This month, Let’s Talk About Planted Forests will address the subject of clonal forestry.

To discuss this subject, the IEFC invited 3 experts. Here’s a quick overview of our speakers and topics:

Giuseppe Nervo – Director at CREA (Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economy Analysis)

Sustainable clonal forestation for the production of quality poplar wood in the Po valley: cultivation models and future scenarios.

Nuno Borralho – Head of Forest Research Department at RAIZ Forest and Paper Research Institute

“Eucalyptus clonal forestry in Portugal”

Paco Lario – Technician & Beatriz Cuenca – Project Manager at Viveiro de Maceda

“Clonal propagation of disease tolerant genotypes of highly relevant forest species in Spain (chestnut, cork oak and maritime pine).”