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Uruguay has a million hectares of planted forests, according to FAO survey

Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 03:10 UTC
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Uruguay has 1.7 million hectares of forests of which almost a million hectares have been planted to feed the growing pulp industry while the rest are so called native forests, according to primary data from an inventory compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture with support from United Nations. Read full article

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  • Cadfael

    Great, the plantations will keep pressure off the native timber resources.

    Aug 27th, 2010 - 09:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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