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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