Maderas del Orinoco planted more than 4 million Caribbean pine seedlings in Monagas and Anzoátegui

Published at: 15/08/2025 11:03 PM

The Ministry of Popular Power of Industries and National Production, through the state company Maderas del Orinoco (MDO), in order to preserve and strengthen the country's forest resources, planted more than four million Caribbean pine trees in 4,200 hectares of the Uverito Forest, located south of the Monagas and Anzoátegu i states, reaching 22,000 hectares planted in the last 5 years of planting.

“The plantation of this year 2025 is confirmation that we are moving forward in consolidating our objective of maintaining and strengthening the source of forest resources that is the forest of Uverito, but also of moving forward in the generation of value-added products such as sawn wood and chips for both the national and international markets,” explained Liseth Álvarez, president of MDO, in a note published on the company's website.

This year, 2,066 hectares were planted on forest land located in the Monagas state and an additional 2,121 hectares were planted in those located in the south of the Anzoátegui state, thus recovering more than double what was used for the industrial production of Orinoco Timber.

For the planting and planting plan, which began last January, more than 14 worker cooperatives from 57 communities surrounding the forest participated, generating more than 500 direct jobs and about 1,800 indirect jobs, which is positively transforming the local and regional economy by creating employment opportunities for surrounding communities.

This year, the company also offered its knowledge and experience in forest material in the reproduction of 6.5 million Acacia mangium seedlings that will be used in the remediation of soils degraded by mining in the state of Bolívar, in an initiative led by the Ministry of Popular Power for Ecological Mining Development.

“The experience of our staff in the mass reproduction of Caribbean pine was transferred to the reproduction of Acacia mangium, a species that has demonstrated great capacity to adapt to impoverished soils and that serves as a pioneering species for the reintroduction of native species,” Álvarez said.

Maderas del Orinoco materializes the First Economic Transformation by strengthening productive sovereignty through sustainable wood industrialization, reducing imports and generating employment.

At the same time, it embodies the Sixth Ecological Transformation of the Bolivarian Revolution, promoting a model of forest development that harmonizes production and conservation.

The 2025 plantation, framed in the Great Mother Earth Mission, demonstrates that economic independence and environmental justice are possible under the Venezuelan ecosocialist model, guaranteeing prosperity for the people while guaranteeing Venezuela's forestry future.