For the past few years, the forestry market has grown substantially in importance in the world, delivering unprecedented value through its many uses.

It is a very important source of revenue for the governments around the globe, having generated over R$10 billion in taxes in 2007 in Brazil alone, whilst generating over 4 million jobs.

Eucalyptus trees are completely adapted and grow faster in Brazil (35m³/ha/y), in comparison with Portugal (13m³/ha/y) and Canada (5m³/ha/y). The forestry market in Brazil is becoming a reference in the whole world.

Companies are eager to find a provider of nature friendly products, a firm which can offer conservation of natural resources, increased energy efficiency and improved air quality. Planted forests are more efficient than native forests and capture carbon whilst release oxygen to the atmosphere.

There is a deficit of planted forests in Brazil and this deficit is increasing, so much that only the coal production from native forests has increased from 24.6% in 1997 to over 50% in 2006.

The government is tackling illegal wood extraction this year and has passed a law that obliges every single real estate company to prove that they are using legal wood – a big step to favor legal forestry developments.

There are only 5.3 million hectares (0.62% of its territory) of planted forests in Brazil, being at least 1 million hectares of old plantations with low productivity. This is a great opportunity to capitalize in this fast growing sector, capturing the government benefits, huge demand for forestry products and low competition.

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