COTOPAXI, been aware of limited forest resources, started in 1978 a pine plantation program along with its industrial operations, thereby ensuring sustainability of its business.

Nursery / Plant Sale

San Joaquin Nursery, company owned, has an annual production capacity of 6 million plants, supplies our needs for the establishment of plantations on private lands and under the agreement, plus offers plants for sale.

In this nursery genetic material using the best individuals in our plantings and seeds from our gardens and the best sources from Chile, Zimbabwe and New Zealand mainly.

A breed with excellent characteristics for plantation establishment is achieved by our condition controlled production process at all stages.

Whether you want to purchase pine plants please contact us.

Plantations

Our pine plantations (mainly Pinus radiata and Pinus patula) are set to land suitable for forestry with a number of trees per hectare according to site conditions (soil, climate, topography), which guarantee healthy growth and, under proper plantation management, we obtain good quality timber in a rotation cycle varying between 16 and 24 years.

The plantation management is performed to achieve a better quality and greater growth. For this purpose the following activities are performed

- Land preparation

- Plantation establishment
- Post planting control
- Pruning
- Thinning (thinning)
- Pests and diseases control
- Wildfire prevention
- Harvesting

Pine has proven well adapted to forest soils of the Ecuadorian highlands, being a viable alternative raw material for the timber industry.

Wildland Agreements

COTOPAXI, convinced that Ecuador should become a forest country, has set up a program that assists and promotes afforestation and reforestation on land suitable for forestry.

This program will encourage agreement subscriptions between the company and the owners of the land within a participatory partnership with the option to be secured by a trust. In this modality, the owner decides how much involvement wants to have in the agreement according the investment made during the development of the plantation. The owner's investment can go from providing land to the total cost of planting. On its SIDE COTOPAXI will provide, at least, plants and expertise for the establishment and management during the life of the plantation.

The owner may also choose to receive profitability on investment with different maturities, thereby shortening the return.

Dare to be part of our forest world, seeding your future and your next generations with an investment profitability guaranteed that cares for the environment.

If you have land for afforestation please contact us

Supply the industry

COTOPAXI industrial plant has different sources of supply:

Own plantations, from the origin of the company, we considered the sustainable supply chain our industrial plant. For over 30 years we have grown our own plantings for the supply of raw materials to industry. That is why today we have 11 000 hectares of plantings that are part of our supply chain and confirm our commitment to a Sustainable Forest Ecuador.

Purchased plantations and timber suppliers. As a company policy, COTOPAXI reserves a portion of their supply chain to buy wood from third party plantings, fulfilling a key role in closing the forest business cycle, thus allowing other actors to be part of the business.

Thanks to its long-term vision, the company buys timber at competitive prices that leave a good profit to the owner of the crop and all actors in the supply chain.

If you are interested in being part of our suppliers contact us.

Research and Breeding

More than 25 years ago COTOPAXI, along with the establishment of its plantations, launched several research programs through studies and trials have allowed us to define aspects such as: planting densities depending on the location and purpose of crop management regimes to ensure higher yield of the plantation, diversification of plantations based on the introduction of other species, management of natural regeneration, knowledge of pests, studies of flora and fauna, among others.

In order to optimize the forest resource, along with the best forestry practices, COTOPAXI develops a breeding program based on a selection of the best trees from which we obtain the necessary seeds for future plantings, for which the program includes activities such as:

- 5 seed orchard seed (3 of them for Pinus radiata and 2 for of Pinus patula )
- 1 Clonal Seed Orchard
- 1 provenance test of Pinus Muricata

104 Plus trees, is being established from progeny tests of these same trees plus.

- 4 Test Adaptation of species including 16 provenances of pine, plus: Cupressus, eucalyptus, acacia and casuarina assign.
- 1 seed producing area.