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• Forest transport permits: Guías de transporte forestal are permits issued by the title holder of the land where the forest product is harvested. These are documents required to prove the legality of the product during transport from point of harvest to processing, or from processing to export or sale.• Permanent production forest: The 12.5% of Peru’s forests that are available for use–usually timber harvesting–via concessions and permits, enabling a significant economic utilisation of forest land. Some of the concessions overlap with historic indigenous lands.