Where does Brazil stand with the implementation of the Forest Code

The 2025 report on Brazil's Forest Code implementation reveals a significant increase in CAR registration validation, rising from 3.3% to 9% of the national database, driven largely by automation in states like São Paulo and Paraná. While federal governance of the SICAR system has improved through new intergovernmental coordination and the operationalization of Environmental Reserve Quotas (CRAs), progress remains uneven across regions. The Northern region shows limited progress, while the Southeast is the most advanced. A critical bottleneck remains the lack of verifiable land tenure information, with approximately 30% of registrations in Mato Grosso showing spatial overlaps. Implementation of the PRA remains limited, with a small number of Environmental Compliance Agreements (TCs) relative to the volume of properties requiring restoration.

• National CAR validation saw a substantial increase in 2025, with approximately 724,000 registrations validated, representing 9% of the national database, up from 3.3% the previous year.
• Automation and procedural changes in São Paulo and Mato Grosso have accelerated CAR analysis by eliminating the requirement for prior landowner approval and using high-resolution cartographic data for automatic corrections.
• Land tenure inconsistencies and spatial overlaps are major obstacles to CAR validation; in Mato Grosso, an estimated 30% of registrations have significant overlaps that prevent automatic validation.
• Federal governance of the National Rural Environmental Registry System (SICAR) improved in 2025 through a shared model involving the Ministry of Public Management and Innovation (MGI), the Brazilian Forest Service (SFB), and Dataprev.
• The Environmental Reserve Quota (CRA) instrument became fully operational in October 2025, with the first quotas issued in Private Natural Heritage Reserves (RPPNs) in Rio de Janeiro.
• Implementation of the Environmental Compliance Program (PRA) remains limited nationwide, with Mato Grosso leading in absolute terms with 3,229 signed Environmental Compliance Agreements (TCs).
• Regional disparities persist: the Southeast is the most advanced region, while no states in the Northern region made significant progress on Forest Code implementation in 2025.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2025). Where does Brazil stand with the implementation of the Forest Code. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/where-does-brazil-stand-with-the-implementation-of-the-forest-code-2025-edition/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Where does Brazil stand with the implementation of the Forest Code. 2025. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/where-does-brazil-stand-with-the-implementation-of-the-forest-code-2025-edition/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2025where, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Where does Brazil stand with the implementation of the Forest Code}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2025}, month = dec, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/where-does-brazil-stand-with-the-implementation-of-the-forest-code-2025-edition/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }