Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
89% of the analyzed VSS (8 out of 9) require producers to restore natural areas, excluding only Fairtrade which has it as recommended (Larrea et al., 2021).
33% of the analyzed VSS (3 out of 9) include specific criteria concerning reforestation: Rainforest Alliance, RSPO and ISCC (Larrea et al., 2021).
50,000 hectares are committed to restoring Panama, which will increase CO2eq absorption by 2.6 million tons annually by 2050, 10% more than the 1994-2017 average (National Government of the Republic of Panama, 2020).
65.40% of Panama's territory is covered by 4.93 million hectares of forest, placing it among the countries with the highest forest cover (Government of Panama, 2020).
15% of Brazil's territory occupies the Atlantic Forest, a critical biome with 35% of the country's plants and the most threatened (Da Silva R. F. F. B. et al., 2019).
6 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela) of the 17 most megadiverse countries in the world are in LAC.
7 of the world's 25 most critical places with high concentrations of endemic species are in LAC and are experiencing habitat loss (Jarvis et al. 2011).
100% of coffee agroforestry systems are found in buffer zones of protected areas and inside the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor in Costa Rica (Bosselmann, 2008).
100% of the shaded coffee plantations abandoned during the crisis were invaded and converted to intensively managed, short-term crops, treeless pastures or urban sprawl (Bosselmann, 2008).
100% of the PES program in Costa Rica includes four categories: biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration, watershed protection and scenic beauty (Bosselmann, 2008).
