The objective of this study was to evaluate the importance of the forest sector to the social and economical development of the State of Espírito Santo using impact multipliers on social and economical indicators. Analyzing data from 1999 it was observed that increases of 10% in forest production is enough to result in the generation of more than 1.363 formal job positions in the State, R$9,354 million in salaries, R$77,716 million in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and R$2 million in ICMS collection for the State, with approximately 90% of these values being generated within the forestry sector itself.
Forestry economy; forestry planning; social accounting matrix
