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

This technical briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative analyzes how Provisional Measure 901/2019 (MP 901/2019) and the resulting Conversion Law Project 31/2019 (PLV 31/2019) contain 'jabuti' amendments that weaken the Brazilian Forest Code's protections in the Amazon, specifically in Roraima and Amapá.

• Provisional Measure 901/2019, originally intended to transfer lands in Roraima and Amapá from the Union to state domains, includes a 'jabuti' amendment in PLV 31/2019 that seeks to weaken the protection of the Amazon Forest within the Forest Code.
• The proposed amendment to Article 12 of the Forest Code would allow the states of Roraima and Amapá to reduce native vegetation cover 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: the state would only need an approved Ecological-Economic Zoning (ZEE) 'or' more than 65% of its territory in public conservation units and homologated indigenous lands.
• The amendment expands the types of areas that count toward the 65% territory threshold to include federal highway perimeters, armed forces lands, and other Union-instituted areas. This change could enable Roraima to meet the requirements for the exception, as Amapá is currently the only state in the Legal Amazon with over 65% of its territory in public conservation units and homologated indigenous lands.
• PLV 31/2019 includes another 'jabuti' amendment aiming to reduce the Roraima National Forest by more than 4,000 hectares. The briefing asserts this is unconstitutional based on a Supreme Federal Court (STF) decision (ADI 4717) stating that reducing preserved areas via provisional measure is illegal.

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} }