Latin America Contact Meeting - November 7-9th, 2023

Telêmaco Borba, Paraná, Brazil - Hosted by Klabin

Exclusive to members of the Forest Productivity Cooperative

Monday 6th: shuttle* from Curitiba-PR Airport to Telêmaco Borba-PR
* The shuttle will be for everyone. Please, plan your flight to arrive to Curitiba-PR by November 6th until 1pm. Please, confirm to otavio.campoe@ufla.br

Registration Fee:
The registration fee includes coffee-breaks, lunch, dinner and transportation for field trip.
FPC Members: R$ 1.000,00 (BRL)

Contact:
Otávio Campoe - FPC Co-director: otavio.campoe@ufla.br / +55 19 9 8224-6333

Tuesday, 7th - Eucalyptus Session:
8:00 - 8:30 Welcome and FPC Annual Meeting Overview (Campoe, Rubilar, Cook and Carter)
8:30 - 9:00 RW23: Intensity and duration of competing vegetation control in Colombia (Rubilar)
9:00 - 9:30 Calcium application response in Eucalyptus grandis (Cook)
9:30 - 10:00 Coffee-break
10:00 - 10:30 Carbon and water balance in eucalyptus genotypes under contrasting water availability regimes - Eucarbhydro (Valverde)
10:30 - 11:00 Soil carbon stocks over 40 years in Eucalyptus plantations (Cook and Campoe)
11:00 - 11:30 FPC Soil Map Update (Cook)
11:30 - 12:00 New RW trials & Ongoing Research Focus in LA (Campoe and Rubilar)
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
Pinus Session:
14:00 – 14:30 RW7: Long Term Effects of Soil Preparation, Weed Control and Fertilization on Pine Productivity – Klabin Brazil (Campoe)
14:30 – 15:00 RW7: Long Term Effects of Soil Preparation, Weed Control and Fertilization on Radiata Pine Productivity – CMPC Chile (Bozo & Rubilar)
15:00 – 15:30 LA RW2: GxExS Genotype and plantation stocking in in Pinus taeda (Rubilar)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee-break
16:00 – 16:30 RW20: Silviculture x Genotype x Environment study (Albaugh)
16:30 – 17:00 RW23: Intensity and duration of competing vegetation control in Pinus taeda – Klabin and NGB-FIA (Campoe)
17:00 – 17:30 Final discussion

Wednesday, 8th – Field Trip
8:00 Departure from the hotel
8:30 – 10:00 Visit to RW7: Long Term Effects of Soil Preparation, Weed Control and Fertilization on Pine Productivity – Klabin
10:00 – 12:30 Visit to RW23: Intensity and duration of competing vegetation control in Pinus taeda – Klabin
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 17:00 Remote Sensing Tools Training Session

Thursday, 9th
8:30 – 12:00 Strategic planning session and discussions
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 16:00 Shuttle back to Curitiba

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