RESUMO PARA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA CÓDIGO FLORESTAL E CRÉDITO RURAL: COMO APERFEIÇOAR A INTEGRAÇÃO DE DUAS IMPORTANTES POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS NO BRASIL

The Climate Policy Initiative and PUC-Rio propose that Brazil expand Rural Credit limits for producers who comply with the Forest Code or are formally regularizing their properties. This proposal aims to accelerate environmental compliance ahead of the government's 2018 plan, which only requires registration in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR). Drawing on examples from the EU's CAP and the US's Regional Conservation Partnership Program, and citing a 15% reduction in Amazon deforestation following a 2008 Central Bank resolution, the authors argue that redirecting existing subsidies is a viable way to treat forest conservation as a public good without requiring new Treasury funds.

• The Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and PUC-Rio propose that rural producers should have their credit limits expanded for every Rural Credit funding line if they are in compliance with the Forest Code (having no environmental liabilities) or have formally started the regularization process via the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA) or state legislation.
• The proposed credit limit expansion is presented as an improvement over the federal government's planned 2018 integration, which only requires registration in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) to access Rural Credit. The CPI/PUC-Rio proposal encourages producers to move beyond mere registration toward full environmental adequacy.
• The proposal is designed to be implemented immediately in 2017 within the Agricultural and Livestock Plan (PAP) and the National Program for Strengthening Family Agriculture (Pronaf) without requiring additional funds from the National Treasury, as it simply redirects existing subsidies toward producers committed to native vegetation protection.
• For the 2016-2017 crop year, the total announced resources for the PAP (R$ 202.88 billion) and Pronaf (R$ 30.0 billion) totaled R$ 232.88 billion, representing approximately 46% of the estimated Gross Agricultural Production Value for 2016 (R$ 504.4 billion).
• The document cites international precedents for linking public resources to environmental services, such as the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), where 73% of the budget consists of direct payments conditioned on forest conservation, soil maintenance, and biodiversity, with at least 30% being 'Green Payments' with stricter requirements.
• In the United States, the Regional Conservation Partnership Program utilizes public-private partnerships supported by the USDA to implement environmental projects through agreements between rural producers and partners including local governments, private companies, and NGOs.
• Historical data from Brazil indicates that using Rural Credit as an environmental tool is effective; Central Bank Resolution No. 3,545/2008, which conditioned credit in Amazon municipalities on environmental compliance, resulted in a 15% reduction in deforestation between 2008 and 2011, with R$ 2.9 billion in credit not being granted.

APA

Assunão, J., Pietracci, B., Souza, P., & Szerman, C. (2016). RESUMO PARA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA CÓDIGO FLORESTAL E CRÉDITO RURAL: COMO APERFEIÇOAR A INTEGRAÇÃO DE DUAS IMPORTANTES POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS NO BRASIL. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Codigo_Florestal_Credito_Rural_CPI.pdf

Chicago

Assunão, Juliano, Breno Pietracci, Priscila Souza, and Christiane Szerman. RESUMO PARA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA CÓDIGO FLORESTAL E CRÉDITO RURAL: COMO APERFEIÇOAR A INTEGRAÇÃO DE DUAS IMPORTANTES POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS NO BRASIL. Climate Policy Initiative, 2016. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Codigo_Florestal_Credito_Rural_CPI.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{assuno2016resumo, author = {Assunão, Juliano and Pietracci, Breno and Souza, Priscila and Szerman, Christiane}, title = {{RESUMO PARA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA CÓDIGO FLORESTAL E CRÉDITO RURAL: COMO APERFEIÇOAR A INTEGRAÇÃO DE DUAS IMPORTANTES POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS NO BRASIL}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2016}, month = jun, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Codigo_Florestal_Credito_Rural_CPI.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }