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Os Eucaliptos e as Aves da Quinta de São Francisco

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o laboratório on<strong>de</strong>, através <strong>da</strong> inovação<br />

e experimentação, se afirmou a crescente<br />

vocação do País como produtor <strong>de</strong> p<strong>as</strong>ta e <strong>de</strong><br />

papel <strong>de</strong> eleva<strong>da</strong> quali<strong>da</strong><strong>de</strong>, <strong>da</strong>ndo origem a<br />

uma fileira industrial do eucalipto que dá hoje<br />

cart<strong>as</strong> no mercado internacional.<br />

P<strong>as</strong>sear na <strong>Quinta</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>São</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>, local que<br />

alberga o Instituto <strong>de</strong> Investigação <strong>da</strong> Floresta e<br />

do Papel – RAIZ, é sentir a conciliação entre uma<br />

activi<strong>da</strong><strong>de</strong> que <strong>as</strong>senta na utilização sustentável<br />

<strong>de</strong> um recurso natural renovável, a floresta <strong>de</strong><br />

eucalipto, e a Natureza.<br />

A <strong>de</strong>fesa dos valores naturais e <strong>da</strong><br />

biodiversi<strong>da</strong><strong>de</strong> são hoje vertentes indissociáveis<br />

<strong>da</strong> gestão e do <strong>de</strong>senvolvimento do negócio do<br />

grupo Portucel Soporcel. A gestão sustentável<br />

<strong>da</strong> floresta, <strong>as</strong>sente n<strong>as</strong> melhores técnic<strong>as</strong><br />

disponíveis na área ambiental e na investigação<br />

aplica<strong>da</strong>, permite-nos produzir um papel<br />

<strong>de</strong> quali<strong>da</strong><strong>de</strong> superior numa lógica<br />

<strong>de</strong> eco-eficiência e renovação.<br />

É, pois, com enorme satisfação que reunimos<br />

neste livro, um registo vivo em papel, o melhor<br />

do nosso esforço em preservar os valores<br />

naturais do nosso património: cui<strong>da</strong>r dos belos<br />

e frondosos eucaliptos, alguns já árvores<br />

centenári<strong>as</strong>, dos carvalhos e dos cedros, e <strong>da</strong><br />

riqueza animal que neles habita, como forma <strong>de</strong><br />

manter viva a atitu<strong>de</strong> <strong>de</strong> respeito pela Natureza<br />

que nos <strong>de</strong>ixou Jaime <strong>de</strong> Magalhães Lima.<br />

Pedro Mendonça <strong>de</strong> Queiroz Pereira<br />

Presi<strong>de</strong>nte do Conselho <strong>de</strong> Administração.<br />

promoted and led by my maternal grandfather,<br />

Manuel Santos Mendonça, w<strong>as</strong> hence the<br />

laboratory where, through innovation and<br />

experimentation, the country’s strong vocation <strong>as</strong><br />

a pulp and high quality paper producer w<strong>as</strong><br />

confirmed. This gave rise to a renowned<br />

eucalyptus industry which is currently a m<strong>as</strong>ter<br />

in the international market.<br />

Strolling around the <strong>Quinta</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>São</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>,<br />

the place which now lodges RAIZ – Instituto <strong>de</strong><br />

Investigação <strong>da</strong> Floresta e do Papel (Forest and<br />

Paper Research Institute) one feels the<br />

harmonious combination of an activity that is<br />

gui<strong>de</strong>d by the sustainable use of a renewable<br />

natural resource, the eucalyptus forest, and<br />

Nature.<br />

The protection of natural and biodiversity values<br />

are currently intrinsically bound to the<br />

management and <strong>de</strong>velopment of the Portucel<br />

Soporcel group’s business. The forest’s<br />

sustainable management combining the best<br />

environmental and applied research techniques<br />

enables us to produce a higher quality paper<br />

ruled by principles of eco-efficiency and<br />

renovation.<br />

So, in this book, we are extremely ple<strong>as</strong>ed to<br />

provi<strong>de</strong> a living record of our continued efforts to<br />

preserve the natural values of our heritage:<br />

taking care of the beautiful and leafy eucalyptus,<br />

some of which are century old specimens, of the<br />

oaks and ce<strong>da</strong>rs <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> of the animal wealth<br />

which lives here, <strong>as</strong> the means to keep the respect<br />

which Jaime <strong>de</strong> Magalhães Lima had for Nature.<br />

Pedro Mendonça <strong>de</strong> Queiroz Pereira<br />

Chairman of the Board

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