he National Forest Research Institute (inab) The report states that through the seventh allocation, the local economy received Q44,999,906.57 Forestry Incentive Program (Pinpep) for small-scale landowners in forestry or agroforestry and Probosque, corresponding to this year.
Herless Martínez, coordinator of the second initiative, said that the initiative promoted the establishment, maintenance and sustainable management of 2,871 projects, affecting 20,200 hectares of restored land and 3,200 beneficiary families. Martinez added that a total of approximately 436,000 working days were generated.
There are 4 most favored departments for the seventh delivery.
The departments that received the most incentives were the departments of Petén, Huehuetenango, Quiche and Alta Verapaz, especially in municipalities vulnerable to food insecurity, where 1,573 initiatives stood out and investments amounted to 21,055,637 Qatari Riyals. In addition, there were 2,181 schemes in poor and extremely poor jurisdictions, in which Q27,318,226 was injected.
“This work mainly benefits companies and associations representing community groups,” he stressed. Inab Forestry Development Director Mario Salazar said the agency will continue to provide direct support to families undertaking forestry projects.
Salazar said the clearing of 17,684 hectares of natural trees has been avoided and is being protected and produced. In addition, 1.04 million tons of carbon were sequestered in areas with incentives.