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The urgent need for implementation of the Forest Reserve Compensation Mechanisms of the Brazilian Forest Code

Author/s: Pedro Moura Costa & Mauricio Moura Costa   Given their importance for facilitating compliance and implementation of the new Brazilian Forest Code, there is an urgent need to create the necessary conditions for using the Forest Legal Reserve Compensation Mechanisms of the Code. In particular, it is essential that these mechanisms be regulated by […]

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The new Brazilian Forest Code: Call for a truce and for a focus on implementation

Author: Pedro Moura Costa In 2012 the new Brazilian Forest Code (Forest Law 12.651) was adopted after a long and exhausting political process. Like most existing laws in Brazil, the Forest Code is not perfect. Consequently, a series of demands for changes and alterations have been raised by, on one side, rural landowners and agribusiness, […]

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