Radiata Pine forests

The Radiata Pine forest is characterized by its high productivity, which on average reaches 22 m3 per hectare per year, with a growth rate up to 4 times higher than the northern hemisphere. The aim is to maximize the economic return of the forest, for which an intensive silvicultural management is performed consisting of pruning treatments at different heights, in order to get pieces free of knots, which are of a higher commercial value, to be used in the remanufacturing industry.

Pruning is accompanied by thinning operations, to concentrate the site potential wood volume in the best trees of the forest. The industrial logs which are not pruned, are used as structural timber as well as a complement to the production of finished or semifinished products with a high added value, (parts and pieces of furniture, doors, mouldings, among others etc.). Logs of smaller diameter and lesser quality are intended for the pulp and paper industry.

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