PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION

The report argues that Brazil can simultaneously grow agricultural production and protect natural resources by improving land-use efficiency. It identifies key barriers to environmental protection, such as small-scale deforestation in the Amazon and lack of monitoring in other biomes like the Cerrado. For agricultural production, it highlights that non-geographical factors—including limited access to credit for small-scale farmers, underdeveloped land rental markets, and poor infrastructure—hinder productivity. The document recommends an integrated P&P strategy involving systematic monitoring and a public-private consortium to implement targeted policy interventions.

• Brazil has made progress in protecting public lands, but faces ongoing challenges with small-scale deforestation in the Amazon and the protection of native vegetation on private properties and in biomes outside the Amazon.
• The Cerrado biome is particularly vulnerable to deforestation because it is attractive to agricultural producers, and much of the clearing there is legal under the Forest Code, necessitating incentive-based policies like payment for environmental services.
• Agricultural productivity in Brazil varies significantly due to non-geographical factors, with credit availability alone associated with approximately 20% of regional productivity variation.
• Small-scale producers face significant barriers to credit access; over 40% of those who need credit but lack it cite a fear of indebtedness as a reason for not seeking it.
• Poor infrastructure significantly increases production costs; for example, transporting a ton of soybean to an export point is nearly three times more expensive in Brazil than over a similar distance in the United States.
• The report proposes a P&P strategy based on two pillars: the systematic monitoring of key land-use areas to identify efficiency gains and the creation of a public-private consortium to steer and validate policy interventions.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2013). PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Production-and-Protection-A-First-Look-at-Key-Challenges-in-Brazil-executive-summary.pdf

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION. 2013. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Production-and-Protection-A-First-Look-at-Key-Challenges-in-Brazil-executive-summary.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2013production, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2013}, month = dec, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Production-and-Protection-A-First-Look-at-Key-Challenges-in-Brazil-executive-summary.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }