Financing the SDGs in Guatemala

Partners: AECID, BID, BM, CATIE, FAO, GIZ, HELVETAS, IIED, ITTO, JICA, PNUD, UE, UICN, UK Space Agency, WWF.

DEFORESTATION PROBLEM

Source: cobertura 1950, IARNA/URL

Historical analysis

19506.97 millon ha.

20103.72 millon ha.

2006 to 2010 : Annual deforestation net rate 38,597 ha.

1991 to 2001 : Annual deforestation net rate 73,000 ha/yr

WHY?Land use change to agricultural and urban growth.

High demand for firewood.Illegal logging.

What we have done:PINFOR 1998 to 2016Goals: Promote sustainable forest

production. Incorporate land devoid of forest to

forestry. To generate a critical mass of forests

producing raw materials. Encourage the maintenance and

creation of forests to generate environmental services.

ImpactsInvested US $ 243 million in:• Establishment and management of

forest plantations,• Sustainable management of natural

forests, and• Forestry for environmental purposes 28.7 million jobs,4 million farmers (30% women).

PINPEP 2007-2042Goals: Participation of holders of small

tracts of land in the benefits of incentives.

Incorporate the modality of agroforestry systems.

Fostering gender equity. Generate employment in the rural

area. Fostering forest biodiversity.ImpactsInvested US$64.7 million in:• Establishment and management of

forest plantations and agroforestry systems.

• Management of natural forests for protection and production purposes

5.8 million jobs,192 thousand farmers (64% women).

PROBOSQUE 2017-2046Goals: NFM Protection: 375,000 ha. NFM Production: 125,000 ha. Plantations: 200.000 ha. (industrial),

100,000 ha. (energetic) AFS´s: 300,000 ha. Reforestation: 200,000 ha.

Expected impactsUSD 625.7 million invested20,000 Jobs / year7.5 million farmers (30% women).

What we will have to do:

Forestry industryNational Forestry Registry (RNF), • to 2015 registered 2,001 forestry companies:• 797 raw material processors (forest industries); 749 deposits of sawn

wood, firewood and coal; and• 455 export enterprises.

Technical Institute of Training and Productivity (Intecap): • 3,423 furniture manufacturing (89% micro-enterprises).• 50,000 jobs.

Forest industry

Guatemala's internal trade

Timber production (2015)

Native forests

400,972 m3 (18%)

Forest & agroforest plantations

1,735,875 m3 (78%)

Guatemala's foreing trade

PRINCIPALES MERCADOSPRINCIPAL MARKETS