ÁREAS DE PRESERVAÇÃO PERMANENTE PODEM SER REDUZIDAS PELA METADE E AGRAVAR O DESMATAMENTO

This technical note by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes Bill (PL) No. 1709/2019, which proposes to reduce the width of Permanent Preservation Areas (APPs) along watercourses across Brazil. The authors warn that the bill's substitute text would halve the required protection widths, potentially enabling the deforestation of over 2 million hectares of native forest in the Amazon.

• Bill (PL) No. 1709/2019, specifically in its substitute form approved by the Commission for Urban Development (CDU) on May 19, 2021, proposes to reduce the minimum width of Permanent Preservation Areas (APPs) for all watercourses in Brazil by half. This includes reducing the minimum width for watercourses under 10 meters from 30 to 15 meters, and for those over 600 meters from 500 to 250 meters.
• The approval of PL No. 1709/2019 could lead to the deforestation of more than 2 million hectares of native forest in the Amazon that would lose their status as protected APPs. This potential loss of forest is equivalent to the total area deforested in the Legal Amazon during 2019 and 2020.
• The bill's legislative path follows an ordinary regime, meaning it is reviewed by merit committees without requiring a plenary vote in the Chamber of Deputies. As of July 2021, it had been approved by the Commission for Urban Development (CDU) and was awaiting a report from the Commission for Environment and Sustainable Development (CMADS), before needing approval from the Commission on Constitution and Justice and Citizenship (CCJ) and the Federal Senate.

APA

Lopes, C. L., & Chiavari, J. (2021). ÁREAS DE PRESERVAÇÃO PERMANENTE PODEM SER REDUZIDAS PELA METADE E AGRAVAR O DESMATAMENTO. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/NT-Projeto-de-Lei-1709-2019.pdf

Chicago

Lopes, Cristina Leme, and Joana Chiavari. ÁREAS DE PRESERVAÇÃO PERMANENTE PODEM SER REDUZIDAS PELA METADE E AGRAVAR O DESMATAMENTO. Climate Policy Initiative, 2021. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/NT-Projeto-de-Lei-1709-2019.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{lopes2021reas, author = {Lopes, Cristina Leme and Chiavari, Joana}, title = {{ÁREAS DE PRESERVAÇÃO PERMANENTE PODEM SER REDUZIDAS PELA METADE E AGRAVAR O DESMATAMENTO}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2021}, month = jul, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/NT-Projeto-de-Lei-1709-2019.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }