The National Plan for the Development of Planted Forests – PlantarFloresta was launched this Wednesday (05). Under the coordination of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA), the measure aims to increase 2 million hectares of commercial cash crops with planted forests.
The main producers are located mainly in Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul. According to the Secretary of Agricultural Policy, Wilson Vaz de Araújo, the plan is the result of wide consultation of the sector and civil society . And it includes an environmental and socioeconomic diagnosis associated with management and the industrial phase.
The segment has a large share in the agribusiness trade balance, and last year, exports were only behind the complex soy, meat and sugar and alcohol sector. According to the Brazilian Tree Industry (IBÁ), the country leads the ranking of forest productivity, with an average of 35.7 m³ / ha / year, which represents almost twice as much the productivity of the countries of the northern hemisphere. The area with planted forests occupies only 1% of the area of the country, but accounts for 91% of all wood produced for industrial purposes.
For the general coordinator of Forestry and Livestock Affairs, the Agriculture Policy Department, João Salomão, the importance of the sector have been growing year by year. In accumulated until October of this year, the sector was the third Agribusiness in exports, registering a record value of US $ 11.61 billion (+ 23.2%) behind only the soybean complex (US $ 36.27 billion) and meats (US $ 12.12 billion).
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.