{"id":8661,"date":"2016-04-04T20:46:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T19:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biopterre.com\/equipe\/andre-vezina\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T15:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:29:26","slug":"andre-vezina","status":"publish","type":"tcsn_team","link":"https:\/\/www.biopterre.com\/en\/team\/andre-vezina\/","title":{"rendered":"Andr\u00e9 V\u00e9zina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andr\u00e9 V\u00e9zina holds a Bachelor of Science (forestry) and a master’s in forest management from Universit\u00e9 Laval. Since 1985, he has been working on windbreak development and forested riparian strips in the Quebec countryside. He has participated in numerous agroforestry research projects, including projects using fast-growing species such as willows and hybrid poplars for biomass production and environmental protection. He contributed to the production of a portrait of agroforestry in Quebec, to the development of an electronic spreadsheet to simulate the economic impact of different agroforestry practices in Eastern Canada (www.wbvecan.ca<\/b><\/span><\/a>) and to the coordination of a Canadian project on the use of windbreaks around livestock buildings in Eastern Canada. <\/i>This project enabled the creation of a website, two extension guides as well as the establishment of 26 demonstration sites. In addition, Mr. V\u00e9zina has given nearly 200 hours of training in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.<\/p>\n

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