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On the way to restore Guatemala’s degraded lands: Creating governance conditions

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  • Sales, Ebal
  • Rodas, Ogden
  • Valenzuela, Oscar
  • Hillbrand, Anique
  • Sabogal, César

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Guatemala is a megadiverse country but its ecosystems have been constantly threatened by stress factors. During the 1991–2001 period, the country experienced a forest loss of 93,127ha/year. This situation prompted the Government to set a target to restore 1.2millionha of degraded land by 2045 and approved in 2015 a National Strategy for Forest Landscape Restoration. Findings show that the combination of a platform for dialogue and a legal framework (PROBOSQUE Law) to support restoration work on the ground has proved to be very important for the implementation of the National Strategy. Another key factor was the three-level approach that combined implementation activities at national, regional and local levels.

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  • Sales, Ebal & Rodas, Ogden & Valenzuela, Oscar & Hillbrand, Anique & Sabogal, César, 2016. "On the way to restore Guatemala’s degraded lands: Creating governance conditions," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 4(C), pages 16-18.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:wodepe:v:4:y:2016:i:c:p:16-18
    DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2016.11.010
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    1. Zinda, John Aloysius & Zhang, Zhiming, 2019. "Explaining heterogeneous afforestation outcomes: How community officials and households mediate tree cover change in China," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 385-398.

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