A new strategic plan sets out a ‘Green New Deal’ for Brazil based on the full implementation of the Forest Code as a vehicle for the country’s sustainable development. The Brazilian Forest Code (Law No. 12651 of 2012), which requires landowners to maintain a specific percentage of native vegetation, has been in existence in some […]
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BVRio Director of Forestry and Public Policy Beto Mesquita, joined the re-start of the Fórum Florestal Fluminense (FFF), one of the ten regional forums of the Forest Dialogue, an initiative which brings together environmentalists, researchers, indigionous peoples, and companies from the forest-based sector.
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In September, the Brazil Coalition created a Task Force – Força-Tarefa da Coalizão Brasil – (FT) dedicated to the Forest Code. One of the main purposes of the new group is to promote the alignment of the many discussions involving the Code that take place in the different FTs and Dialogue Forums of the movement.
Saiba mais...Last week, during Conference on Climate COP 22, the State of Amazonas Sustentável launched the Amazonas Environmental Services Platform, an online registry and trading platform developed and operated by BVRio Environmental Exchange. The platform was developed by BVRio and includes, initially, a registry of REDD projects, a trading platform for Forest Reserve Credits, and a module
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