PROJETOS DE LEI AMEAÇAM CÓDIGO FLORESTAL

The briefing identifies 56 bills attempting to modify Brazil's Forest Code, highlighting seven that pose significant risks to native vegetation. These proposals include allowing exotic fruit trees in Permanent Preservation Areas (APP), permitting livestock grazing in Legal Reserves, and reducing Legal Reserve percentages in the Legal Amazon. The document also explains the legislative process and digital tools for public participation to help society monitor and oppose these environmental setbacks.

• As of the report's analysis, there are 56 bills (PLs) pending in the National Congress that aim to alter the Forest Code.
• Seven specific bills are identified as having the most negative potential impact, as they would reduce native vegetation protection and significantly modify the current environmental regularization system.
• PL 6330/2013 proposes allowing the restoration of consolidated areas in Permanent Preservation Areas (APP) using exotic or native fruit-bearing species, which would undermine the environmental function of APPs to preserve water resources and biodiversity.
• PL 4508/2016 seeks to authorize livestock grazing in Legal Reserves across any biome, effectively granting amnesty to areas illegally converted to pasture after July 22, 2008.
• PL 551/2019 and PL 1426/2020 aim to flexibilize the reduction of Legal Reserve percentages in the Legal Amazon from 80% to 50%, with PL 1426/2020 specifically targeting the states of Roraima and Amapá.
• PL 3511/2019 proposes a complete reversal of the environmental regularization logic by requiring state agencies to notify owners to join the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA), rather than the owner initiating the process.
• PL 2374/2020 and PL 2429/2020 attempt to alter the legal timeframe for environmental regularization of consolidated areas in Legal Reserves, moving the cutoff date from July 22, 2008, to May 25, 2012, or removing the date entirely to grant broader amnesties.
• The use of 'jabuti' amendments—proposals lacking thematic relevance to the original Provisional Measure (MP)—is identified as a grave threat because it bypasses ordinary legislative debate and public participation.
• The document highlights digital tools for public participation, such as the Senate's e-Cidadania portal and the Chamber of Deputies' e-Democracia portal, as essential for monitoring and influencing the legislative process.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2020). PROJETOS DE LEI AMEAÇAM CÓDIGO FLORESTAL. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NT-projetos-de-lei-ameacam-codigo-florestal.pdf

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. PROJETOS DE LEI AMEAÇAM CÓDIGO FLORESTAL. 2020. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NT-projetos-de-lei-ameacam-codigo-florestal.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2020projetos, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{PROJETOS DE LEI AMEAÇAM CÓDIGO FLORESTAL}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2020}, month = sep, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NT-projetos-de-lei-ameacam-codigo-florestal.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }