World Bank2021-01-082021-01-082020-12-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/34988Endowed 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.CC BY 3.0 IGONATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTFOREST MANAGEMENTDEFORESTATIONINSTITUTIONSPLANTATION FORESTRYSUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTINCLUSIVE GROWTHReportWorld Bank10.1596/34988