The Manuel Carra Theater in Castril hosted today, Saturday, October 26, the seminar 'Poplar, water and landowners', in which a dozen professors, researchers and specialists have exposed the positive impact that this crop so deeply rooted in the Castril-Castillejar-Cortes de Baza area has on biodiversity, carbon absorption, soil and water quality and soil quality.

The UGR researcher Antolino Gallego has presented the structural products of the project (MCLam and MCLamBS) during the scientific sessions of the 27th International Commission on Poplar other Fast Growing Species for the Maintenance of People and the Environment of the FAO, held in Bordeaux, France, between 22 and 25 October.

UGR researchers Irene Gil and Elísabet Suarez successfully presented the first version of the TIK (Tree Inspection Kit) tool during the scientific sessions of the 27th International Commission on Poplar and Other Fast-Growing Species for the Maintenance of People and the Environment of the FAO, held in Bordeaux, France, between 22 and 25 October.

During a 4-day study tour (October 17-20, 2024) and within the framework of the 27th Session of the FAO International Commission on Poplar and other Fast-Growing Species for the Maintenance of People and the Environment, held in Bordeaux (France), the coordinator of the LIFE Wood for Future project had the opportunity to establish contact and learn from the sector worldwide.

The Agrupación Marjal, which brings together one hundred owners, is offering 17 lots for sale with a total of 10,087 cubic meters and an average price of 93 euros per cubic meter. The plantations have received PEFC certification, which guarantees that they have been managed in accordance with sustainability criteria and strict environmental requirements. Bids can be submitted until October 28 at the headquarters of the Marjal group and the auction will take place before a notary on November 5.

The LIFE Wood for Future project and its spinoff Iberolam Timber&Technology have actively participated in the II Sustainability Fair of Granada, organized by the Chamber of Commerce and the City Council of Granada.

Yesterday, October 10, the coordinator of the LIFE Timber for the Future project participated in the round table on Forest Bioeconomy at the Territorial Innovation Center of Jaén in Siles (Sierra de Segura).

The researcher Francisco Rescalvo has presented today the talk “Industrialized building solutions to decarbonize construction” as part of the first day of the program “Impronta Granada, Ceuta and Melilla” organized by the Vice Chancellors of Social Innovation and the Ceuta and Melilla Campuses of the UGR.

On September 26 and 27, a second edition of the course “From theory to practice” on training in the assembly of structural timber structures was held at the Technical School of Building Engineering.

The talk “IBEROLAM: A spin off industry of the UGR to respond to urban agendas on climate change and demographic challenge” has starred today the final day of transfer of the Urban Agenda Bridges Program in the Diputación de Granada. The coordinator of the projects Revierte and LIFE Madera por el Futuro, during almost an hour of exposure has made a broad tour through the challenges in environmental, social, economic and heritage of the province.

During the day was presented in an exhibition in the gardens of the school, one of the first structural products of wood and concrete brand Andalusia, developed by Pemade and the Wood Research Unit (UIMA) of the UGR under the LIFE project Wood for the Future, which will be placed on the market through the spinoff of the UGR Iberolam Timber & Technology, germ of the first Andalusian industry in the industry.

Developers, builders, architects and technical architects participated last Friday, September 13, in the conference Industrialized sustainable construction. A driving industry for Andalusia, which has shown how this building system, which in Spain represents only 1.5% of the market, far below the most advanced countries in Europe, can solve some of the problems that afflict the construction sector, such as lack of labor or high carbon footprint.