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Affected Amazon

23/06/2024 Go to Evidence

26% of the forested Amazon has already been affected by the combination of deforestation and severe land degradation (Lesenfants et al., 2024).

El 26% de la Amazonía forestal ya ha sido afectada por la combinación de deforestación y degradación severa de la tierra (Lesenfants et al., 2024).

Lesenfants, Y., Mehl, A. V., Muggah, R., Aguirre, K., & Smith, P. (2024). Re-imagining bioeconomy for Amazonia. Inter-American Development Bank.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

23/06/2024 Go to Evidence

10.76% of the Amazon area in Brazil was deforested between 2001 and 2020, the highest rate among Amazonian countries (Lesenfants et al., 2024).

El 10.76% del área amazónica en Brasil fue deforestada entre 2001 y 2020, la tasa más alta entre los países amazónicos (Lesenfants et al., 2024).

Lesenfants, Y., Mehl, A. V., Muggah, R., Aguirre, K., & Smith, P. (2024). Re-imagining bioeconomy for Amazonia. Inter-American Development Bank.

Brazil and Amazonia

23/06/2024 Go to Evidence

63% of the total area of ​​the Amazon is located in Brazil, being the country with the largest portion of this biome (Lesenfants et al., 2024).

El 63% del área total de la Amazonía se encuentra en Brasil, siendo el país con la mayor porción de este bioma (Lesenfants et al., 2024).

Lesenfants, Y., Mehl, A. V., Muggah, R., Aguirre, K., & Smith, P. (2024). Re-imagining bioeconomy for Amazonia. Inter-American Development Bank.

Amazonia in the Global Bioeconomy Marketplace

23/06/2024 Go to Evidence

0.17% of the global bioeconomy market, estimated at USD 7.7 billion by 2030, would be received by the Amazonian countries (Lesenfants et al., 2024).

Los países amazónicos recibirían colectivamente solo el 0.17% del valor total potencial del mercado global de bioeconomía, estimado en US$7.7 trillones para 2030 (Lesenfants et al., 2024).

Lesenfants, Y., Mehl, A. V., Muggah, R., Aguirre, K., & Smith, P. (2024). Re-imagining bioeconomy for Amazonia. Inter-American Development Bank.

Population of the Amazon region

23/06/2024 Go to Evidence

The 8 Amazonian countries are home to more than 40 million residents in the region, underscoring the importance of developing a bioeconomy that benefits this significant population (Lesenfants et al., 2024).

Los 8 países amazónicos albergan a más de 40 millones de residentes en la región (Lesenfants et al., 2024).

Lesenfants, Y., Mehl, A. V., Muggah, R., Aguirre, K., & Smith, P. (2024). Re-imagining bioeconomy for Amazonia. Inter-American Development Bank.

Zero Tariffs in the Caribbean

14/03/2024 Go to Evidence

Nearly 70% of the tariff universe of agri-food products enjoys a preferential tariff of zero in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago (FAO and IDB, 2024).

FAO y BID (2024)

FAO y BID. 2024. Oportunidades y desafíos del comercio agroalimentario entre los países del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana y la Comunidad del Caribe .

GuyMIS Maps 21,354 Hectares of Mangroves

GuyMIS reports 21,354 hectares of mangrove extent in Guyana in 2020, including 12,142 hectares of losses and 4,845 hectares of gains between 2015 and 2020. The system also records 32 restoration projects implemented between 2010 and 2020, including 19 seedling plantations and 13 green-grey infrastructure projects.

Agricultural impact of flooding in Guyana

29/09/2023 Go to Evidence

74,000 acres of agricultural land and more than 20,000 farmers were affected by severe flooding in Guyana in May 2021 (Shynkarenko, 2023).

Shynkarenko, 2023

Shynkarenko.2023. Estudio de viabilidad de seguros agrícolas en el Caribe. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1590-estudio-de-viabilidad-de-seguros-agricolas-en-el-caribe

Catastrophic flooding in Guyana

29/09/2023 Go to Evidence

39% of the population of Georgetown, Guyana, was affected by the January 2005 floods, with damages of US$500 million, including US$52.6 million in the agricultural sector (Shynkarenko, 2023).

Shynkarenko, 2023

Shynkarenko.2023. Estudio de viabilidad de seguros agrícolas en el Caribe. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1590-estudio-de-viabilidad-de-seguros-agricolas-en-el-caribe

Guyana gained 1,276 net ha of mangroves

1,276 hectares was the net gain in mangrove cover recorded in Guyana between 2022 and 2023. Region 6 gained 1,642 hectares, while Region 1 recorded a net loss of 805 hectares.

National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute [NAREI], 2023, p. 35

National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute. (2023). Annual report 2023.