PL nº 36/2021: anistia desmatamentos, cancela multas e suspende embargos

This briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes Bill PL nº 36/2021, which proposes substantial changes to the Brazilian Forest Code. The authors argue that the bill effectively dismantles the current legal framework by extending amnesty for illegal deforestation, suspending environmental fines and embargos, and weakening the validation process of the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR).

• PL nº 36/2021 proposes extending the temporal milestone for consolidated areas, which would allow the compensation of Legal Reserve areas illegally deforested between 2008 and 2020, effectively extending amnesty mechanisms by more than 14 years.
• The bill could result in the amnesty of approximately 35 billion reais in deforestation fines issued by Ibama between 2008 and 2020, with 92% of these fines originating from forest destruction in the Amazon.
• The legislation proposes a 'tacit homologation' of the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR), where data would be considered valid if states do not complete analysis within five years. This is viewed as a generalized amnesty for undeclared environmental liabilities, especially since only 2% of CARs in the country have had their analysis concluded after 10 years.
• The bill modifies the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA) by removing the national standardized deadline and making adherence dependent on a summons from the competent environmental agency. This could lead to an indefinite delay in environmental regularization as there are no sanctions for failing to respond to summons within 180 days.
• PL nº 36/2021 introduces several other flexibilities, including extending the 'pousio' (fallow) regime to 10 years, allowing exotic species like eucalyptus in Legal Reserve calculations, and reducing protections for Conservation Units by flexing the SNUC law.
• The bill establishes the prevalence of the Forest Code over all Brazilian biomes, which would impact the more restrictive special laws governing the Pampa, Pantanal, and Atlantic Forest.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2022). PL nº 36/2021: anistia desmatamentos, cancela multas e suspende embargos. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/publication/pl-no-36-2021-anistia-desmatamentos-cancela-multas-e-suspende-embargos/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. PL nº 36/2021: anistia desmatamentos, cancela multas e suspende embargos. 2022. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/publication/pl-no-36-2021-anistia-desmatamentos-cancela-multas-e-suspende-embargos/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2022362021, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{PL nº 36/2021: anistia desmatamentos, cancela multas e suspende embargos}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2022}, month = dec, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/publication/pl-no-36-2021-anistia-desmatamentos-cancela-multas-e-suspende-embargos/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }