Argentina National Poplar Commission Production and uses •! Plantations for different destinations : •! Woodpulp/Boards • Sawn wood ! •! Venner • Bioenergy (in testing) ! Silvopastoral system in Delta region. •! Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems. •! Harvesting (manual and mechanized). Mechanical harvesting in Plot area with energy crop Populus Delta region. xcanadensis `Conti 12´ in Mendoza province. 97! Poplar (two years) with sorghum and Poplar with lucerne (“alfalfa”) lucerne (“alfalfa”) Poplar (two years) with sorghum and Poplar (two years) with rye (“centeno”) lucerne (“alfalfa”) and lucerne (“alfalfa”) 98! Argentina National Poplar Commission Environmental uses •! Forest windbreak curtains. •! Soil phytoremediation and recovery of polluted water. •! Carbon storage (little development). Poplar plantation irrigated with treated effluent water from household in the province of Mendoza. 99! Salicaceae Symposium 2006 Buenos Aires, Argentina Delta del Paraná Region 9:! Salicaceae Symposium 2006 – FAUBA Buenos Aires 9;! Field Trip Salicaceae Symposium 2006 9<! Trip to forest industry (Faplac S.A.) Salicaceae Symposium 20069=! “Field day with Salicaceae” Teodelina, Santa Fe October 10, 2007 ! 9>! Field day with Salicaceae 2007 9?! Training course on forest on forest protection of Salicaceae Technical course for producers about the main pests of Salicaceae. Borer (Megaplatypus mutatus) Poplar rust (Melampsora spp.) Wasp sierra (Nematus oligospilus) Agricultural Experimental Station INTA Paraná Delta. 14 May, 2008 :@! FOREST PROTECTION OF SALICACEAE COURSE 2008 :7! Salicaceae Symposium 2009 Second International Congress of Salicaceae Mendoza, Argentina ! Cuyo Region Salicaceae Symposium 2009: Second International Congress of Salicaceae in Argentina (15 and 16 April 2011). Technical trip (April 17, 2009). :8! Salicaceae Symposium 2009 Second International Congress of Salicaceae in Argentina :9! Salicaceae Symposium 2009 Second International Congress of Salicaceae in Argentina ::! Technical Conference on Willows 22 July, 2010 Agricultural Experimental Station INTA Delta del Paraná region :;! Salicaceae Symposium 2011 Third International Congress of Salicaceae ! Patagonia Region Salicaceae Symposium 2011: Training Courses (14 and 15 March, 2011). Third International Congress of Salicaceae in Argentina (16 to 18 March, 2011). Technical Trip to the Valley of Río Negro province (March 19, 2011). :<! Salicaceae Symposium 2011 Third International Congress of Salicaceae :=! Salicaceae Symposium 2011 Third International Congress of Salicaceae :>! Salicaceae Symposium 2014 Fourth International Congress of Salicaceae in Argentina 18 to 21 March 2014. School of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, National University of La Plata. City of La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina :?! Salicaceae Symposium 2014 Fourth International Congress of Salicaceae in Argentina ;@! Salicaceae Symposium 2014 Fourth International Congress of Salicaceae in Argentina ;7! 23rd Meeting of the International Poplar Commission 26 to 30 October 2008 Beijing, People's Republic of China "Poplars, willows and people's wellbeing" http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2008 ;8! International Poplar Commission Forty-Fifth Session of the Executive Committee Villa Paolina, Porano (Orvieto) Italy, 19 September 2010 ;9! 24th Session of the International Poplar Commission (IPC) and 46th Meeting of the Executive Committee. "IMPROVING LIVES WITH POPLAR AND WILLOW". Dehradun, India. October 29 to November 2, 2012. ;:! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"$#,&A&.!B!CD(4,!C%%E,$.A%&! 88!*%!8;!"E$(4F!8@7:! ;;! Website of the Argentine National Poplar Commission www.forestacion.gov.ar/CNA ;<! Website of the Argentine National Poplar Commission ;=! Salicaceae News Newsletter of the Newsletter of the Argentine National Poplar Commission International Poplar Commission ;>! Salicaceae News Argentine National Poplar Commission: [email protected] Salicaceae Symposium: [email protected] Salicaceae News: In spanish: [email protected] In english: [email protected] Argentine National Poplar Commission: salicaceas.blogspot.com Salicaceae Symposium 2014: jornadasdesalicaceas2014.blogspot.com.ar ;?! Thank you very much for your attention Agronomist Esteban Borodowski [email protected] <@!.