ABOUT IT
Committed to the conservation of healthy and abundant forests and to the development of the communities to which it belongs, Sylvamo, the world's leading manufacturer of pulp and paper based on renewable fibers, has been carrying out ecological restoration projects, which is the process of recovering an ecosystem that has been degraded, disturbed or destroyed, with the aim of restoring the native vegetation of its properties, especially in the last two decades.
As a special mechanism for protecting these environments, the creation of Private Natural Heritage Reserves (RPPN) has become an allied tool for this purpose. The RPPN Parque Florestal São Marcelo, located in Mogi Guaçu (SP), is one of these areas specially protected by Sylvamo. In 2002, 240 hectares were reforested with more than 100 regionally occurring native species. Since the beginning of these activities, 40 permanent plots have been installed to monitor the native forest vegetation to be re-established. Over the years, this has enabled the development of research focused on generating scientific knowledge and the technological dissemination of the methodologies implemented, the results of which have formed the basis of parameters used in public policies in the state of São Paulo, within the scope of ecological restoration.
In this way, all actions aimed at conserving and restoring native vegetation, especially through ecological restoration and the creation of conservation units, generate direct benefits for society as a whole. This contributes to restoring local environmental functions, strengthening the economy, guaranteeing water and food security, as well as increasing the resilience of agricultural systems in the face of climate change and helping to mitigate the risks caused by natural disasters.
Results and Objectives
Among the benefits already recorded are the high diversity of plant species in the forest formed, connectivity at landscape level along the permanent preservation areas of the Mogi Guaçu River and the influence of the associated fauna as propagule dispersal agents, both in the RPPN and in its surroundings.
Not least, the structure of the forest vegetation (canopy, branches, trunks and leaves) and the soil are home to hundreds of species of fungi and bryophytes, indicator organisms of paramount importance in the ecological functionality of the area.
With the continuous studies carried out over two decades, 15 species of vascular epiphytes were observed and identified, distributed in four families and 11 genera, with 139 tree species recorded to date.
In 2010, the RPPN was recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a benchmark in sustainable forest management in Latin America.
In 2022, Sylvamo received the Expressão Ecologia Award for the first time, in the Sustainable Forest Management category. The company's highlight was the ecological restoration project at the Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) Parque Florestal São Marcelo.
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