Poligrow Biologist Diego Rodriguez presented the Project “Repopulation of Epiphyte Plants in Intervened Woodland Areas on la Hacienda Macondo” on August 14th in the context of the 6th National Botany Congress held in the city of Cali, Colombia.
The 39th National Oil Palm Cultivators Congress was held in Cali, Colombia from June 8 through June 10. To see the contents of the Congress.
In the spirit of uniting efforts to develop and disseminate its activity as well as its social and environmental projects, Poligrow Colombia has become a member of Asorinoquía, the Business Association for the Development of the Provincial Department of Orinoquía in Colombia.
A new species of orchid, whose presence in Colombia was unknown, has been found near the Guaviare River.
This year we must increase efforts to recover and conserve the world stock of woodlands and forests and to remember that they play an essential role in the sustainable development of our planet, thanks to the economic, sociocultural, and environmental benefits that they provide us.
As part of the biodiversity conservation programs proposed by Poligrow, an Epiphytarium was inaugurated at Hacienda Macondo. It will house and reproduce epiphyte plants (plants that grow on other plants but that are not parasites) that are characteristic of the Colombian Orinoco River region.
The Second Latin American Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Meeting was held in Brazil in August. Poligrow Colombia Ltda. attended, in order to stay at the vanguard regarding matters concerning sustainable oil palm plantations.
Poligrow Colombia Ltda. presented the progress that it has made at Hacienda Macondo with its environmental base line during the 9th National Palm Technical Meeting - Cenipalma held on September 29, 2010.
The first bunch of fruit with compact seeds, weighing 850 grams, has appeared on Lot 11 in the Yamú Sector Lot 11 on the sustainable plantation for the production of palm oil at Hacienda Macondo farm in the municipality of Mapiripán.
In the month of November the artistic sensitization workshop took place for children in grades 4 and 5 at the Institución Educativa Jorge Eliecer Gaitán in Mapiripán.