Complex governance for a complex forest code: The solutions of the rural environmental registry (CAR) in Brazil
Taiquara Alencar, Janaina Rocha, Carlos Sturm, Raimundo Deusdara
Brazil is the country with the largest tropical forest area of the world, distributed among several biomes, like the Amazon, the Cerrado (Brazilian Savannah), the Caatinga (Dryland forest), the Pantanal (Brazilian tropical wetland) and the Atlantic Forest. Regarding its intense socio-economical dynamics at the rural sector, and its strong demand for new areas for agriculture and cattle ranching, Brazil’s deforestation rates are very high, in spite of a historical and very significant reduction. Over the past few years, this issue has been tackled by multiinstitutional plans, but nevertheless, the rates are still very high (roughly 8,000 Km² for the Amazon and 6.000 Km² for the Cerrado). Among several strategies and measures, the implementation of the Rural Environmental Register stands out. It is the main instrument of the Brazilian Forest Code, edited in 2012 after a 47-year major national debate that allowed the approval of the Federal Law 12.651/2012.
Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018
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