Brazil leading CO2 Absorption in Planted Forests

Brazil leads... the world should follow!


What is a Tree? - A video message from Bracelpa, the Brazilian Pulp & Paper Association, to the COP15 (United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen 2009)

Maybe the time has come to stop seeing one of the best ever made approaches to sustainable forestry as a problem-maker... and start seeing it as a world-leading effort towards sustainable production and one of the most efficient man-made tree based bio-industries.


Eucalyptus planted forests absorb up to 1200 tonnes of carbon per hectare in 35 years / Los bosques cultivados de eucalipto absorben hasta 1200 toneladas de carbono por hectarea en 35 años / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro and Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting SL, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo / Image courtesy Bracelpa, Brazilian Pulp and Paper Asociation

A hectare of eucalypt cultivated forests can be up to 6 times more efficient sequestering carbon than other alternatives for a given time-span. (Bracelpa: Planted Forests, Vital Allies of the Planet)

Maybe the time has come to see sustainably managed planted forests like those of Brazil, a productive use of land, as an useful aid to increase carbon uptakes... and make them be part of the solution.

Maybe the time has come to see timber crops as one of the highest yielders of current and future positive externalities within the available options for a productive use of land.



Brazilian pulp and paper industry uses renewable fuels up to 85%, a timber fueled industry / La industria de celulosa y papel del Brasil usa hasta un 85% de energia renovable, su energia es la madera / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro and Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting SL, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo / Image courtesy Bracelpa, Brazilian Pulp and Paper Asociation

During the last 35 years the Brazilian Pulp & Paper Industry has jumped from 51 to 85% for renewable energy over total energy consumption. (Bracelpa: Planted Forests, Vital Allies of the Planet)

Maybe the time has come to start seeing the eucalypt based pulp and paper industry as a global timber-fueled bio-refinery industry able to sustainably manage the land base that yields renewable and recyclable materials we all use everyday at once that walks towards zero fossil fuel generated carbon emissions.

Maybe the time has come to see what a tree is. What a tree can give. If used wisely.


The Prince of Wales speaks at the COP15 (United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen, December 15th 2009). Video courtesy The Royal Channel.



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Obama in Oslo for Nobel Prize for Peace / Obama praises Lula and Norway for Amazon Fund and fight against deforestation and climate change / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro and Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting SL, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo / Image courtesy SVT, Sweden Television


Policultivo de fibra de madera de eucalipto en Brasil / Ecologistas mono cultivan el analfabetismo / por Xusto de Andrade / Eucalyptus fibre polyculture in Brazil / Environmentalists mono cultivate analphabetism / by Xusto de Andrade


World Record Eucalyptus woodchip digester at FIBRIA Jacarei Pulp and Paper Mill, Sao Paulo, Brazil / Digestor de astillas de eucalipto en la fabrica de celulosa y papel de FIBRIA en Jacarei, San Pablo, Brasil / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro and Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting SL, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo


Eucalyptus roundwood pulp paper data for Brazil / Charta Eucalyptica Brasiliensis 2008 / Eucalyptus in Brazil, forestry statistics 2008 / ABRAF Anuario Estatistico 2008 / ABRAF Statistic Yearbook 2008 / ABRAF - Associaciao Brasileira de Produtores de Florestas Plantadas / STCP Engenheria de Projetos Ltda / DC10 Comunicaçao / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo


Global Eucalyptus Map 2009 / Eucalyptus cultivated forests worldwide map 2009 / Eucalyptus cultivation map 2009 / Eucalypt forests in the world / Mapa de plantaciones de eucalipto en el mundo 2009 / Mapa de cultivo de eucalipto en el mundo / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro & Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting SL, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo



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3 comments:

  1. vaniarejane said:

    Hi Gustavo! I really loved your blog because of all the important information available there, congratulations!!! I learned more important stuff from my own country, and its crucial role against world's deforestation. By the way, you speak Portuguese very well!

    December 26th 2009

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  2. Thanks to fast growing trees (Eucalyptus + Pinus mean +90% timber harvests) Galician Planted Forests sequester +14 Million Ton CO2 per year.

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  3. Jan 15th 2010: Uruguayan Banco Republica (BROU) & Japanese Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation signed deal to promote Carbon Credit trade. Uruguay has developed +650,000 hectares of Eucalyptus timber crops in the last 20 years, becoming the 5th largest Eucalyptus grower in the world.

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