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37 MARN, Boletín Estadístico Forestal, No. 2, Año 1998 (Caracas, Venezuela:MARN, 1999), p. 103. The harvesting of Euterpe oleracea occurs on concessionsallocated by the Ministry of Environment to five nationally-owned companies.We were unable to document the potential for regeneration given currentextraction rates and practices, nor did we find documentation of theimpacts of palm harvesting on plant and animal species that depend on thisspecies for their survival, which are important elements to guarantee the sustainableharvesting of this species.38 R.J. Cabrera, “Problemática de la Cacería Furtiva de Aves Canora y de Ornato enTerritorio Federal Amazonas,” in Memorias: 62 Reunión de la Comisión deSupervivencia de Especies de la UICN (Caracas, Venezuela, 1986); J. Ojasti, “ElUso, Valor, Manejo y Conservación de la Fauna Silvestre Amazónica,” InformeNacional de Venezuela (Santiago, Chile: Informe para la Oficina Regional de laFAO, 1995), p. 155.39 J. Rodríguez and F. Rojas-Suárez, Libro Rojo de la Fauna Venezolana 2d ed.(Caracas, Venezuela: Provita/Fundación Polar, 1999); S. Llamozas, R. Duno, R.Ortiz, R. Riina, O.Huber and F. Stauffer, Libro Rojo de la Flora Venezolana(Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Provita and Fundación Polar, inpress).40 C. Knab Vispo et al., “Observaciones sobre el uso de plantas por los Ye´kuana enel bajo Caura,” Scientia Guaianae 7 (1997): 215-257.41 For further information on how the decline in forest resources is affecting thePiaroa communities near Puerto Ayacucho, see M. Melnyk, “The Effects ofSedentarization on Agriculture and Forest Resources in Southern Venezuela,”Rural Development Forestry Network Paper 166 (London: ODI, Regent’sCollege, 1993).42 J. C. Centeno, Estrategia para el Desarrollo Forestal de Venezuela (Report commissionedby WRI, June 1995), p. 39-44.43 Consumption = Imports + Production – Exports. FAO. 2000. “ForestryStatistics.” Online at: http://www.fao.org/forestry/fo/database/dbase-e.stm(July 25, 2001).44 Ramiro Silva, Venezuelan forestry expert, personal communication, 22November, 2000.45 J. Ross-Jones, Sociedad Conservacionista Audubon de Venezuela, personalcommunication, June 24, 2001.46 Miranda et al., All That Glitters is Not Gold: Balancing Conservation andDevelopment in Venezuela’s Frontier Forests (Washington, DC: WRI, 1998), p.10.47 Margarita Polo, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, personal communication,March 2001.48 MARN, “Informe de la Situación Forestal de Venezuela,” Revista Seforven:Revista de la Dirección del Recurso Forestal No. 16 (October 2000), p. 9.49 MARN, Boletín Estadístico Forestal, No. 2, Año 1998 (Caracas, Venezuela:MARN, 1999), p. 47.77