UPM Forestal Oriental Annual Report 2021

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SAFETY AS A CORE VALUE

We have executed biodiversity surveys in different forest areas since the beginning of our operations. We have defined specific indicators for high-value conservation areas (HVCAs), which are assessed annually, in accordance with FSC® requirements. As of 2019, the indicators required by the environmental authorities for the evaluation of the state of the ecosystem have been incorporated.

BIODIVERSITY MONITORING PROGRAMME

RESULTS

Based on the monitoring activities in place since 1992 on UPM Forestal Oriental properties, the contribution to biodiversity conservation can be summarised as follows:

Fauna Field surveys determine the composition of wildlife on company property. Tetrapods from the following zoological classes have been identified: amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Two of the registered species are the Tamandua and the Margay.

Flora The main types of natural vegetation in the company’s fields are: natural grasslands, sandbank vegetation, alkaline soils, general riparian forests, Chaco park forests, flat-topped hill forests, Butia yatay and Trithrinax campestris palm groves, scrubland, wetlands and stubble. Some of these types of vegetation are subject to special considerations, either because they represent species that are in decline or endangered, or because they are home to rare species or species that are not widely spread in Uruguay.

TETRAPOD SPECIES IDENTIFIED NUMBER OF SPECIES BY CLASS AND PRESENCE ON UPM FORESTAL ORIENTAL LANDS

PLANT SPECIES DETECTED NUMBER OF PLANT SPECIES IDENTIFIED IN URUGUAY AND THEIR PRESENCE IN UPM FORESTAL ORIENTAL LANDS

CLASS

TOTAL IN URUGUAY

TOTAL IN UPM FORESTAL ORIENTAL LANDS

Land mammals Non-seabirds

89

46

TOTAL IN URUGUAY

TOTAL OF PRIORITY SPECIES FOR CONSERVATION IN URUGUAY (ACCORDING TO SNAP)

410

267

Total identified on UPM Forestal Oriental lands

Total priority species for conservation in Uruguay identified on UPM Forestal Oriental lands

Amphibians

47 72

35 35

Reptiles

2431

Total

618*

383

1765

* Excluding marine species.

687

219

90