Rio de Janeiro – The value of forest extraction and silviculture in Brazil in 2015 was BRL 18.4 billion (USD 5.8 billion), down from BRL 19.2 billion (USD 6.1 billion) in 2014. The numbers are from the survey 2015 Produção da Extração Vegetal e Silvicultura (Pevs), released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) this Thursday (27).
The figures show that silviculture, an activity directly tied to forest regeneration and planting, accounted for 74.3% of total production value, or BRL 13.7 billion (USD 4.3 billion). Forest extraction (collection of products in native forests and woods) accounted for 25.7% (BRL 4.7 billion, or USD 1.5 billion).
Despite dropping slightly in 2015 from 2014, Brazil’s forestry industry, especially in planted woods, has grown into “a prominent role within the national scenario.”
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
