Coordenação Estratégica para o Combate ao Desmatamento na Amazônia

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon biome from 2012 to 2021, categorizing forest loss by land tenure to identify priority areas for federal and state government intervention.

• Between 2012 and 2021, deforestation in the Amazon biome was concentrated primarily in federal public lands and private lands, which accounted for 45% and 28% of the deforested area, respectively, totaling over 55,000 km².
• Deforestation in federal public lands is heavily concentrated in rural settlements, which accounted for 54% of the loss in this category between 2012 and 2021, with nearly 45% of that loss occurring in the state of Pará.
• Federal public forests without a specific designation are highly vulnerable to illegal occupation; nearly 80% of these 101,700 km² are registered as private properties in the SICAR system, and these occupied areas accounted for 91% of the deforestation in this category from 2012 to 2021.
• Deforestation in areas without land tenure information represented 21% of total forest loss between 2012 and 2021, with a marked acceleration starting in 2019. Nearly half of this loss occurred in areas registered exclusively in the SICAR system.
• Private lands are critical targets for intervention, with cumulative forest loss by 2021 reaching 67% for small properties, 45% for medium properties, and 33% for large properties.
• The report identifies three priority action fronts: the federal government should focus on rural settlements; state governments should prioritize the implementation of the Forest Code in private areas; and both levels of government must coordinate to organize territories in public areas without designation or land information.
• Five states—Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, and Rondônia—were responsible for 95% of the deforested area within the Amazon biome between 2012 and 2021.

APA

Gandour, C., & Mourão, J. (2022). Coordenação Estratégica para o Combate ao Desmatamento na Amazônia. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/INS_Coordenacao-Estrategica-para-o-Combate-ao-Desmatamento.pdf

Chicago

Gandour, Clarissa, and João Mourão. Coordenação Estratégica para o Combate ao Desmatamento na Amazônia. Climate Policy Initiative, 2022. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/INS_Coordenacao-Estrategica-para-o-Combate-ao-Desmatamento.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{gandour2022coordenao, author = {Gandour, Clarissa and Mourão, João}, title = {{Coordenação Estratégica para o Combate ao Desmatamento na Amazônia}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2022}, month = dec, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/INS_Coordenacao-Estrategica-para-o-Combate-ao-Desmatamento.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }