RAIZ expertise in consultancy has been used in the following areas:

• Soil and Climate Characterization as support to the Forestry Project
• Preparing fertilization plans for partner companies
• Recovering degraded stands
• Implementing insect capture campaigns in pest control programs
• 2nd Rotation forestry
• Clonal recommendation and allocation, with expected productivity estimates
• Monitoring of nutritional status of stands
• Genetic variability estimates based on molecular markers
• Clonal identity certification (fingerprinting)
• Quality control in vegetative propagation
• Support to the Forest Certification
• Industrial process conditions and performance of equipment for E. globulus wood kraft cooking and bleaching
• Alternative product quality processes and environmental impact
• Estimation of paper potential of E. globulus pulp
• Advanced instruments of environmental management - Life cycle Assessment and Carbon Balance

RAIZ laboratories are equipped for a number of activities:

• Characterization of raw materials for pulp production (final and intermediary products) - NIR, FTIR, GC-MS, ICP
• Solid residue characterization in the pulp industry
• Wood, paper and fiber characterization
• Chemical analyses
• Soil and plant material analyses
• Pilot production, refining and bleaching trials
• DNA and RNA extraction
• Molecular analyses with RFLP, RAPD, AFLP, ISSR, SSR and SSCP