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Prof. Markku Kanninen and researcher Adrián Monge visited the Chapingo Autonomous University (UACh) to meet members of the Division of Forest Sciences (DCF) and discuss the renovation and expansion of the Memorandum of Understanding between UACh and the University of Helsinki. As part of this cooperation, two exchange students from UACh will visit VITRI and the Dept. of Forest Sciences (UH) early next year and one student from Finland will later visit UACh in April or May 2016. In the meeting participated the Director of DCF Dr. Jorge Torres, the Prof. Hugo Ramírez and the university teachers Marcelo Zepada, Gabriel Rodrigues and Fileberto Sabala.
Prof. Kanninen and Adrián also visited the central offices of CONAFOR in Guadalajara to work on the ongoing cooperation project and to join a workshop organised by PROFEPA (Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection), CANAINMA (National Chamber of the Timber Industry) and the Cluster Forestal of Jalisco, to have an update on environmental legislation affecting the forestry sector in Mexico.