REDD National Policy in BrazilFernanda Carvalho Senior Policy Advisor

Amazon Fund

FUNBIO – $ 11m for ARPA (Protected Areas in the Amazon);

FAS – $ 10.6m for Bolsa Floresta;

TNC – $ 9m for CAR in 12 municipalities in Pará and Mato Grosso

IMAZON – $ 5m for mobilization for CAR in 11 municipalities in Pará

Ouro Verde Institute – $ 3m for forest recovery in 1,2 m ha in 6 municipalities in Mato Grosso

National Climate Change Policy and Plan

Voluntary commitments: 36,1 to 38,9 % reductions of projected emissions by 2020

5 sectoral plans:

Reduction of deforestation in the Amazon (564 m ton CO²)Reduction of deforestation in Cerrado (104m ton CO²)Restoration of grazing land (83 to104m ton CO²)Iron and steel - replacing charcoal from deforestation with charcoal from planted forests (8 to 10m ton CO²) Energy efficiency, biofuels, hydropower, alternative sources (up to 133m ton CO²)

Draft Bill 5586/09

Creates a “national REDD+ system” UREDD and CREDD+ National REDD Committee Safeguards for biodiversity and

indigenous peoples National Registry at the Federal Level Reference levels for biomes, states and

municipalities

Forest Code

All illegal ocupations till 2008 “forgiven”

Burden shift – regularization plans must be done by Governments in 5 years

No legal reserves for small properties (2.5 million properties; 100m ha)

Reduced permanent preservation areas in rivers 5m wide to 15 meters

Compensation of legal reserves in other states

Municipal deforestation permits

To offset or not to offset – that is the question.