Embrapa Forestry

The research unit is responsible for generating new technologies, services and products for reforestation activities, environmental conservation and the rational use of the Brazilian forests. It has a team of 54 researchers and modern facilities.

It strives for the productivity increase in natural and replanted forest, for the use of trees on the recovery of degraded areas and for the combined production of timber and food. Its objective is tied to the sustainable development of the Brazilian forestal patrimony, conserving the environment, generating jobs and well-being for rural and urban society.

Activities

• Reforestation
• Biological control of pests
• Integrated forest and agricultural production
• Management of natural and planted forests

Services

• Assistance and training in forest issues
• Laboratory analysis of soil, plants, seed and lumber
• Ecological and economic zoning

Products

• Software for management decisions of forest production
• Improved seeds of forest species
• Biological material for the control of forest pests
• Specialized publications

Major Research Areas

• Software for management decisions on pine forests
• Biological control of forest pests
• Utilization of industrial wastes as fertilizers for arboreal species
• Origin selection of eucalyptus, pinus and grevilea for reforestation