UPM Forestal Oriental - Social and Enviromental Report 2014

ABOUT THE BIOFORE STATIONS The Biofore Stations are part of a UPM Forestal Oriental initiative that aims to promote the enjoyment by residents and employees of those sites highlighted for their beautiful scenery or their biological and/or cultural attributes which regions, reflect the diversity of landscapes, environments, flora and fauna indigenous to Uruguay that are conserved on the company’s plots as a result of the implementation of responsible forest management. They offer the option of walking along paths with trees and other native or introduced plants, lagoons, animals in their natural habitat, all coexisting alongside the forestry production form part of the company’s assets. The different Stations, located in five

UPM Forestal Oriental has areas with tourist potential called “Palmares de Cuico”. These are located in the vicinity of Termas de Guaviyú, Termas de Almirón and in the Guichón area. By signing this agreement, we will seek to encourage the use and enjoy- ment of these spaces in addition to the existing tourist offers in the area. The “Palmares de Cuico” path offers the option of walking around a recovery area of Butia Yatay palm trees (Palm Yatay), natural fields and Eucalyptus forest plantations, through a 1700 metre tour that crosses the “Ca- ñada del Cuico” using hanging woo- den bridges.

The Margarita Heber farm, today known as “Parada Arteaga,” forms part of the Biofore Stations. These fields, which can now be visited, formed part of the significant cattle empire created in Florida by the John Jackson from Great Britain, the great-grandfather of the founder of the farm, which was acquired in the nineteenth century.

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