UPM Forestal Oriental Annual Report 2022

RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SAFETY AS A CORE VALUE

PRODUCTION PROCESS

COMPLEMENTARY FORESTRY PRODUCTS

FOMENTO PROGRAMME

CONTACT

DEPARTMENT

NAME

AREA (HA)

CONSERVATION ATTRIBUTES

AREA

EXAMPLES OF MANAGEMENT MEASURES IMPLEMENTED

TYPE (*)

Río Negro

1550

Part of the Esteros de Farrapos Ramsar site (wetlands). Native forest (riverside and Chaco park). Diversity of flora and fauna. Diversity of priority species for conservation

AAVC I y III

•Flora monitoring

Esteros and Algarrobales in Río Uruguay

(Former ly Mafalda)

Tacuarembó

El Alero III

277

AAVC III

•Grazing management •Monitoring of endemic species •Increased connectivity of natural environments

El Retorno II

174

Sandstone cornices and flat hills. Forests. Populations of endemic and threatened species

AAVC III

La Rinconada 649

Continental dunes and their environment. Priority species of flora and fauna for conservation. Natural fields.

AAVC III

•Monitoring of Invasive Alien Woody Species (IAWS) Monitoring of flora and fauna through camera traps

El Tala II

393

Population of priority species for conservation

AAVC III

•Monitoring of flora and fauna

Representative ecosystems associated with grasslands

•IAWS control and elimination of pre-existing pine stands with flat hills •Grazing management

Porto Veloso

429

Population of priority species for conservation

AVC VI and III •Grazing management

•Flora and fauna monitoring •Control of invasive alien species

•Analyse possible trail for visit or s and evaluate historical importance

Sites of cultural historical interest

Treinta y Tres

Quiebrayugos II 82

AAVC III

•Conservation of the threatened bird species Straight billed reedhaunter (Limnoctites rectirostris) and its habitat, Eryngium pandanifolium •Monitoring of flora and fauna

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