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Although they are marginal species
in terms of the area they occupy, once
they are incorporated they are included
in the company’s operational plans.
Those cases where age and low volume
per hectare determine a low commercial
value are reconstituted and forested with
species of Eucalyptus in order to include
these areas in the company’s production
goal. The areas of pine trees with a prom-
ising commercial volume in the short-
term are kept standing to be harvested
and sold to other local or regional indus-
tries (sawmills, biomass power genera-
tion plants, drying ovens, etc.); or as part
of a business exchange of raw materials
with other forestry enterprises.
Occasionally and in very specific
cases, forest management is carried out
in order to obtain wood for sawlogs and/
or peelings. In these cases, some stands
in specially selected facilities will have a
final age of 20 years, applying intermedi-
ate forestry interventions such as prun-
ing and thinning.
ALVARO FITIPALDO
Director of Finance and Forest Control
At UPM, we seek to
innovate in search of
results that enable us to
be more productive. For
this reason, continuous
renovation is crucial to
achieving the best results
in both the short and the
long-term in such a way
as to remain competitive
suppliers for the pulp mill