1. MINISTÉRIO DO
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Governance, deforestation control
and REDD
Third Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change
London, January 22, 2010

2. IN C
Key letter for 2009 was C
Carbon,
Climate,
Credit,
… MINISTÉRIO DO
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3. Fundo Amazonia
• It has received a lot of
attention as a pilot REDD
project
• It’s based upon reductions
that have already occurred
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4. Deforestation
• Ten-year average, revised every 5 years
TD
T
1996 2005 2006 2011 2016
Years of reference Baseline years Average deforested area
2006 to 2010 1996 to 2005 1,95 million ha

5. How it was achieved
•Apparatus has been under
implementation for a long time
• Organized into 3 axes:
• Land use planning
• Enforcement
• Sustainable use

6. Expansion of protected areas in the
Amazon (cumulative)
160 800
140 700
Area (1,000 sq km)
120 600
Protected areas
100 500
80 400
60 300
40 200
20 100
0 0
Year

7. Brazilian Indian Lands
1,200
Area (1,000 sq
1,000
800
600
km)
400
200
0
1989 1992 1994 2002 2009
YEAR

8. Deforestation inside and outside
protected areas
inside
outside
proportion
Percentage of deforested area - 2003
Source:Ferreira et al, 2005

9. km2/year
Deforestation rate in the Amazon
Year

10. Deforestation rates
in 3 Amazonian States
km2/year

11. Sustainable Use
• Law on Public Forests
Management
• Establishment of the Brazilian
Forest Service
• New developments
• 2nd concession: Saracá-Taquera
• Plan for Community Forestry
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12. REDD projects
Recent workshop identified 17 projects
Including Fundo Amazonia
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13. REDD Projects - Who’s
responsible?
Government
NGO+ Private Private company
6%
company 6%
18%

14. Tenure

15. Geographic Distribution

17. Fundo Amazonia projects
• 5 projects – US$ 40 million
• Payment for env’l services to inhabitants of Protected Areas –
State Government/ NGO
• Compliance with env’l legislation at rural property level –
NGO/ state and local govt’s/land owners
• Compliance with env’l legislation at rural property level,
deforestation monitoring and legalizing logging operations
NGO/ state and local govt’s/land owners
• Agroforestry in degraded areas - NGO/land owners
• Infrastructure and management of protected areas –
Government /NGO

18. Obrigado
Luiz Carlos de Miranda Joels
Serviço Florestal Brasileiro
luiz.joels@florestal.gov.br
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