Sumários. O Código Florestal pode ser finalmente implementado. E agora?

This briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and Agroicone discusses the legal status and implementation steps of the Brazilian Forest Code (Federal Law No. 12,651/2012) following a February 2018 Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruling. The document outlines the requirements for rural producers to achieve environmental regularization, the benefits available to those who deforested before July 22, 2008, and the critical deadlines for registration in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR).

• On February 28, 2018, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) concluded the judgment of four direct actions of unconstitutionality (ADINs), ruling that the Forest Code does not result in environmental regression, though it identified five specific points as unconstitutional.
• The STF upheld the July 22, 2008, cutoff date, allowing producers who deforested Permanent Preservation Areas (APP) and Legal Reserves (RL) before this date to access flexible regularization rules, including the suspension of fines upon joining a State Environmental Regularization Program (PRA) and signing a Commitment Term.
• Producers who deforested after July 22, 2008, are subject to stricter rules: they must fully restore the areas, immediately cease agricultural activities in those areas, and are not eligible for the suspension of fines or penalties.
• The STF modified the rules for Environmental Reserve Quotes (CRA), stipulating that compensation must occur in areas of the same "ecological identity" rather than simply within the same biome, a requirement the document notes creates legal uncertainty due to the lack of a legal definition for "ecological identity."
• The court established that intermittent springs and water eyes are considered Permanent Preservation Areas (APP), requiring producers with such features on their land to rectify their CAR declarations.
• Small rural properties (up to 4 fiscal modules) that deforested before July 22, 2008, are exempt from the requirement to recompose or compensate for Legal Reserve (RL) deficits.
• A critical deadline was set for May 31, 2018, for registration in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR); failure to register by this date disqualifies producers from the flexible regularization benefits for pre-2008 deforestation and makes rural credit conditional upon CAR registration.
• The implementation of the Forest Code is linked to Brazil's climate goals under the Paris Agreement, specifically the target to restore 12 million hectares and eliminate illegal deforestation.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2018). Sumários. O Código Florestal pode ser finalmente implementado. E agora? https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CPI_Agroicone_Sumarios_CodigoFlorestal_E_agora-1.pdf

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Sumários. O Código Florestal pode ser finalmente implementado. E agora? 2018. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CPI_Agroicone_Sumarios_CodigoFlorestal_E_agora-1.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2018sumrios, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Sumários. O Código Florestal pode ser finalmente implementado. E agora?}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2018}, month = mar, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CPI_Agroicone_Sumarios_CodigoFlorestal_E_agora-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }