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Wood, the Supermaterial That No Modern Alloy Has Managed to Beat
As a plant product, wood is primarily defined as a natural composite material. A composite material is one in which two or more components assume different functions to withstand the …
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Association of Forestry Contractors: "The agreement was not fulfilled, it's a State of Exception at 50% of what we requested"
This Tuesday, the State of Exception came into effect in the southern macrozone after being published in the Official Gazette. According to the government, this measure is solely for the …
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Forestry Contractors Request Consideration of Secondary Routes in State of Exception
The manager of Acoforag, René Muñoz, while valuing the measure decreed by the executive, requested that route protection not only focus on main highways and roads in the southern macrozone. …
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Public Statement May 17, 2022
Following the government's decision yesterday, May 16, 2022, to declare a state of emergency for the regions of Bio Bío and La Araucanía, the Association of Forestry Contractors A.G. declares …
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UNESCO Researchers Demonstrate That Forests and Forest Plantations Have Halted Desertification in Chile
In 2014, Roberto Pizarro, director of the UNESCO Chair in Surface Hydrology at the University of Talca, noticed something didn’t add up in his measurements. He was studying the behavior …
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Chilean Evidence on Plantations and Water Availability
A series of studies by the Environmental Hydrology Technology Center at the University of Talca have shown that native forests and plantations do not exhibit significantly different hydrological behaviors. However, …
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