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Improving the economic value of Suriname’s rainforest

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Authors: Vanessa Simson

Suriname - 2011

Language: English

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Suriname’s land area is covered for 90 % with rainforest. Despite being such an abundant natural resource, the forest directly contributes only 0.6 % to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (unprocessed and roughly processed timber). The annual timber production stagnates around 200,000 m³, a fraction of the potential production which is estimated at around 1.275 million m³. All efforts of the government, the private sector and non-governmental organizations (NGO) to raise the timber production and processing have not succeeded. The vital question is: How can we increase the contribution of the forests to the GDP? TBI Suriname supported research by Vanessa Simson in completion of an MSc thesis in macro-economy education at the Institute for Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR) of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname. The research focused on possibilities to increase the contribution of the forest sector to the GDP.

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