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The supply of wood by forest partners accounted for 10% of the volume of raw materials consumed for the produc- tion of pulp at Fibria’s Industrial Units during 2011 (for further information about the matter, please refer to the Wood Logistics chapter on page 127). This supplementary supply of wood was secured by 3,422 contracts with rural produc- ers in the States of Espírito Santo, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo, providing a total area of 106,891 hectares. Besides reducing the need for purchasing land, forest partnership is a way to integrate rural producers near Fibria’s pulp plants into our value chain, promoting income generation and job creation and diversifying agriculture.

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In 2011, the Aracruz Unit’s Forest Producer Program accounted for 28% of the wood supply of its three plants, with a total volume of 2,582,238 cubic metres, i.e. 1,429,762 cube metres of wood delivered at warehouses and 1,152,476 cubic metres of standing wood. The company’s partnership model provides benefits to producers, allowing them to better plan their properties and comply with law, thus aligning with Fibria’s certification principles. A controlled wood (CW) audit process was initiated, with positive results on legal and social requirements. The information flow between the Unit and the contracted producers was also reaffirmed by the change in the System supporting the program, from the Forest Information System (SIF) to the Forest Management System (SGF).

The Aracruz Unit’s Forest Program, which accounts for 85.74% of Fibria’s forest partnerships, began to address a new type of enterprise: small scale farmers working in a consortium to plant eucalyptus and other crops. The 2,934 con- tracts with forest producers in the states of Espírito Santo, Bahia, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro,provided a total area of 78,982 hectares. It is an important regional development driver, whereby Fibria seeks to:

 Consolidate partnerships with producers so as to integrate local enterprise, environmental conservation and rural

development with the forest business.

 Encourage the well-planned occupation of rural areas;

 Respect local culture and encourage agroforestry systems which add value to the forest and other crops;  Promote environmental development by encouraging conservation.

In the other states where the company is active (SP, MS and RS), the company’s program to ensure supply of wood by third parties is the Forest Savings Program, whereby rural owners are encouraged to produce wood for Fibria, in long-term secured loan agreements, with supply of seedlings and purchase commitment at the end of the cultivation cyclewhich last seven years on average. Due to the good results of the program in terms of job creation and income generation Fibria has decided to adopt it in its new contracts to purchase wood from third parties. The Forest Savings Program will so be extended to the contracted areas in Espírito Santo and Bahia beginning 2012, aligning with the company’s certification principles.

The Forest Savings Program was firstly implemented in Rio Grande do Sul, starting in 2006, and since then has been intensified and expanded by Fibria. One of the benefits granted to the forest partners is the provision of technical sup- port for food production in first-year eucalyptus areas, when there is sufficient space to have a second early crop. In Rio Grande do Sul, the “From the Forest to the Table” project has been offering a certification seal to food produced in eucalyptus forest since 2010, with technical support from the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Company (Emater) and audit of the Agrifood Chain Product Quality Assessment Institute, in charge of certifying crops that are cultivated in a correct ecologically-friendly manner (further information provided in the chapter Agriforests, on page 135). In 2011, the project covered an area of 13.5 thousand hectares. The most successful crops so far have been wa- termelon, pumpkin and maize in the regions of Bagé, Candiota, Pelotas and Dom Pedrito.

The Forest Savings Program also has a social purpose, already in place in São Paulo and to be adopted in Espírito Santo and Bahia states. These guidelines are set by PRONAF (National Program for Strengthening of the Small-scale Farm Enterprise, of the Ministry of Agrarian Development) and by Fibria. The social purpose benefits families using their own manpower, with no more than two employees (a condition set by PRONAF), whose properties are not larger than 5 hectares of eucalyptus (in these cases, Fibria allows the farmer to sell wood in the market if the price is higher).

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Controlled wood – Approximately 85% of wood purchased from third parties in 2011 – including forest partners – came from producers in Espírito Santo and Bahia to supply the Aracruz Unit. The Controlled Wood (CW) program analyses documents asserting attendance to legal requirements and conducts field audits to confirm the origin of wood from suppliers that do not have certification.

Conduct Adjustment Agreement (TAC) on reforesting in Bahia State – In December 2011, Fibria and Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A. signed a Conduct Adjustment Agreement (TAC) on the forest restoration of Legal Reserves, Permanent Preservation Areas and remainder of the Atlantic Forest which belong to rural properties owned by wood suppliers of both companies, in Bahia. The document signed with the Public Prosecution Service of the State of Bahia, the Public Prosecution Office of the Regional Environmental Justice of Teixeira de Freitas and the Atlantic Forest Central (NUMA) – Regional Office Costa das Baleias, forecasts the financing by Fibria and Suzano of the Arboreum Program of Conservation and Restoration of Environmental Diversity, which will take ten years. The Ecology and Forest Restoration Laboratory (LERF), linked to the Higher School of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz of the São Paulo University (ESALQ/USP), will provide technical support to the forest recovery actions, while the José Silveira Foundation will take care of the financial management of the program. The work will also be closely monitored by environmental certification entities IMAFLORA and SYSFLOR.

Fibria and Suzano will be responsible for funding forest restoration studies, preparation of planimetric plans (identi- fying the remainders of the Atlantic Forest, permanent preservation areas, legal reserve and plantation of eucalyp- tus) and creation of a Revegetation Plan, besides committing itself to providing seedlings to the owners of smaller areas (50 hectare areas will be provided with free seedlings, whilst 50 to 100 hectare areas will be provided with the necessary seedlings).

By signing these formal commitments to action, Fibria reaffirmed its suppliers’ alignment with the sustainability principles, thus directly contributing to regularizing the farms of its forest partners. One of the commitments under- taken by the company is to provide the State Institute of Environment and Hydric Resources (INEMA) the complete list of the forest partners’ and leased areas in Bahia by August 2012, including the name of the owner, location, total area, actual plantation area, Legal Reserve area, Permanent Preservation Area, number of Registration of the Legal Reserve (or proof of progress of the registration process) and proof of environmental registration. This data will be accompanied by satellite images of all the areas in question, which will be updated every three years for assessment of the restoration progress.