The Acre, Brazil, government opened a joint public-private sawmill facility. The new plant is located in Cruzeiro do Sul municipality and cost around R$ 6.5 million ($3 million). At full capacity the mill will be capable of processing 80,000 cubic metres of wood per year and will provide jobs for 350 workers.
ByLesprom Network
Apr 22, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. The Acre, Brazil, government opened
a joint public-private sawmill facility. The new plant is located in Cruzeiro do
Sul municipality and cost around R$ 6.5 million ($3 million). At full capacity
the mill will be capable of processing 80,000 cubic metres of wood per year and
will provide jobs for 350 workers, ITTO reported.
Initially logs will
be sourced from the Havaí Forest Settlement Project (PAF-Havaí), located in the
municipalities of Rodrigues Alves and Mâncio Lima. About 80 families in the PAF
settlement have licenses to utilise plots for agriculture and logs will be
sourced from these areas when cleared.
The company
managing the new enterprise is Soar Forest of Juruá S/A in partnership with the
government, through the Business Agency of Acre (ANAC).
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