Representatives of the Coalition Brazil Climate, Forestry and Agriculture met on Thursday (27) with Minister Blairo Maggi (Agriculture, Livestock and Supply) to deal with the regulation of article 41 of the Brazilian Forest Code, approved in 2012. André Guimarães, director executive director of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) hopes that by the end of this year the decree with the regulation of the article will be published.
Article 41 of the Forest Code establishes that forest reserves and natural areas of rural properties have values, be they biodiversity, carbon, or other attributes of water conservation. However, the article does not determine who pays, how the producer can be reimbursed, what kind of contract can be made based on the forest reserve.
According to Guimarães, the regulation of this project will be essential not only to generate more income to the producer, but to better harmonize the Brazilian rural landscape. “From the moment this article is regulated, the producer will be able to produce environmental services and be remunerated thereby, allowing the producer to market the legal reserve surplus.”
At the meeting, the Coalition representatives recalled that in 2016 they presented a list of demands to Minister Blairo Maggi with three fundamental items: the regulation of article 41 of the CF; the enactment of the National Revegetation Plan and the installation of the ABC Plan platform.
“These three lawsuits have advanced. The Revegetation Plan was decreed (Decree No. 8,972, dated January 23, 2017); the platform of the ABC Plan was launched and Article 41 is being the subject of a dialogue between the teams of the Ministries of Agriculture and Environment. Our expectation is that by the end of the year it will be decreed, “said André Guimarães.
The representatives of the Coalition handed over to Minister Blairo Maggi the proposals presented to the candidates for the presidency of the Republic with 28 subjects that deal with territorial planning; dynamization of market mechanisms; low-carbon agriculture and sustainable use of natural resources.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.