A Green Deal for El Salvador : Forest-Based Green Infrastructure for Income and Services
This El Salvador country forest note (CFN) presents a forward-looking business case for the World Bank to invest in forest management, conservation, and restoration (FMCR) in El Salvador. The CFN demonstrates why forest resources (trees, soil, wate...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/425961608699657816/A-Green-Deal-for-El-Salvador-Forest-Based-Green-Infrastructure-for-Income-and-Services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34984 |
| Summary: | This El Salvador country forest note
(CFN) presents a forward-looking business case for the World
Bank to invest in forest management, conservation, and
restoration (FMCR) in El Salvador. The CFN demonstrates why
forest resources (trees, soil, water) are important for
economic development, poverty reduction, and sustainability
in El Salvador, especially their importance as suppliers of
public goods, such as environmental protection and ecosystem
services. It explains what the factors driving forest loss
in El Salvador are and the barriers that prevent forests
from attaining their full potential. It outlines how FMCR
interventions can take advantage of opportunities and
contribute to nature-based income and services, key actions
needed for achieving these goals, and how these actions may
be incorporated into the World Bank’s assistance programs.
The document is structured as follows. The first part lays
out the context of El Salvador’s forests including the
legal and institutional framework, incentive programs, and
the country’s international commitments regarding forests.
The next section discusses the contributions of forests to
the national economy and existing threats, challenges, and
opportunities for maintaining or increasing forest-based
green infrastructure, ecosystem services, and the production
of timber and non-timber forest products (NTFPs). The
document ends with sections dedicated to a schematic
description of how interventions may be packaged, a summary
of key actions, and the relationship of these actions with
the World Bank’s engagement and existing projects. |
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