ONDE ESTAMOS NA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL?

The 2024 report by Climate Policy Initiative/PUC-Rio examines the progress of the Brazilian Forest Code's implementation. While CAR registration is consolidated nationwide, the analysis phase remains a critical bottleneck, with only 15% of registries having initiated analysis and 3.3% concluded. The report highlights the adoption of automation tools like 'CAR Digital' in Mato Grosso and the 'Análise Dinamizada' by the Brazilian Forest Service (SFB) to accelerate validation. It also notes advancements in the PRA, with new states like Espírito Santo, Goiás, and Tocantins regulating the program. However, significant challenges persist, including low registry quality, communication gaps with landowners, and legal disputes regarding the Atlantic Forest biome.

• The registration phase of the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) is consolidated across all Brazilian states, with the total number of registrations increasing by 5.7% to reach 7.65 million by November 2024.
• The analysis of CAR data is the primary bottleneck in implementing the Forest Code; only approximately 15% of all registries in Brazil have undergone analysis, and only 3.3% have concluded the process.
• Automation tools are being used in ten states to increase efficiency, including the SFB's 'análise dinamizada' and Mato Grosso's 'CAR Digital', which allowed the state to double its number of finalized analyses to over 16,000.
• The Environmental Regularization Program (PRA) expanded in 2024, with Espírito Santo, Goiás, and Tocantins regulating the program, bringing the total to 19 states and the Federal District with effective regulation.
• Pará is the only state maintaining permanent actions to cancel and suspend irregular CARs overlapping Indigenous Lands (TIs) and public Conservation Units (UCs), with approximately 37% of CARs overlapping TIs already cancelled.
• A landmark Supreme Federal Court (STF) decision on October 24, 2024, confirmed the constitutionality of Legal Reserve compensation within the same biome, removing the requirement for 'ecological identity'.
• The financial system is incentivizing CAR analysis through CMN Resolutions that offer a 10% increase in credit limits and interest rate discounts for producers whose properties are in compliance or in the process of regularization.
• Legal disputes regarding the Atlantic Forest biome continue to create uncertainty, with a Superior Court of Justice (STJ) decision in Paraná potentially impacting CAR analyses in that state and others in the same biome.

APA

Lopes, C. L., Didonet, N. A., Corleto, A. F., & Chiavari, J. (2024). ONDE ESTAMOS NA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL? Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/REL-Onde-Estamos-na-Implementacao-do-Codigo-Florestal-Radiografia-do-CAR-e-do-PRA-nos-Estados-Brasileiros-Edicao-2024.pdf

Chicago

Lopes, Cristina Leme, Nina Amir Didonet, Ana Flávia Corleto, and Joana Chiavari. ONDE ESTAMOS NA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL? Climate Policy Initiative, 2024. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/REL-Onde-Estamos-na-Implementacao-do-Codigo-Florestal-Radiografia-do-CAR-e-do-PRA-nos-Estados-Brasileiros-Edicao-2024.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{lopes2024onde, author = {Lopes, Cristina Leme and Didonet, Nina Amir and Corleto, Ana Flávia and Chiavari, Joana}, title = {{ONDE ESTAMOS NA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL?}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2024}, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/REL-Onde-Estamos-na-Implementacao-do-Codigo-Florestal-Radiografia-do-CAR-e-do-PRA-nos-Estados-Brasileiros-Edicao-2024.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }