The objective of this study was to evaluate the importance of the forestry sector on the development of the State of Espírito Santo through its participation and impact multiplier on social and economical indicators such as the generation of production value, jobs and income, taxes and exchange value derived from the trade balance. The results showed the importance of the forest sector on the social and economical development of the State, in its contribution of indicators as well as on impact multipliers in the economy.
Forestry economy; multisector general economic equilibrium models; forestry planning
