Avaliação das pesquisas e inovações tecnológicas ocorridas na silvicultura e na produção industrial de celulose no Brasil

This paper aims to analyze the evolution of research and technologicalinnovations that have taken in forest and pulp industrial areas, and emphasizes theirpossible impacts on the competitiveness of the Brazilian pulp industry. First, primary andsecondary data are used to evaluate the main types of research and technologicalinnovations and, in sequence, it is evaluated the importance of technological innovations that have contributed to the expansion of the Brazilian pulp industry in the pulp worldmarket. Technological innovations in forest and industrial areas in the Brazilian pulpindustry have brought significant increases of forest and industrial productivities, leadingto reduction of pulp production cost. Consequently, profitability of the industry has beenenlarged, causing its expansion. Finally, the paper analyzes future challenges for theBrazilian pulp industry in relation to research and technological innovations able tomaintain its competitiveness internationally.