The official commented that thanks to new instruments that facilitate forest production, a more promising scenario is visualized, since recent regulations allow, for example, shipments of wood from plantations of exotic species, such as eucalyptus or pine, to impact this way in the growth of areas with forestry aptitude in the country, generating economic, social and environmental development.
Another incentive is the incorporation of the so-called forest flight as a real guarantee to improve credits, since it allows investors without their own properties to access credits as holders of the Real Right of Forest Surface.
The credit line for the sector, granted by the Development Finance Agency, through the National Development Bank, at an annual rate of 9.75% on balances, up to 12 years, adjusted to the forestry sector, is also part of the incentives for those who have the ability to pay for the repayment of the credit, either with future cash flows from the investment project itself and / or with the flow of its additional activity.
Regarding sustainable development, Goralewski mentioned that a forest exploitation indirectly provides 3.5 wages per hectare, in a period of 10 to 12 years, which is when the return on investment is perceived. “One hectare of eucalyptus also captures 8.8 tons of carbon per hectare; and if the initial investment is, for example, USD 2,500, the income at 10/12 years will be USD 12,500 per hectare ”, he specified.
It should be remembered that in terms of foreign exchange income during 2019, USD 102 million were obtained from the shipment of forest products, which represents the export of more than 135,000 tons, mainly coal and briquettes (75.21%), plywood (7, 1%) and sawn wood (5.53%), among the main ones.
underutilization. The official recalled that there are approximately 5 million hectares in the Eastern Region being underutilized with traditional livestock, which could be combined with forest production, since each hectare of eucalyptus helps mitigate the effects of climate change and, combined with livestock activity, could balance out methane emissions.
“Thus, social development will be generated by the roots of the people in the countryside; this is a very viable option area as a tool to promote sustainable development ”, he mentioned.
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