UPM Forestal Oriental Annual Report 2022

RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SAFETY AS A CORE VALUE

PRODUCTION PROCESS

COMPLEMENTARY FORESTRY PRODUCTS

FOMENTO PROGRAMME

CONTACT

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ON UPM FORESTAL ORIENTAL PROPERTIES

33%

74%

OF ALL FLORA SPECIES IN URUGUAY

OF FLORA SPECIES FLAGGED AS PRIORITY FOR CONSERVATION

PLANT SPECIES were registered for the first time in Uruguay on UPM Forestal Oriental lands, thus increasing the number of plant species in the country. Among them are Chloraea bella (Orquidaceae) , Conyza lorentzii (Asteraceae), Leptochloa chloridiformis (Poaceae) and Ipheion tweedianum (Alliaceae). A species new to science was also recorded: Antiphytum charruasorum (Boraginaceae).

33

DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS APPROXIMATELY 69% OF ALL SPECIES THAT MAKE UP THE COUNTRY’S FLORA HAVE BEEN FOUND IN UPM FORESTAL ORIENTAL LANDS, WHICH SHOWS HOW EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT CAN BE.

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