The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America

Degraded lands comprise over 20 percent of forest and agricultural lands in Latin America and the Caribbean, with 300 million hectares of forests degraded and 350 million hectares deforested. The document identifies land degradation as a major driver of regional greenhouse gas emissions and suggests landscape restoration as a solution to pressures from the growing agriculture and forestry sectors.

• In Latin America and the Caribbean, degraded lands—defined as those losing natural productivity due to human activity—make up more than 20 percent of agricultural and forest lands.
• The region contains approximately 300 million hectares of degraded forests and 350 million hectares of deforested land.
• Land degradation is a primary cause of greenhouse gas emissions in the region, while the expansion of forestry and agriculture sectors continues to pressure natural areas.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America. https://www.wri.org/data/infographic-economic-case-landscape-restoration-latin-america

Chicago

World Resources Institute. The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America. n.d. https://www.wri.org/data/infographic-economic-case-landscape-restoration-latin-america.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendeconomic, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/data/infographic-economic-case-landscape-restoration-latin-america}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }