Annual Report 2023 UPM Forestal Oriental

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WATER RESOURCES

ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY

SOIL

Local landscape is of value to society and we undertake responsible management through active involvement with communities since forestry activity is still recent in some areas of the country. The design of plantations takes into consideration the main landscape characteristics, looking at the diversity of species, sizes, ages, space and regeneration cycles. We look to reconcile and preserve while we produce. To do this, we look at the landscape as a whole, beyond property limits, according to scale, intensity and risk, therefore being able to adjust if necessary.

Ecosystem services are the benefits that an ecosystem provides to society and that improve the health, economy and quality of life of people. Through the conservation of biodiversity and functional diversity, we seek to preserve the structure and the normal function of ecosystems. Atmospheric carbon sequestration is an ecosystem service generated by forestry activity.

Within the framework of UPM’s commitment to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, we highlight the contribution of our forestry activity to the sequestration of atmospheric carbon to mitigate the increase in global temperature. At UPM Forestal Oriental we currently carry out several initiatives to understand and manage our emissions, for example: •We identify, manage and track our emissions and carbon sequestration •We provide information for UPM’s global carbon emissions and sequestration report

•We monitor the behaviour and evolution of soil organic carbon

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION You can expand on the information shared in this section by contacting us through our communication channels available in the Contact section of this report.