By Uma Lele, Virgilio M. Viana, Adalberto Verissimo, Stephen Vosti, Karin Perkins, Syed Arif Husain
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Page iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword vii Acknowledgments xi Acronyms xv Summary xix 1. Introduction 1 Scope of the Study 4 Organization of the Report 6 Part I: The Forests and Forest Sector in Brazil 7 2. How Much Forest is There? 7 The Amazon 7 The Atlantic Forest 8 Changes in Forest Cover 9 3. The Economic Importance of Brazil's Forests 13 Size of the Forest Sector 13 International Trade 14 4. Pressures on the Forests 17 Deforestation and Government Policies 19 Forest Regulation 20 Weak Institutional Environment and Enforcement 23 Logging 24 Agricultural Expansion 26 Smallholder Agriculture in the Western Amazon 27 Page iv Agriculture Expansion in Parana 35 Development 39 Forest Fires 43 Agricultural Credit 46 5.
1. 1. 1. 2. Deforested Areas along Major Road Networks in the Amazon 42 Page vii FOREWORD This case study is one of six evaluations of the implementation of the World Bank's 1991 Forest Strategy. This and the other cases (Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, India, and Indonesia) complement a review of the entire set of lending and nonlending activities of the World Bank Group (IBRD, IDA, IFC, and MIGA) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) that are pertinent to the Bank Group's implementation of the forest strategy.
Page xxv A recent evaluation of the PPG-7 by a blue-ribbon external panel concludes that while many interesting ideas have been piloted at the micro level (for example, in agroforestry, fire prevention, and certification), the PPG-7 had failed to articulate the strategic objectives of the program. The review criticized the program and the World Bank as its coordinator for its lack of an agreed pilot program strategy, weak program management, inability of the participants to address fundamental program issues, complex project design and financing plans, and slow coalition building with Brazil's civil society and private sector.