Municípios Prioritários: Reputação ou Fiscalização?

The report assesses the effectiveness of Brazil's 'Municípios Prioritários' (MPs) policy, which targeted municipalities with high deforestation rates for intensified monitoring and enforcement. The analysis finds that the policy significantly reduced deforestation in the Amazon, primarily through increased law enforcement and fines, without negatively impacting regional agricultural production or economic activity.

• The 'Municípios Prioritários' (MPs) policy prevented 11,359 km² of deforestation in the Amazon between 2008 and 2011. This resulted in total observed deforestation of 20,689 km², which was 35% lower than it would have been without the policy.
• The primary mechanism for reducing deforestation was the increase in law enforcement and inspection. Between 2008 and 2011, the policy led to 1,206 more fines being issued by Ibama than would have occurred otherwise, representing a 10% increase over the estimated 12,342 fines.
• The policy had no significant effect on economic variables, including agricultural GDP, agricultural production, or the granting of rural credit. This suggests that combating deforestation in the Amazon does not necessarily hinder agricultural production.
• The case of Paragominas in Pará demonstrates the policy's potential; after engaging in a pact to zero deforestation and improving land titles via the Cadastro Ambiental Rural (CAR), its deforestation rates dropped from 64.1 km² in 2007/2008 to 18.2 km² in 2011/2012, leading to its removal from the priority list in 2013.
• The report concludes that while 'command and control' policies are effective for protection, simply placing municipalities on a 'bad reputation' list is insufficient to change economic behavior; direct actions affecting economic variables are required for that purpose.

APA

Rocha, J. A. R. (2014). Municípios Prioritários: Reputação ou Fiscalização? Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Municípios-Prioritários-Reputação-ou-Fiscalização_-Sumário-Executivo.pdf

Chicago

Rocha, Juliano Assunção Romero. Municípios Prioritários: Reputação ou Fiscalização? Climate Policy Initiative, 2014. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Municípios-Prioritários-Reputação-ou-Fiscalização_-Sumário-Executivo.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rocha2014municpios, author = {Rocha, Juliano Assunção Romero}, title = {{Municípios Prioritários: Reputação ou Fiscalização?}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2014}, month = aug, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Municípios-Prioritários-Reputação-ou-Fiscalização_-Sumário-Executivo.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }