Suzano bases its forest management initiatives on innovability, i.e., in the pursuit of sustainability through innovation. This philosophy seeks to harmonize operational and environmental gains in production processes. The company continues to explore innovations to ensure greater efficiency in forest management processes, aiming for greater productivity per planted area and cost reduction, while trying to reduce the use of natural resources in this operation.
Suzano is one of the multiple partners joining the 1t.org Corporate Alliance, a project under the World Economic Forum whose efforts are to accelerate nature-based solutions. The alliance was set up to bring business leaders with a mutual vision to plant one trillion trees by 2030 to meet our climate and biodiversity goals.
To realize our commitment, Suzano has made a clear commitment to connect half a million hectares of fragmented areas in Cerrado, the Amazon, and Atlantic Forest biomes in Brazil, by 2030. Our eucalyptus trees are planted in mosaics, which means, we intersperse the trees across areas of native forests to protect rivers, lakes, and floodplains, and to connect Brazilian wildlife and plant populations through environmental corridors.
To further our efforts, Suzano works with Ecofuturo Institute, a non-profit organization founded in 1999, which is dedicated to the preservation of natural areas. The non-profit is run by Suzano. A good example of its accomplishments is the Neblinas Park, a referential environmental reserve, where our activities involving forest management, forest restoration, environmental education, scientific research, ecotourism, and community participation.
Our efforts in natural restoration have led to the production of 115 million natural enemies for biological pest control in approximately 150,000 hectares.
Suzano also has one of the largest private Restoration Programs in the world. In the last ten years, we have started the restoration process of more than 35,000 hectares in Brazil. We monitor the biodiversity of Suzano’s areas and we have more than 4,000 species of animals and plants registered inside our native areas.
