Since the nineteens, Uruguayan native forests have been protected by law and their utilization reduced to some scarce traditional uses if not literally left untouched in many cases. However, in the last years, discussions raised around the ecological significance and the socio-economic future of this natural patrimony and a new national strategy was designed with a quite wide stakeholders participation. In parallel, as part of a national prospective study, the government conducted a bioeconomy study, applied to both planted and native forests.

As a traditional livestock country, Uruguay is still an emergent forestry country despite the commercial plantations boom of the nineteens, based on exotic fast growing species. There is a scarce experience on the conservation, domestication and breeding of native forest species in the country and this situation has a negative impact on the establishment of agroforestry systems and on the implementation of native forests conservation and restauration actions.

Herramientas tecnológicas para optimizar el manejo del riego en arroz: G. Carracelas. Use of drone and satellite remote sensing in irrigated rice production:John Hornbuckle.