Restauração em Escala no Brasil

The report analyzes the challenges of scaling up forest and native vegetation restoration in Brazil, arguing that current public policies are designed for individual rural properties rather than landscape-scale initiatives. It identifies three essential factors for success: the adoption of multiple complementary restoration typologies, the integration of both public and private lands, and the synergy between mandatory legal restoration and voluntary initiatives. The authors highlight the potential of carbon markets and payment for environmental services to drive these efforts, while noting that regulatory contradictions—particularly regarding environmental licensing for native silviculture—remain significant hurdles.

• Current Brazilian public policies for restoration are designed for the scale of individual rural properties rather than the landscape scale, which creates obstacles for projects spanning multiple properties, jurisdictions, or stakeholders.
• Large-scale restoration requires a combination of diverse typologies—ranging from natural regeneration and active planting to native silviculture and Agroforestry Systems (SAFs)—to improve economic and socio-environmental viability.
• Effective restoration strategies must bridge the gap between public and private lands, particularly in the Amazon, where 63% of the region is public land and is characterized by undefined property rights and land conflicts.
• There is a normative contradiction between the Forest Code, which generally dispenses with prior authorization for planting native or exotic species, and Conama Resolution 237/1997, which subjects silviculture to environmental licensing.
• Mandatory restoration in Brazil occurs under three primary legal hypotheses: the obligation to repair environmental damage, the failure to comply with a conservation obligation (propter rem), or the obligation to compensate for legal deforestation.
• Carbon markets and nature-based solutions present significant financial opportunities, with estimates that carbon prices above US$ 20 per ton of CO2 could generate US$ 320 billion in revenue over 30 years through natural regeneration in the Amazon.

APA

Lopes, C. L., & Chiavari, J. (2024). Restauração em Escala no Brasil. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Restauracao-em-Escala-no-Brasil.pdf

Chicago

Lopes, Cristina Leme, and Joana Chiavari. Restauração em Escala no Brasil. Climate Policy Initiative, 2024. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Restauracao-em-Escala-no-Brasil.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{lopes2024restaurao, author = {Lopes, Cristina Leme and Chiavari, Joana}, title = {{Restauração em Escala no Brasil}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2024}, month = mar, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Restauracao-em-Escala-no-Brasil.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }