CEF received the "Trophy Order of Engineers 80 years"

The Forest Research Centre (CEF), School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, received the "Trophy Order of Engineers 80 years". CEF was distinguished for its research on forests , and especially for the work  on eucalypts and eucalypt plantations. The trophee was awarded by  the College of Forest Engineering to distinguish the project "The investigation of eucalypts" in partnership with Altri (a leading Portuguese eucalypt pulp producer) and Raiz (a forest and paper research institute).

The Forest Research Centre was created in 1976 to study eucalypts and plantations directed to pulp and paper production with the objective of creating knowledge that would support the economy with a sustainable production.

In 40 years of research, many results were achieved:

• We know how eucalypts functions, how the tree responds to stress or stimuli and how the ecosystem behaves;
• We developed production and management models;
• We know in detail the eucalypt wood quality for the production of pulp and paper;
• We published two books about eucalypts and eucalypt forests, more than 300 scientific papers and more than 30 PhD theses.

CEF received the trophy this Saturday, November 26, as part of the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Order of Engineers