The Pact for the Restoration of the Atlantic Forest launched the campaign “What Legal Reserve Do We Want in the Atlantic Forest”, with the aim of creating a national consensus on the rules for the exploration of Legal Reserve (RL) areas for economic purposes. The idea is to gather contributions from the main stakeholders in this agenda.
To identify the opinion of key actors involved in this discussion, a group of experts prepared a questionnaire with points that need to be better defined by state Environmental Regularization Programs (PRAs), so that the rules of the game are clear to everyone.
If you are interested in the Brazilian environmental recovery agenda, Click here and answer the questionnaire with your opinion until September 2, 2017.
“There are many stakeholders in this agenda and each one has a fundamental role to play in turning the challenge of recovering thousands of hectares of Legal Reserve into a great opportunity for sustainable economic development,” comments Aurélio Padovezi, Coordinator of the Technical Chamber for Public Policy of the Pact for the Restoration of the Atlantic Forest.
The campaign's target audience includes investors, state prosecutors, public policy managers, environmentalists and, mainly, rural landowners.
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Technical view
To help identify key issues that should be addressed by PRAs, three technical opinions were developed by experts in the areas of environmental law, biodiversity conservation and agribusiness economics.
- O Legal Opinion aims to present the legal framework that guides how to recover and sustainably manage Legal Reserve areas in the Atlantic Forest biome.
- O Ecological Opinion highlights the importance of this portion of territory for the conservation of biodiversity and maintenance of environmental services.
- O Economic Opinion explores fundamental issues to make the economic use of Legal Reserves viable.
The results of this research will serve as a basis to support the Coordination Council of the Atlantic Forest Pact in the preparation of an opinion letter on the subject, with the objective of influencing the construction of Environmental Regularization Programs that consider ecological and economic interests in the restoration of RLs.
For more information about the campaign, visit pactomataatlantica.org.br
About the Brazil Coalition
The Brazil Climate, Forests and Agriculture Coalition is a multi-sector movement that was formed with the objective of proposing actions and influencing public policies that lead to the development of a low-carbon economy, with the creation of quality jobs, the stimulation of innovation, the global competitiveness of Brazil and the generation and distribution of wealth to the entire society. More than 150 companies, business associations, research centers and civil society organizations have already joined the Brazil Coalition – coalition.com.br
