A Forest’s Worth : Policy Options for a Sustainable and Inclusive Forest Economy in Paraguay
Endowed with rich forest resources, Paraguay has lost a large portion of its native forest cover in recent decades, primarily owing to the rapid expansion of the agricultural frontier and, to a lesser extent, the extraction of fuelwood, which under...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/627201608179954710/A-Forest-s-Worth-Policy-options-for-a-sustainable-and-inclusive-forest-economy-in-Paraguay http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34988 |
| Summary: | Endowed with rich forest resources,
Paraguay has lost a large portion of its native forest cover
in recent decades, primarily owing to the rapid expansion of
the agricultural frontier and, to a lesser extent, the
extraction of fuelwood, which underpins the country’s energy
security. A forest plantation subsector is emerging, in part
to address the annual deficit of sustainably sourced biomass
of around 9 million cubic meters. |
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