OPERATIONS
NATIVE SPECIES PLANTATIONS
AMATA believes that native species have the potential to be grown in plantations for a number of different forestry purposes, such as wood and non-wood products, fibers, energy and environmental services.
The practice of native forest silviculture is a new activity in Brazil. AMATA believes that it is possible to apply much of the information and techniques used for planting exotic species, which is a field in which Brazil is among the most advanced countries in the world, to native species. Such knowledge makes it possible to develop a number of forestry models: monocultures; plantations mixed with rapid and long growth species; mixed or monoculture plantations interspersed with remnants of preserved native forests in the form of mosaics, for example.
AMATA sees a major opportunity in the recovery of degraded areas through the planting of native forests, with the possibility of including free-use, legal reserves or permanent preservation areas.
Like in forestry management, the planting of native species also presupposes the application of very sophisticated techniques, which include deep understanding of the characteristics of the soil to be used (its nutrients, its water retention capacity, its relief), of the seed and seedling production process, of the planting operations, properly speaking, of the manipulation of the earth for planting purposes, of the tree growing process, of pest-control, of fertilization and of harvesting and transportation operations.
One of the most important areas in this field of activity is the identification of the species that can be cultivated using silviculture practices, which has led AMATA into an intense relationship with networks of researchers involved in this subject in Brazil and abroad.
In the documents available here, the company is presenting the general concepts that orient its activities regarding the planting of native species.
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The following documents are in Portuguese.
Operações Plantações de Espécies Nativas (PDF - 12.793Mb)
