Annual Report 2023 UPM Forestal Oriental
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DEPARTMENT
NAME
AREA (HA)
CONSERVATION ATTRIBUTES
AREA
EXAMPLES OF MANAGEMENT MEASURES IMPLEMENTED
TYPE (*)
Río Negro
Esteros y
1,550
Part of the Esteros de Farrapos Ramsar site (wetlands)
HCVA I and III
Flora monitoring
Algarrobales del Río Uruguay
Native forest (riverside and Chaco Park)
Surveillance for poaching and other illegal activities,
Diversity of flora and fauna
including fence and perimeter upgrades
(former
Diversity of priority species for conservation
Recovery of debased environments (grazing management, monitoring of flora and fauna) Educational and recreational activities including public use of the area (nature trail) Invasive Exotic Woody Species (IEWS) Control Establishing rational grazing in different environments
Mafalda)
Tacuarembó
El Alero III
277
Critically endangered endemic species, scenic value
HCVA III
Grazing management Monitoring of endemic species Increased connectivity of natural environments
El Retorno II
174
Sandstone cornices and flat hills. Forests Populations of endemic and threatened species
HCVA III
Monitoring IEWS, in particular pines
Increasing the connectivity of natural areas through the elimination of old pine stands Monitoring of Invasive Alien Woody Species (IAWS), pines in particular Monitoring of flora and fauna through camera traps
La Rinconada 649
Continental dunes and their environment. Priority species of flora and fauna for conservation. Natural fields
HCVA III
El Tala II
393
Population of priority species for conservation
HCVA III
Monitoring of flora and fauna
Representative ecosystems associated with grasslands
IAWS control and elimination of pre-existing pine stands with flat hills Grazing management
Porto Veloso
429
Population of priority species for conservation
HCVA
Grazing management
VI and III
Representative ecosystems associated with grasslands
Flora and fauna monitoring Control of invasive alien species
with flat hills
Sites of cultural historical interest
Analyse possible trail for visitors and evaluate historical importance Conservation of the threatened bird species Straight billed reedhaunter (Limnoctites rectirostris)
Treinta y Tres
Quiebrayugos II 82
Huge number of endangered and endemic animal and plant species HCVA III
Threatened bird species Straight billed reedhaunter
(Limnoctites rectirostris) and its habitat
and its habitat, Eryngium pandanifolium Monitoring of flora and fauna
HCVA: High Conservation Value Areas
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