UPM Forestal Oriental - Social and Enviromental Report 2014

Our assets

Our customers’ operations, especially the pulp plant in Fray Bentos, forces us to plan a short-, medium- and long-term supply strategy. This involves professional management of the resources and assets according to the product’s characteristics.

Forest assets form the basis for the sustainability and competitiveness of the business, based on which the supply strategy for the plant and the export of logs and chips to their external custom- ers are planned. Caring for resources is fundamental to the sustainability of the business. This is why the company devotes extensive efforts to this end and defines the most appropriate use of the land, endeavouring to conserve biodiversity, as well as protecting soils and water and preserving natural forests. Around eleven thousand seven hundred hectares are covered by natural forests and six thousand three hundred hectares are delimited and voluntarily declared as protected areas. These areas, which include natural forests, palm groves, sand dunes, wet- lands and other environments, are man- aged and monitored depending on the management plans developed in con- junction with specialists, and form the basis for studies of flora and fauna and a visiting site for educational centres. 65% of the area is set aside for planting 35% of the area is managed for livestock activities, conservation of natural resources and infrastructure

234,051 is the total number of hectares that make up the assets of UPM Forestal Oriental. This area is located mainly in the west and north-east of the country

UPM Forestal Oriental

ARTIGAS

SALTO

RIVERA

PAYSANDÚ

TACUAREMBÓ

CERRO LARGO

RÍO NEGRO

TREINTA Y TRES

DURAZNO

SORIANO

FLORES

FLORIDA

COLONIA

LAVALLEJA

ROCHA

SAN JOSÉ

CANELONES

MALDONADO

MONTEVIDEO

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