the world's forests 
In South America, despite the low population density, it is unlikely that the rate of deforestation decrease
A new report on the future of the world's forests was published by FAO. The study is based on recent studies and perspectives newspapers forestry sector to examine the effects that could result in the woods outside factors such as demographic, economic, institutional and technological. Forestry Outlook for Latin America show that will be influenced by the pace of economic diversification and changes in the dependence on land. In South America, despite the low population density, it is unlikely that the slow pace of deforestation in the near future mainly by the change in land use to meet the global demand for food, feed and biofuels. Planted forests promoted by increased private investment and the continued global demand wood. It is unlikely that the pace of planting offset continued deforestation. Surface
The region of Latin America and the Caribbean contains 22% of global forest area. All South American countries recorded a net loss in forest area between 2000 and 2005, except Chile and Uruguay, which showed positive trends due to industrial plantation programs on a large scale. Between 1990 and 2005, the region lost almost 64 million hectares, up 7% of its forest area. More than a third of global deforestation between 2000 and 2005 occurred in this region. In percentage terms, Latin Central has one of the highest rates of annual deforestation in the world:> 1% in the period between 2000 and 2005. Plantations
The region of Latin America and the Caribbean represent only 5% of the world's planted forest area (12.5 mill ha), but the region is emerging as a leader in highly productive plantations. Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay have 78% of planted forests in the region. Industrial wood production is not significant in Central America or the Caribbean, but is increasing rapidly in South America, mainly due to investment in plantations in the Southern Cone. Planted forests will increase, fueled by private investment and the continued global demand for wood products, in particular by the emerging Asian economies. However, the increasing rate of planting will not be enough to offset the continuing deforestation. Natural Forests
The importance of natural forests in timber production is declining due to increased activity based forest plantations. Selective logging is the main objective of management of most of the concessions in the region, in which there is little attention to forestry and crop postharvest causing unregulated forest degradation. The multiple-use management of natural forests continues to be a complex problem. Turn would discourage private investment in the long term, and most of the farm will remain held by investors in the short term. Environmental Services
The consequences of deforestation in the forest services (biodiversity, water regulation, climate change mitigation and natural tourism) are the subject of much attention both for the region and the world. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are among the ten countries worldwide with more biodiversity, while the eastern slope of the Andes is the most biologically diverse area in the world. Ten Latin American countries with over 1 000 different tree species. The region also leads in the number of tree species considered endangered or vulnerable to extinction.
the region may benefit significantly by increased demand for environmental services provided by forests particularly carbon capture and storage. However, this requires a substantial improvement in policy and institutional frameworks. The prospects for maintaining and improving watershed also depend on changes of land use. No But the future looks bleak in light of the high rate of deforestation.
In short, it is unlikely that the pace of deforestation in South America to decline in the near future. Countries with a large amount of forest that are exploiting the growing worldwide demand for wood products and are following a path of rapid economic development will be difficult to decrease the rate of forest conversion. The provision of global public goods, such as carbon credits will help to some extent. However, has not yet created an effective mechanism to provide incentive to stop deforestation.
Source: FAO (2009) Status of the world's forests. Available
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