Recuperação Verde na Amazônia

This fact sheet describes a study titled "Recuperação Verde na Amazônia: o capital natural no centro das decisões políticas e econômicas no contexto da COVID-19," which evaluates the impact of economic stimulus measures on natural capital in the Brazilian Legal Amazon during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, part of a global initiative including France, India, and Uganda, finds that the vast majority of pandemic-related economic measures in Brazil failed to prioritize natural capital, with 87.2% of analyzed measures having a high negative impact.

• The study concludes that the vast majority of economic stimulus measures implemented during the pandemic had a negative impact on natural capital, with 87.2% categorized as having a "Negativa alta" (high negative) impact, 9.7% as "Negativa baixa" (low negative), and only 2.9% as "Positiva baixa" (low positive).
• Of the more than R$ 520 billion spent by Brazil to combat the effects of the pandemic—primarily on emergency aid, health expenses, and support for small businesses—the document states that none of these measures centrally or marginally considered natural capital in their scope.
• Specific negative impacts on natural capital were driven by regulatory acts that flexibilized mining activities in the region, including in municipalities prioritized for deforestation prevention and control, as well as the Central Bank's flexibilization of LCA (Letra de Crédito do Agronegócio), which impacted the Amazon by an estimated R$ 462 million.
• Positive measures identified include R$ 4.9 billion (US$ 942.7 million) from the Plano Safra for the nine states of the Legal Amazon via Pronaf and the ABC Program, as well as a R$ 2.2 million (US$ 419 thousand) budget for Sustainable Bioeconomy Development in partnership with the Government of the State of Amazonas.
• The document recommends expanding budgets, subsidies, and credits for bioeconomy and low-carbon agriculture to promote the economic valuation of the standing forest, while noting that several positive budget lines for natural capital saw decreased funding in 2021 compared to 2020.

APA

Green Economy Coalition (n.d.). Recuperação Verde na Amazônia. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/GEC-Reports/GR-Country-reports/GR-Brazil-hub-recuperacao-verde-factsheet.pdf

Chicago

Green Economy Coalition. Recuperação Verde na Amazônia. n.d. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/GEC-Reports/GR-Country-reports/GR-Brazil-hub-recuperacao-verde-factsheet.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greeneconomycoalitionndrecuperao, author = {{Green Economy Coalition}}, title = {{Recuperação Verde na Amazônia}}, institution = {Green Economy Coalition}, url = {https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/GEC-Reports/GR-Country-reports/GR-Brazil-hub-recuperacao-verde-factsheet.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }