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Guatemalan forests face a major set of challenges: sustained deforestation,Ìýpersistent management issues, a weak forest sector economy and anÌýunsustainable dependence on fuelwood. To help address these issues, theÌýGuatemalan government programme of payment for environmental servicesÌý(PES) is credited with reforesting over 112,000 hectares of land. This programmeÌýhas created a vision toward a dramatic expansion of incentives to encourageÌýrestoration on a much larger scale.Ìý

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ and partners helped support the design of a forest law,ÌýPROBOSQUES, which establishes an incentive programme providing at leastÌýUS$ 39 million per year in government funding for reforestation, restorationÌýandÌýsustainable forest management over the next 30 years. They alsoÌýfacilitated the development of a national strategy on forest landscape restoration (FLR), whichÌýcommits the government to restore 1.2 million hectares of degraded land. Farmers in the LachuaÌýecoregion were also supported in the development of high-value, cocoa-based agroforestryÌýsystems. These systems are not only boosting incomes and creating jobs as GuatemalaÌýestablishes itself in the global chocolate market, but are also demonstrating that tree plantingÌýmakes good business sense for farmers.

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