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Researchers study new methods of carbon in agricultural soils

Within the framework of the seminar organized by the Institute for Agricultural Research (INIA) of Chile, scientists from Latin America and the Caribbean studied new methods to estimate carbon sequestration in agricultural soils. The activity was carried out on May 11 and 12 in Frutillar,

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Students from the “El Crucero” school in Nueva Imperial participated in the last workshop of the Project for Engagement with the Environment “Science in our feet, a solution in our hands”

The project promoted by the BIOREN Scientific Center ended after four workshops focused on the importance of caring for the soil, recognizing its nutrients and their use. The program had as objective to promote the interest in students of sixth and seventh basic year of

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Award of ANID Doctoral Scholarships

Doctoral students Karla Erazo Mora and Gleb Uzenkov were awarded the ANID Scholarship to pursue PhD studies in Natural Resources Sciences at the University of La Frontera.Karla’s research is directly associated with the Anillo ACT210060 project that investigates the effects of fires in our country,

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Promoting the development of the Bioinputs Industry

Dr. Ignacio Jofré, researcher at the Laboratory for the Conservation and Dynamics of Volcanic Soils and director of the Chilean Bioinputs Network together with Dr. Maribel Parada, president of the Network, gave an interview on behalf of the union to Campo y Tecnología magazine, where

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New project awarded; “Firing: Multiscale effects of extreme wildfires on erosion, water, and biogeochemical cycling in natural and managed forest soils”. – call RING-2021

Forest fires in South Central Chile have exceeded the historical fifty thousand  hectares per year, which has dramatic consequences for the forestry sector and the loss of ecosystem services (for example, carbon sequestration). Under this premise, researchers from the Laboratory of Conservation and Dynamics of Volcanic

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