Navigator SA is a Portuguese company that owns and manages eucalyptus monocultures in order to produce paper from the wood. Every eight years, the eucalyptus trees are felled and transported to the Navigator Company’s factories in Setúbal and Matosinhos. The trees then grow back. Navigator and its predecessors Portucel and Soporcel have created an empire for themselves over the past 40 years. Around a tenth of Portugal’s 92,000 km² have been planted with eucalyptus monocultures. Portugal is far too small a country to be able to convert further areas. This is why the Navigator Company is also active in other …
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