ONDE ESTAMOS NA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL?

The 2023 report by Climate Policy Initiative provides a detailed 'radiography' of how Brazilian states are implementing the Forest Code. It highlights a significant jump in progress during 2023, with states like Minas Gerais, Alagoas, and Pará making substantial gains in CAR analysis and PRA implementation. However, the analysis of CAR data remains the primary bottleneck, with only 2.7% of national registries fully concluded. The report details the adoption of automated analysis tools, the challenges of communicating with landowners for data rectification, and the legal complexities surrounding Legal Reserve compensation and the 'ecological identity' criterion. It also notes the transition of CAR management to the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services (MGI) and the ongoing struggle to cancel irregular registries overlapping indigenous lands and conservation units.

• The analysis of CAR data is the primary bottleneck in implementing the Forest Code; as of 2023, only approximately 2.7% of all registries in Brazil have had their analysis concluded.
• There was a significant increase in the use of automated CAR analysis tools in 2023, implemented in six states: Amapá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, and São Paulo.
• Minas Gerais showed exceptional progress in 2023, significantly increasing both initiated and concluded CAR analyses through specialized hiring and the use of automated tools like CAR 2.0.
• Pará is leading innovation in the Amazon region, implementing the CAR 2.0 tool and achieving a seven-fold increase in signed commitment terms under the PRA, covering 110,000 hectares for recovery.
• The total number of CAR registrations increased by 8.6% in the last year, reaching 7.24 million registries by November 2023, with Bahia and Minas Gerais each holding over one million registries.
• A critical challenge in the analysis phase is the 'recall' of old registries, where nearly 90% of analyzed registries in São Paulo required rectification due to outdated data or improved reference bases.
• Sixteen states and the Federal District have effectively regulated the PRA and established norms for recovering Permanent Preservation Areas (APP) and Legal Reserves (RL).
• The management of the CAR was legally transferred to the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services (MGI) via Law No. 14,600/2023, though the Brazilian Forest Service (SFB) continued managing the database through 2023.
• Pará is the only state with active transparency regarding CAR and PRA, providing public dashboards on registries overlapping indigenous lands and conservation units.
• Legal uncertainty persists regarding Legal Reserve compensation due to the STF's 'ecological identity' criterion, which may override the 'biome' criterion and impact existing regularizations.

APA

Lopes, C. L., Segovia, M. E., & Chiavari, J. (2023). ONDE ESTAMOS NA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL? Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/OE-2023-Relatorio.pdf

Chicago

Lopes, Cristina Leme, Maria Eduarda Segovia, and Joana Chiavari. ONDE ESTAMOS NA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL? Climate Policy Initiative, 2023. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/OE-2023-Relatorio.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{lopes2023onde, author = {Lopes, Cristina Leme and Segovia, Maria Eduarda and Chiavari, Joana}, title = {{ONDE ESTAMOS NA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL?}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2023}, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/OE-2023-Relatorio.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }