UPM Forestal Oriental - Social and Enviromental Report 2014

UPM Forestal Oriental was set up in 1990 under the impetus of the Forestry Promotion Law developed at the time in Uruguay. This law attempted to integrate afforestation into other agricultural activities, enhance produc- tive areas, develop a new industrial sector and generate employment in rural areas. Over nearly 25 years of activity, the com- pany has achieved these objectives. Today it has planted more than 170,000 hectares and provided almost 3400 jobs throughout the productive and logistics chain, facilita- ting the construction of a pulp mill located in Río Negro which has been in operation for the last 7 years. Since 2009, Forestal Oriental has belon- ged to the UPM Group, one of the largest companies in the sector at a global level. Its activities mainly cover the coast, the The company is part of non-governmental associations such as the Forest Stewardship Council TM , the Society of Forestry Producers (SPF), the Chamber of Commerce of Na- tional Products, the Union of Exporters of Uruguay and CREA [Regional Consortiums for Agricultural Experimentation], among others. It is also associated or has entered into agreements with academic institutions such as the Institute of Forestry Research and Studies (IPEF) of Brazil, the University of the Republic (UDELAR - Agronomy Faculty) and the National Agricultural Research Insti- tute (INIA), among others. USTA north and some central-southern areas of the country, closely interacting with nearly a hundred communities that coexist along- side the company’s forested areas and Associated Producers linked to the Fomento Programme.

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