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Foreword
Acknowledgements
Executive summary
1.1 Background
1.2 Objectives of the study
2.1 Brief
socio-economic panorama of Belize
2.2
Total population
2.3 Gross domestic
product (GDP)
2.4 Poverty
incidence
2.5
Employment
2.6 Conclusions on
the tendencies and current situation of the macro environment
3 Tendencies during the last few years and the current situation of the forest sector
3.1
Importance of the forest sector at the economic, environmental and social levels
3.2 Tendencies in recent years
3.3 Conclusions on the tendencies and
current situation of the forest sector
4 Driving forces affecting the forest sector
4.1
Sectoral factors that influence the development of the forest sector
4.2 Extrasectoral factors that
influence the development of the forest sector
4.3 Conclusions on the driving forces
that affect the forest sector
5 Scenarios for the development of the forest sector in Belize
5.1
Premises
5.2 Construction
of the most probable scenario
5.3
Alternative scenarios
6 Priorities and strategies for the sustainable development of the forest sector