What care does Aracruz take when it applies its agricultural defenses?
Aracruz uses individual protection equipment (IPE), such as boots, gloves, helmets, masks and aprons, both for its own as well as outsourced workers. The care evidenced by the Company is extended to participants in the Forestry Partners Program, who also are given technical orientation. The use of agricultural defenses to control pests and diseases is carried out in a curative manner when the use of luminous traps, biological controls and other resources do not prove to be effective. Pest control takes into account the solution to the problem and the future of the agricultural ecosystem. In order to avoid or minimize environmental impacts, Aracruz makes use of modern concepts regarding the use of agro-chemicals and forest management. The use of agrochemicals to control pests and disease is carried out in a curative fashion only when the use of luminous traps, biological control and other resources are not effective. Pest control takes into account the solution to the problem and the su
