Ecuador, which lost more of its forest cover than any other nation in South America in the 1990s, is developing a 20-year plan to work with the private sector to plant new trees and protect old forest. Environment Minister Cesar Narvaez said he expected the $800 million program would reduce the pace of deforestation by at least 30 percent by planting trees to replace lost acreage and produce timber to keep loggers away from pristine woods. "The pressure on native forest is going to quickly diminish. We want to get out of this negative situation, out of the red," Narvaez said.