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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
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.
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.
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