Biofore-Magazine-2021

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THROUGH THE L ENS

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Part of his job is to work with contractors and ensure deadlines are met.

His first stop is a local school in front of a new plantation site. Martínez discusses with head teacher Elizabeth Ribas how they plan to set the trees farther back on the property, allowing plenty of sunlight to come into the schoolyard.

Martínez inspects the seedlings, which have come from the company nursery. Soon, they will be planted in rows and enter UPM’s sustainable forest management process.

On the way to his next stop, he visits a local historic site, a traditional family cemetery known as a panteón. UPM is responsible for these historic sites on its land and fenced this one in to protect it from damage caused by grazing cattle.