UPM Forestal Oriental Annual Report 2021

COMPANY

CERTIFICATIONS

ASSETS

COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP

UPM FOUNDATION

OUR TEAM

SAFETY AS A CORE VALUE

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

The official Red de Áreas Naturales Conservadas (Network of Natural Preserved Areas) makes an important contribution to the conservation of biodiversity in the landscape, the ecosystem and in species. There are internal standards and workbooks for the protection of native species and ecosystems, particularly those that are threatened or at risk.

NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS

UPM DEFINED FOUR CATEGORIES OF UNPLANTED AREAS DESTINED FOR CONSERVATION DEPENDING ON THEIR ATTRIBUTES:

HIGH-VALUE CONSERVATION AREAS (HVCAS) 1

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CONSERVATION AREAS (CAS)

REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING AREAS (RSAS) FOR THE VARIOUS ECOSYSTEMS

CONNECTIVITY AREAS (COAS) BETWEEN THE OTHER AREAS

are incorporated into the company’s sphere of influence. In this Network of Natural Preserved Areas, verifiable goals and objectives are

established both for the network and for each of the areas that comprise it. Valuable contributions have been made to the conservation of biodiversity in Uruguay.

Since 1991, UPM Forestal Oriental began identifying areas that need to be preserved due to their ecologic value. We regularly identify new sites as new eco-regions that

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