The University of Washington is one of the largest Pacific Northwest schools with 38,000 students. The College of Forest Resources (CFR) offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees. Fellows spent a day in Seattle utilizing the expertise of the CFR faculty and staff.
CINTRAFOR (Center for International Trade in Forest Products) Director Ivan Eastin and Professor John Perez-Garcia hosted Fellows for a session on softwood lumber exports. The group learned about trends in wood products trade, which was of particular interest to Mariane Camargo (Brazil) who is researching moulding and millwork markets. WFI hopes to collaborate further with CINTRAFOR on projects in the future.
Fellows also met individually with a variety of professors to discuss their projects, on topics of sustainability, technology, marketing, and trade.
In the afternoon Fellows attended the Denman Forestry Issues Series, which was a four-hour series of presentations on biofuels and bioenergy. Over ten speakers provided a variety of viewpoints on Washington’s biomass resources and processing issues.
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