RESUMO PARA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA NOVO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL PARTE II: CAMINHOS E DESAFIOS PARA A REGULARIZAÇÃO AMBIENTAL

This policy brief by the Climate Policy Initiative and PUC-Rio describes the environmental regularization process for rural properties under Brazil's 2012 Forest Code. It details the steps for compliance, including the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) and the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA), while highlighting significant legal, financial, and administrative barriers that hinder implementation across different states.

• The 2012 Forest Code establishes a special legal regime for 'Consolidated Rural Areas'—properties where native vegetation was irregularly suppressed for agrosilvopastoral activities before July 22, 2008—offering more flexible protection and recovery parameters.
• Environmental regularization requires all rural owners and possessors to register their properties in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) by May 5, 2016, using georeferenced maps to identify Permanent Preservation Areas (APP), Legal Reserves, and other land uses.
• To access benefits such as reduced APP recovery parameters and the suspension of fines for pre-2008 deforestation, owners must join the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA), sign a Commitment Term, and present a Degraded or Altered Area Recovery Project (PRADA).
• Small rural properties (those equal to or smaller than four fiscal modules) receive significant advantages, including simplified CAR registration via sketches, reduced APP recovery requirements (capped at 10% or 20% of total area), and the exemption from recovering or compensating for the Legal Reserve if it existed on July 22, 2008.
• The Environmental Reserve Quote (CRA) allows owners with native vegetation exceeding legal requirements to trade credits with those in deficit, but its implementation is hindered by a lack of federal regulation and conflicting state-level rules.
• Implementation is slowed by several systemic challenges, including the high cost of hiring technical specialists for CAR and PRADA, legal uncertainty caused by Direct Actions of Unconstitutionality (ADIs), and the fact that many states have not yet established their own PRA rules.

APA

Chiavari, J., & Lopes, C. L. (n.d.). RESUMO PARA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA NOVO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL PARTE II: CAMINHOS E DESAFIOS PARA A REGULARIZAÇÃO AMBIENTAL. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Resumo-para-Política-Pública-Parte-II-Caminhos-e-Desafios-para-a-Regularização-Ambiental-1.pdf

Chicago

Chiavari, Joana, and Cristina Leme Lopes. RESUMO PARA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA NOVO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL PARTE II: CAMINHOS E DESAFIOS PARA A REGULARIZAÇÃO AMBIENTAL. Climate Policy Initiative, n.d. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Resumo-para-Política-Pública-Parte-II-Caminhos-e-Desafios-para-a-Regularização-Ambiental-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{chiavarindresumo, author = {Chiavari, Joana and Lopes, Cristina Leme}, title = {{RESUMO PARA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA NOVO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL PARTE II: CAMINHOS E DESAFIOS PARA A REGULARIZAÇÃO AMBIENTAL}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Resumo-para-Política-Pública-Parte-II-Caminhos-e-Desafios-para-a-Regularização-Ambiental-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }