and Asia, according to a study by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

Broad technical and social consensus in defense of the Forest Law: organizations warn of setbacks in the reform for the conservation and development of the territory

Various organizations from civil society, from the scientific field and from the forestry sector presented their technical analyzes and institutional position before the Federal Environmental Council (COFEMA) regarding the national governments initiative to modify National Law 26331 on the Minimum Budget for Environmental Protection of Native Forests.

They collect native seeds to restore the forest in Lago Puelo National Park

The initiative is part of a strategy aimed at strengthening the conservation and regeneration of the Patagonian Andean forest, with priority in the use of local genetic material. Within the framework of the Lago Puelo National Park Management Plan, the Bosquear organization signed an institutional articulation agreement that enables entry to the protected area for the identification of seed stands and the collection of genetic material of native species.

Iguazú will host a forest-industrial meeting in the Southern Cone in April with global leaders in technology, efficiency and business

In Puerto Iguazú they organize a business event that is presented as the epicenter of the strategic debate of the regional forestry industry with the holding of the Forestry-industrial Seminar Southern Cone 2026, a meeting that will bring together leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Finland, Germany, Estonia and Slovenia, in a space for technological updating, market analysis and business generation

Architects and engineers will be able to specialize in wood construction: registrations for diploma courses are open with 30 half scholarships

In a context in which architecture and urban planning seek to reduce the environmental footprint of cities and rethink the materials with which they are built, wood is consolidated worldwide as one of the key resources for the development of sustainable buildings. In this framework, the Argentine Federation of the Wood and Related Industries (FAIMA) announced a new edition of the Diploma in Design and Construction with Wood, which will be taught together with the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of the National University of La Matanza (UNLaM).