Annual Report 2023 UPM Forestal Oriental

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PRODUCTION PROCESS

PLANNING Planning involves assessing the land to be forested and establishing the route of roadways and conservation areas. All these activities are completed while taking into consideration the conservation of environmental attributes

ROADS

GROWTH MONITORING Obtaining data to update timber stocks in plantations and evaluate the yield of species and genotypes

Every year internal and neighbouring roadways are improved

GENETIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME In the almost 30 years since it began, this programme has made it possible to double the volume of pulp obtained per hectare of plantation

FORESTRY Planting in areas defined by planning and environmental processes

NURSERIES Production of seedlings from seeds or vegetative propagation

CARGO AND TRANSPORTATION Specialized companies carry the timber to intermediate stockpiles and pulp mills

HARVESTING Forestry machinery fells, trims, strips and cuts up the tree, leaving it by the side of the road to be loaded and transported

10-YEAR -OLD TREES

PLANTS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 MONTHS OLD