FOREST HERITAGE

CMPC’s forest heritage consists of over 1,100,000 hectares, which are located in Chile, Brazil, and Argentina and supply raw material to various plants and sawmills.

CMPC’s forest heritage consists of over 1,100,000 hectares, which are located in Chile, Brazil, and Argentina and supply raw material to various plants and sawmills.

All of CMPC operations respond to the highest standards of forest management, ensuring a harmonious operation in the economic, social, and environmental fields.

CMPC aims to live in good standing with all the communities with which it is linked, developing various actions within the framework of its good neighbor policy, while promoting educational and cultural programs.

The Company conducts proactive management of plantations, thinning, and harvesting, together with preventive fire control.

The sustainable management of CMPC forestry crops is certified through FSC® and CERTFOR-PEFC to guarantee the protection of the native forest and biodiversity. It is thus ensuring that wood for industrial use is obtained exclusively from plantations of controlled origin and entirely traceable from its origin to its final destination.

1. GENETICS AND SEEDS

To optimize the growth and quality of the wood, CMPC uses sophisticated improvement techniques, without genetic modification, which include the selection of superior individuals, crossbreeding, evaluation, and propagation of the best genotypes.

2. NURSERY

Plantations originate mostly from seeds and in some cases, from vegetative propagation (cuttings are removed from a mother plant to plant and grow a new plant).

The plantings that are obtained from the process carried out in the nursery are transferred to the definitive location where the forest will be established.

3. SEETTLEMENT

This operation generally occurs in the winter period, a moment of the year when the seedlings are in a condition of low activity (dormancy) and the soil has a high moisture content.

This process is supported by various soil preparation activities as well as weed control and fertilization.

4. FOREST MANAGEMENT

Forestry management is the term for the silvicultural interventions that modify the final products, such as thinning, which consists of the extraction of defective trees to improve the provision of soil resources and solar radiation to trees with better characteristics.

Pruning is the partial elimination of the lower branches of trees, which ensures obtaining knot-free wood that is highly valued due to its superior productivity, its quality, and its appearance.

5. FOREST PROTECTION

The plantations are protected against pests, diseases, and fires to avoid and minimize losses through external factors. The methodology used to combat pests and diseases is comprehensive management, which includes both forestry techniques and pruning and thinning, as well as the use of natural enemies of harmful factors.

Thereby, the use of chemicals can be avoided. In the case of rural forest fires, the strategy includes preventive work with neighbors and also firefighting after a fire has started.

6. FOREST HARVEST

Forest harvesting consists of the cutting of adult trees through appropriate techniques and by trained personnel to obtain raw material in the conditions required by the industry.

The radiata pine forests are harvested between the ages of 18 and 26 years. Eucalyptus forests, mainly destined for pulp, are harvested between the ages of 10 and 14 years. After the trees are cut, during the following winter, the same land is reforested, thus giving birth to a new forest.

PINUS RADIATA

The products sold by CMPC are made from Pinus Radiata (D. Don), commonly known as Insignis Pine or Monterey Pine, which is a tree species that belongs to the Pinaceae family (coniferous trees with abundant branches) native to the southwest of the United States.

In Chile, it was introduced in 1888 by the agronomist Arturo Junge Sahr to counteract the phenomenon of soil erosion, caused using fire or tilling for the cultivation of grains, which caused significant loss of vegetation coverage.

In Chile, the most cultivated species is Pinus radiata (58.4%) followed by Eucalyptus Globulus (24.1%) and Eucalyptus Nitens (10.8%).

The products sold by CMPC are made from Pinus Radiata (D. Don), commonly known as Insignis Pine or Monterey Pine, which is a tree species that belongs to the Pinaceae family (coniferous trees with abundant branches) native to the southwest of the United States.

In Chile, it was introduced in 1888 by the agronomist Arturo Junge Sahr to counteract the phenomenon of soil erosion, caused using fire or tilling for the cultivation of grains, which caused significant loss of vegetation coverage.

In Chile, the most cultivated species is Pinus radiata (58.4%) followed by Eucalyptus Globulus (24.1%) and Eucalyptus Nitens (10.8%).

Genetic Improvement Program for Pine and Eucalyptus

  • Quickly materialize genetic gains in operational plantations
  • Maintain genetic diversity.
  • Identify key and substantial attributes to technological, industry, market, and environmental changes.
  • Integrated forest/industry maximization.
  • Have the technologies to respond quickly to changes (market – environment).

CERTIFICATIONS

Forestal mininco territorially manages the forest heritage of cmpc in chile. to meet the sustainability objectives established by the company, it performs systematic and periodic audits of the forests, verifying that the implemented environmental and social management system operates according to plan.

forestal mininco, forestal mininco is committed to the following standards and certified management systems, whose implementation is evaluated by different certification houses.

FSC® forest management certification

The forest management certification is granted to forest managers or owners whose management practices meet the requirements of the FSCsup>® principles and criteria or the national FSCsup>® standard.

Through this process, the forest owner demonstrates that its forestry operations are socially beneficial and managed in an environmentally responsible and economically viable manner.

Forestal mininco territorially manages the forest heritage of cmpc in chile. to meet the sustainability objectives established by the company, it performs systematic and periodic audits of the forests, verifying that the implemented environmental and social management system operates according to plan.

forestal mininco, forestal mininco is committed to the following standards and certified management systems, whose implementation is evaluated by different certification houses.

FSC® forest management certification

The forest management certification is granted to forest managers or owners whose management practices meet the requirements of the FSCsup>® principles and criteria or the national FSCsup>® standard.

Through this process, the forest owner demonstrates that its forestry operations are socially beneficial and managed in an environmentally responsible and economically viable manner.

SOCIALLY BENEFICIAL

Forest management helps local people, as well as society as a whole, to enjoy the benefits of the forest in the long term.

ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE

Forest management ensures that the production of wood, non-timber products, and ecosystem services maintains the biodiversity, productivity, and ecological processes of the forest.

THE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE

Management validates that forestry operations are structured and managed in a way that is sufficiently profitable, without generating economic gains at the expense of forest resources, the ecosystem, or the affected communities.

SOCIALLY BENEFICIAL

Forest management helps local people, as well as society as a whole, to enjoy the benefits of the forest in the long term.

ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE

Forest management ensures that the production of wood, non-timber products, and ecosystem services maintains the biodiversity, productivity, and ecological processes of the forest.

THE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE

Management validates that forestry operations are structured and managed in a way that is sufficiently profitable, without generating economic gains at the expense of forest resources, the ecosystem, or the affected communities.