Figures



Figure 01. Satellite imagery captures deforestation in Tamshiyacu, Peru between 1989 and 2014. Large scale deforestation first appears in cloud-free imagery from August 2013 (USGS Landsat 7,8 INPE. Sidney Novoa & Nick Cuba).

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Figure 02. Satellite imagery shows large scale deforestation and intensive agricultural activities on the lands of United Cacao’s related companies Plantaciones de Ucayali and Plantaciones de Pucallpa. Plantaciones de Ucayali is the plantation outlined in the southern part of the image, whereas Plantaciones de Pucallpa is toward the north (USGS Landsat 7,8 INPE. Sidney Novoa & Nick Cuba).

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Location

Company

Tamshiyacu Nueva Requena Nueva Requena

Cacao del Perú Norte Plantaciones de Ucayali Plantaciones de Pucallpa

TOTAL

Hectares Deforested (HA)

Commercial Timber per Hectare (m³/HA)

Cubic Meters of Commercial Timber as Standing Trees (m³)

Volume of Timber Measured in Olympicsized Pools

Waste Ratio from Standing Tree to Roundwood

Volume of Roundwood (m³)

Number of Trucks Necessary to Transport Roundwood

2,093.941

53.502

112,025.79

31.82

0.29

79,538.31

5,302.55

4,870.403

68.604

334,109.44

94.89

0.29

237,217.70

15,814.51

4,710.745

68.60

323,156.76

91.78

0.29

229,441.30

15,296.09

11,675.08

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769,291.99

218.48

-

546,197.32

36,413.15

Figure 03. Volume of timber removed from United Cacao’s plantations in Tamshiyacu and Nueva Requena based on the number of hectares deforested.



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USGS Landsat 7,8 INPE. Sidney Novoa & Nick Cuba National Institute on Natural Resources. (2004). Mapificacion y evaluacion del estudio forestal del bosque de produccion permanente del departamento de Loreto. According to the forest inventory produced by INRENA for the Loreto region, the Tamshiyacu area is expected to have 53.5 cubic meters of commercial timber per hectare of forest. The “commercial timber” term applies to trees with a minimum diameter of 30 centimeters. 3 USGS Landsat 7,8 INPE. Sidney Novoa & Nick Cuba 4 According to the forest inventory produced by INRENA for the Ucayali region, the Nueva Requena area is expected to have 68.60 cubic meters of commercial timber per hectare of forest. The “commercial timber” term applies to trees with a minimum diameter of 30 centimeters. National Institute on Natural Resources. (2004). Mapificacion y evaluación del estudio forestal del bosque de producción permanente del departamento de Loreto. 5 USGS Landsat 7,8 INPE. Sidney Novoa & Nick Cuba 2

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