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NEWS

FOREST ACTION PROGRAMME LAUNCHED

industry. UPM was also among the first to commit to the UN’s Business Ambition for a 1.5°C climate target and climate-positive forest management and to increase biodiversity in the company’s forests in Finland. The Forest Action Programme extends the net positive biodiversity target to the Uruguayan plantations, where biodiversity indicators have been developed to reflect local conditions and context. In plantations the net positive target can be achieved through the protection of natural habitats, nature management and monitoring of the effectiveness of conservation measures.

UPM has kicked off a new Forest Action Programme which will run until 2030. The global initiative steers UPM’s global wood sourcing operations and covers its own forests in Finland and the United States as well as its plantations in Uruguay. The programme goes beyond current standard requirements and its measures will have a positive impact on the fundamental aspects of sustainable forestry: climate, biodiversity, soil, water and societal contribution. UPM has been a frontrunner in the development of responsible forest management. Its biodiversity programme, launched in 1998, was the first in the

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