In 2009, the company planted approximately 73 million eucalyptus seedlings on its own properties; 21 million of which were allocated for the two new mills.

Suzano Pulp and Paper, one of the leading integrated pulp and paper producers in Latin America, will plant more than 145 million eucalyptus seedlings throughout 2010 to develop its forestry base. The eucalyptus trees will supply the industrial units currently in operation and the new growth cycle, allowing the company to reach, over the next decade, an annual production capacity of 7.2 million tons of pulp. This investment cycle encompasses two new mills, one in Maranhão State and another in Piauí State, which should startup in 2013 and 2014 respectively, and a third site yet to be determined, in addition to the Mucuri Unit expansion.

With this forestry investment, the company will plant approximately 398,000 trees a day.  In 2009, the company planted approximately 73 million eucalyptus seedlings on its own properties; 21 million of which were allocated for the two new mills. In order to achieve these goals, Suzano invested R$ 361.1 million that year alone. In 2010, the company will intensify the work at the Forestry Units in Piauí and Maranhão, which will result in 70 million seedlings  counting on the support from its nursery in Maranhão that has a capacity to produce 12 million seedlings annually, and a nursery to be set up in Piauí, with a forecasted production of 30 million seedlings per year.

Currently, the company has met 75% of its needs for land to supply the Maranhão mill and 100% of the land to ensure production in Piauí as from 2014. Over 1,700 direct employees and outsourced personnel are already working in the states of Maranhão and Piauí to meet the labor requirements needed to set up the forestry base for the units contemplated in the new growth cycle.

Also last year, Suzano plantations captured 4.3 million tons of carbon in comparison to the approximately one million tons of the gas it released into the atmosphere  a positive balance.

source:
http://www.suzano.com.br