Integrated forest products company UPM based in Finland presented its global plans to promote natural biodiversity on UPM land and best practices in forestry and wood sourcing to the UN COP 10 biodiversity conference in Nagoya, Japan in October.
The programme focuses on native tree species, deadwood, valuable habitats, forest structure, water and natural forests, and introduces country level targets and action plans.
"Our operations are based on the sustainable utilisation of woody biomass. This means that biodiversity is our business,” says Mr Robert Taylor, Environmental Director, Engineered Materials and Functions, UPM. “We have dedicated professionals in each country carrying out innovative projects aimed at promoting biodiversity as part of sustainable forest management.”
Mr Taylor says that WWF and the German Business and Biodiversity Initiative are using UPM projects as case studies.
Concerns about environmental degradation resonate with the Japanese, and Timo Varhama, General Manager, UPM Japan, says: “For any company to be successful in Japan, it must demonstrate the environmental sustainability of its products and communicate it widely."
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