[{"bbox": [120, 151, 1110, 205], "category": "Text", "text": "piloting silvo-pastoral models and promoting plantations that offset forest deficits and maintain forest connectivity."}, {"bbox": [120, 216, 1110, 324], "category": "Text", "text": "Hydropower binational entities are also extremely important. Paraguay is one of the world's largest net exporters of electric power. Paraguay's electricity generation is produced by 100% renewable energy sources with a power production capacity close to 60,000 GWh per year. The 14,000 MW Itaipú hydropower plant together with the 3,200 MW Yacyretá supply the National Interconnected System to meet electricity demand."}, {"bbox": [120, 335, 1110, 443], "category": "Text", "text": "Itaipú and Yacyretá are binational hydropower plants owned jointly with the governments of Brazil (Itaipú Binational) and Argentina (Yacyretá Binational Entity). They have both played a significant role in national and regional conservation strategies. To ensure water quantity and quality, Itaipú has created an environmental conservation area, planting more than 44 million trees."}, {"bbox": [120, 454, 1110, 562], "category": "Text", "text": "The protected areas now cover over 100,000 hectares, including reserves and wildlife refuges in both countries and the biological forest corridor that protects the reservoir. Recently, Itaipú became the first hydroelectric plant in the world to have its own protected areas and supporting landscapes which are now recognised by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve."}, {"bbox": [120, 573, 1110, 865], "category": "Text", "text": "There are numerous active Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) in the field of environment and climate change in Paraguay. The most important environmental NGOs are the Fundación Moisés Bertoni, the Asociación Guyra Paraguay, the Institute for Environmental Law and Economics (IDEA), the Red Paraguay de Conservación en Tierras Privadas, Sobrevivencia, Alter Vida, Environmental Management for Sustainable Development (GEAM), OPADES and Pro Cordillera San Rafael (PROCOSARA). Two recognised environmental international NGOs are established in Paraguay, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The members of IUCN in Paraguay are grouped in the IUCN's National Committee and there is also a network of NGOs known as ROAM (Red de ONGs Ambientalistas) which is part of POJOAJU (Red de Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil). In general, these NGOs have sufficient infrastructure, equipment and trained personnel to carry out their activities. Most of them, however, depend almost on financing from international organisations."}, {"bbox": [120, 876, 1110, 984], "category": "Text", "text": "They play significant a role in advocacy, research, training, project implementation and technical assistance both at national and local level. Conservation NGOs have also developed the skills to formulate and supervise the implementation of national conservation management plans and sustainable conservation best practices with National System of Protected Areas (SINASIP)."}, {"bbox": [120, 995, 1110, 1156], "category": "Text", "text": "In the last decade, NGOs have been using innovative financial mechanisms for conservation, such as the Debt-For-Nature Swap with the US, to create the Fondo para la Conservación de Bosques Tropicales (FCBT). The main national climate policy and technical discussion forums (finances, soybean, beef production and others) have been facilitated by the NGOs, and the foremost GEF conservation REDD+ projects together with international funds and endowments for biodiversity conservation have also been created and operationalised by the NGOs."}, {"bbox": [120, 1167, 1110, 1301], "category": "Text", "text": "The private sector, especially in agriculture and forestry, is also active. Organised in farmers cooperatives and business organisations, they advocate their interest for the use of land and water. The production coalitions have a more conventional food production approach, often associated with intensive agrochemical monocultures often leading to deforestation. However, they are slowly transitioning away from forest-encroaching, input-intensive monoculture systems into more sustainable farming systems."}, {"bbox": [120, 1312, 1110, 1446], "category": "Text", "text": "The Federación de Cooperativas de la Producción (FECOPROD) is a coalition of producers cooperatives lobbying for environmental and social standards (e.g., the Paraguayan Sustainable Beef Round table). The most articulated and noticeable groups are a) The Paraguay Federation of Wood Industries (FEPAMA), b) the Rural Association of Paraguayan Farmers and Ranchers (ARP); and c) the umbrella organisation Unión de Gremios, representing wood, livestock, and agriculture industries respectively."}, {"bbox": [120, 1457, 1110, 1591], "category": "Text", "text": "An increasing number of producers are moving towards climate smart agriculture and sustainable forest management practices on their farms, following incorporation of agro-silvo-pastoral systems. Forests' role in Paraguay's economy can increase and sustainable forestry approaches are starting to develop in certain districts. They can be scaled up with the participation of local communities and other relevant stakeholders. As much as 60% of forest-related economic activities is categorised as informal in Paraguay, representing a"}, {"bbox": [1003, 1680, 1121, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 27"}]