Implementação do Código Florestal em Roraima: redução de reserva legal de 80% para 50% pode acelerar o desmatamento no estado

The report examines the implementation of the Brazilian Forest Code in Roraima, specifically the reduction of Legal Reserve requirements from 80% to 50% following the 2022 Ecological-Economic Zoning (ZEE-RR). It argues that this reduction, while legally permissible under certain conditions, acts as an 'invitation to deforestation' and risks setting a precedent for other Amazonian states like Amapá and Amazonas. The document highlights that approximately two million hectares in Roraima could lose legal protection, potentially releasing 267 million tonnes of carbon. It also notes that much of the state's public conservation units may lack the necessary land tenure regularization required by federal law to justify such a reduction.

• Roraima reduced the Legal Reserve requirement for forest areas from 80% to 50% through a series of legal actions in 2022, including the approval of the state's Ecological-Economic Zoning (ZEE-RR) and the creation of four new public conservation units to meet the 65% protected area threshold required by the Forest Code.
• The reduction of the Legal Reserve in Roraima could lead to the loss of legal protection for approximately two million hectares, which contain roughly 267 million tonnes of carbon.
• There is a legal discrepancy regarding the 65% protected area requirement; while Roraima claims to meet this on paper, federal law requires these units to be 'duly regularized' without land tenure issues, a condition that academic sources and TCU audits suggest is not met.
• Deforestation in Roraima is already predominantly illegal, with MapBiomas data showing 8,121 alerts covering 93,205 hectares between 2019 and 2022, of which only 12.3% was authorized.
• The policy shift in Roraima may influence other Amazonian states, specifically Amapá and Amazonas, to similarly reduce their Legal Reserve requirements, threatening millions of hectares of priority conservation forests.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2023). Implementação do Código Florestal em Roraima: redução de reserva legal de 80% para 50% pode acelerar o desmatamento no estado. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/publication/implementacao-do-codigo-florestal-em-roraima-reducao-de-reserva-legal-de-80-para-50-pode-acelerar-o-desmatamento-no-estado/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Implementação do Código Florestal em Roraima: redução de reserva legal de 80% para 50% pode acelerar o desmatamento no estado. 2023. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/publication/implementacao-do-codigo-florestal-em-roraima-reducao-de-reserva-legal-de-80-para-50-pode-acelerar-o-desmatamento-no-estado/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2023implementao, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Implementação do Código Florestal em Roraima: redução de reserva legal de 80\% para 50\% pode acelerar o desmatamento no estado}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2023}, month = jun, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/publication/implementacao-do-codigo-florestal-em-roraima-reducao-de-reserva-legal-de-80-para-50-pode-acelerar-o-desmatamento-no-estado/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }