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Paraguay receives the WWF Leaders For A Living Planet Award
August 30, 2006,
Asuncion, Paraguay – Thanks to stringent national legislation prohibiting the
transformation and conversion of forested areas in eastern Paraguay, massive
deforestation rates have been curbed. WWF has verified that deforestation rates
in the Upper Parana Atlantic Forest have been reduced in more than 85 per cent.
"At a time when governments are getting into the debate on the role of
deforestation in greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, Paraguay is
already setting an important precedent in tackling the problem," said Leonardo
Lacerda of WWF's Global Forests Programme, while presenting the Paraguayan
government with a WWF Leaders For A Living Planet Award for its environmental
achievements. "Paraguay provides an example and an inspiration for those
countries fighting against deforestation all around the world, and we hope that
governments of neighbouring countries, particularly Argentina, Bolivia and
Brazil, will follow with similar steps to sharply reduce the deforestation of
valuable natural habitats and the carbon emissions associated with them," added Lacerda.
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