Forestry concessions experience lower rates of forest loss than Protected Areas in Bolivia
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Many people think logging is a major cause of tropical deforestation, but in this blog post we show that expanding forestry concessions may actually be the best way of protecting the forest in Bolivia.
In 2016, about 5.6 million hectares of Bolivian forest were being used for timber production through long-term forestry concessions (see Map 1). The forestry concessions were located mainly in areas with Amazon rainforest (63%) and Chiquitano dry forest (31%).
Map 1: Forestry concessions in Bolivia, 2016 (5.6 million hectares)