Paraguay

Evaluation summary: Combined financial and technical co-operation project for a National Resource Protection Strategy in Paraguay (ENAPRENA)

The degradation of Paraguay's natural resources is proceeding almost unchecked. High levels of forest clearance and unadapted forms of land use are reducing the ecological, social and economic value of these resources. Meanwhile some 80% of smallholders are already living below the poverty line. There is a lack of a national strategy for resource protection and sustainable use of natural resources. Authoritarian approaches, a tendency