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Table of Contents<br />

Foreword<br />

vii<br />

Acknowledgments<br />

xi<br />

Acronyms<br />

xv<br />

Summary<br />

xix<br />

1. Introduction 1<br />

Scope of the Study 4<br />

Organization of the <strong>Report</strong> 6<br />

PART I: THE FORESTS AND FOREST SECTOR IN BRAZIL 7<br />

2. How Much Forest is There? 7<br />

The Amazon 7<br />

The Atlantic Forest 8<br />

Changes in Forest Cover 9<br />

3. The Economic Importance of Brazil’s Forests 13<br />

Size of the Forest Sector 13<br />

International Trade 14<br />

4. Pressures on the Forests 17<br />

Deforestation and Government Policies 19<br />

Forest Regulation 20<br />

Weak Institutional Environment and Enforcement 23<br />

Logging 24<br />

Agricultural Expansion 26<br />

Smallholder Agriculture in the Western Amazon 27

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