Limits of Brazil's Forest Code as a means to end illegal deforestation

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dc.creatorAndrea A. Azevedo
dc.creatorRaoni Rajão
dc.creatorMarcelo A. Costa
dc.creatorMarcelo C. C. Stabile
dc.creatorMarcia N. Macedo
dc.creatorTiago N. P. dos Reis
dc.creatorAne Alencar
dc.creatorBritaldo Silveira Soares Filho
dc.creatorRayane Pacheco
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-17T22:29:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-09T01:27:22Z
dc.date.available2023-04-17T22:29:12Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-24
dc.description.sponsorshipCNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
dc.description.sponsorshipFAPEMIG - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais
dc.format.mimetypepdf
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1604768114
dc.identifier.issn0027-8424
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1843/52110
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
dc.rightsAcesso Aberto
dc.subjectFlorestas - Legislação
dc.subjectFlorestas tropicais
dc.subjectDesmatamento
dc.subjectDesmatamento - Amazonas
dc.subjectAmazônia
dc.subject.otherCódigo florestal
dc.subject.otherDeforestation
dc.subject.otherForest Code
dc.subject.otherTropical forests
dc.subject.otherGovernance
dc.subject.otherAmazon
dc.titleLimits of Brazil's Forest Code as a means to end illegal deforestation
dc.typeArtigo de periódico
local.citation.epage7658
local.citation.issue29
local.citation.spage7653
local.citation.volume114
local.description.resumoThe 2012 Brazilian Forest Code governs the fate of forests and savannas on Brazil’s 394 Mha of privately owned lands. The government claims that a new national land registry (SICAR), introduced under the revised law, could end illegal deforestation by greatly reducing the cost of monitoring, enforcement, and compliance. This study evaluates that potential, using data from state-level land registries (CAR) in Pará and Mato Grosso that were precursors of SICAR. Using geospatial analyses and stakeholder interviews, we quantify the impact of CAR on deforestation and forest restoration, investigating how landowners adjust their behaviors over time. Our results indicate rapid adoption of CAR, with registered properties covering a total of 57 Mha by 2013. This suggests that the financial incentives to join CAR currently exceed the costs. Registered properties initially showed lower deforestation rates than unregistered ones, but these differences varied by property size and diminished over time. Moreover, only 6% of registered producers reported taking steps to restore illegally cleared areas on their properties. Our results suggest that, from the landowner’s perspective, full compliance with the Forest Code offers few economic benefits. Achieving zero illegal deforestation in this context would require the private sector to include full compliance as a market criterion, while state and federal governments develop SICAR as a de facto enforcement mechanism. These results are relevant to other tropical countries and underscore the importance of developing a policy mix that creates lasting incentives for sustainable land-use practices.
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0330-0538
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5256-3978
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5605-7469
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7703-946X
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4757-7822
local.publisher.countryBrasil
local.publisher.departmentENG - DEPARTAMENTO DE ENGENHARIA PRODUÇÃO
local.publisher.departmentIGC - DEPARTAMENTO DE CARTOGRAFIA
local.publisher.initialsUFMG
local.url.externahttps://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1604768114

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