Oportunidades e desafios para a reposição florestal na Amazônia e no Cerrado

The report analyzes forest replacement policies in the Amazon and Cerrado, arguing that current regulations are outdated because they treat forests as biomass stocks for market supply rather than ecological systems. It highlights that while financial mechanisms like replacement fees exist, funds are rarely directed toward actual restoration. The document specifically criticizes a 2022 law in Goiás for creating exemptions that undermine environmental compensation for agribusiness.

• Forest replacement in most Amazon and Cerrado states is still based on an outdated logic of supplying forest products to the consumer market, focusing on biomass volume rather than ecological value. This approach allows for the planting of exotic species and requires restoration of areas significantly smaller than those deforested.
• Financial resources collected through forest replacement fees are generally not used for forest restoration projects due to flawed regulations and a lack of transparency. In states like Goiás, Maranhão, and Pará, these funds are not linked to restoration activities, while in Minas Gerais, despite collecting over 30 million reais in 2022 and 12 million reais between January and July 2023, no expenditures for reforestation programs were identified in transparency portals.
• Current federal and state metrics for forest replacement are ecologically insufficient. For every hectare deforested, regulations may only require restoring one-third of the area in the Amazon and one-fifth in the Cerrado.
• The 2022 regulation in Goiás (Law No. 21.231/2022) is described as a significant environmental setback because it exempts agriculture, livestock, and forestry activities—the sectors with the highest impact on land use—from the obligation of forest compensation.
• There is significant resistance among state governments in the Amazon and Cerrado to shift toward a paradigm of 'no net loss of habitat' and ecological equivalence. Amazonian states often argue that the 80% Legal Reserve requirement makes further compensation unnecessary, while states in the Matopiba region (Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí, and Bahia) continue to view the mechanism as a way to ensure raw material supply.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2023). Oportunidades e desafios para a reposição florestal na Amazônia e no Cerrado. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/publication/oportunidades-e-desafios-para-a-reposicao-florestal-na-amazonia-e-no-cerrado/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Oportunidades e desafios para a reposição florestal na Amazônia e no Cerrado. 2023. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/publication/oportunidades-e-desafios-para-a-reposicao-florestal-na-amazonia-e-no-cerrado/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2023oportunidades, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Oportunidades e desafios para a reposição florestal na Amazônia e no Cerrado}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2023}, month = aug, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/publication/oportunidades-e-desafios-para-a-reposicao-florestal-na-amazonia-e-no-cerrado/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }