GHG Mitigation in Brazil's Land Use Sector

Brazil aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 36.1 to 38.9 percent from a projected baseline by 2020, with a heavy focus on the agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector as it is the country's largest emission source. The document evaluates three primary initiatives: the Action Plan to Prevent and Control Deforestation in the Amazon (PPCDAm), which has slowed deforestation but faces challenges from market demand for soy and beef and weak law enforcement; the Action Plan to Prevent and Control Deforestation and Fire in the Cerrado (PPCerrado), which targets a 40 percent reduction in deforestation by 2020; and the Low-Carbon Agriculture Plan (ABC Plan), which saw a significant increase in funded projects from five in 2010-11 to 5,038 in 2011-12. The author argues that policy effectiveness could be improved through better civil society engagement, enhanced monitoring and evaluation, improved inter-institutional coordination, and clearer long-term funding.

• Brazil's national target is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 36.1 percent to 38.9 percent from a projected baseline by 2020, a pledge enshrined in the National Policy for Climate Change (PNMC).
• The Action Plan to Prevent and Control Deforestation in the Amazon (PPCDAm) has contributed to slowing deforestation, but progress is threatened by market demand for beef and soy, bureaucratic hurdles for landowners, and weakened law enforcement.
• The Action Plan to Prevent and Control Deforestation and Fire in the Cerrado (PPCerrado) seeks to lower deforestation rates in the Cerrado biome by 40 percent by 2020, though it struggles with establishing a land use and land cover monitoring system.
• The Low-Carbon Agriculture Plan (ABC Plan) experienced a sharp increase in project financing between its first and second years of implementation, growing from five approved projects in 2010-11 to 5,038 projects in 2011-12, primarily in southeast Brazil.
• The AFOLU sector is the primary source of GHG emissions in Brazil, and the effectiveness of its mitigation depends on accessing diverse financing, such as the Amazon Fund and the National Fund on Climate Change, which currently face implementation and resource challenges.

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World Resources Institute (n.d.). GHG Mitigation in Brazil's Land Use Sector. https://www.wri.org/research/ghg-mitigation-brazils-land-use-sector

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@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendghg, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{GHG Mitigation in Brazil's Land Use Sector}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/ghg-mitigation-brazils-land-use-sector}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }