Jabuti em medida provisória enfraquece a proteção da Floresta Amazônica no Código Florestal

The document analyzes how 'jabuti' amendments to MP 901/2019 seek to lower the native vegetation coverage requirement from 80% to 50% in Roraima and Amapá by easing the conditions for Legal Reserve reductions and including non-environmental areas in the 65% territory threshold. It also warns that a proposal to reduce over 4,000 hectares of the Roraima National Forest is unconstitutional based on STF precedent.

• The proposed amendment to the Forest Code (specifically the addition of §5º-A to art. 12) would allow the state governments of Roraima and Amapá to reduce native vegetation coverage on rural properties to 50%. This change removes the requirement to consult the State Environmental Council and changes the conditions for reduction from cumulative to alternative: states would only need either an approved Ecological-Economic Zoning (ZEE) or more than 65% of their territory occupied by specific protected areas.
• The amendment expands the types of land that count toward the 65% territory threshold required for Legal Reserve reductions. In addition to public nature conservation units and ratified indigenous lands, it would now include military lands, federal highway perimeters, and other areas instituted by the Union. This change could enable Roraima to meet the requirements for the exception, as it is one of only two states in the Legal Amazon without an approved ZEE.
• Another amendment in the conversion bill proposes reducing more than 4,000 hectares of the Roraima National Forest. The document asserts this is unconstitutional because the Supreme Federal Court (STF) has already ruled in ADI 4717 that reducing preserved areas via provisional measure is not permitted.

APA

Chiavari, J., de Araújo, J. N., & Lopes, C. L. (2020). Jabuti em medida provisória enfraquece a proteção da Floresta Amazônica no Código Florestal. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NT-Jabuti-medida-provisoria-enfraquece-protecao-Floresta-Amazonica-Codigo-Florestal.pdf

Chicago

Chiavari, Joana, Julia Nardi de Araújo, and Cristina Leme Lopes. Jabuti em medida provisória enfraquece a proteção da Floresta Amazônica no Código Florestal. Climate Policy Initiative, 2020. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NT-Jabuti-medida-provisoria-enfraquece-protecao-Floresta-Amazonica-Codigo-Florestal.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{chiavari2020jabuti, author = {Chiavari, Joana and de Araújo, Julia Nardi and Lopes, Cristina Leme}, title = {{Jabuti em medida provisória enfraquece a proteção da Floresta Amazônica no Código Florestal}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2020}, month = feb, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NT-Jabuti-medida-provisoria-enfraquece-protecao-Floresta-Amazonica-Codigo-Florestal.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }