Transcript WWF - Brazil and the Forest Governance in Amazon Mauro J. Capóssoli Armelin

WWF - Brazil
and the Forest Governance
in Amazon
Mauro J. Capóssoli Armelin
London, july 10, 2007.
(presentation Mauro Armelin, WWF-Brasil, based on several other presentation)
FLEGT x Brazil
-Brazil “is” not a VPA, but:
-Have the biggest
tropical forest in the
world;
-Produce: wood (24
millions of cubic meters
in logs), fresh water and
RAIN a lot;
-Maintain: 100 billions
of tons of CARBON and
millions of different
species.
Deforestation Scenarios in the Amazon
‘today’
WHRC, IPAM et alii
Priority Conservation
Landscapes
2031
Deforestation
Scenarios
in the Amazon
WHRC, IPAM et alii
scenario 2031
‘business-as-usual’
Brazil’s “arc of deforestation” is advancing
towards the intact portions of the Amazon
Fonte: INPE PRODES Digital, 2004.
Are deforestation rates starting to goes down?
sq Km per year
Annual Deforestation in Brazilian Legal Amazon
years
INPE, 2006
DRIVERS
Agriculture & Deforestation
• Budget for:
• Agricultural plan 2007: almost
25 US$ BILLIONS
• Trade Almost 15% GDP;
• Avoid deforestation plan 2006: almost 2 US$ Millions
• Forest Trade Almost 3-4% GDP (included forest plantation);
• Licensing process:
• Clear cut for agriculture: simple authorization and takes 1-2 weeks;
• Forest management: complex process and takes 6-10 months.
New brazilian forest law
• Implementing forest concessions;
• 10 millions ha in the first 10 years;
• Modernizing some areas within the forest process;
• Created Brazilian Forest Service;
• Transfer the forest process to states;
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Regulation;
Licensing;
Control;
Monitoring.
How is possible to work with FLEGT in Brazil?
IPAM
WWF and
others
WWF
IUCN
WWF
Kaninde
OSR
ISA
WWF
How we work in brazilian amazon:
‘Support to Sustainable Development’
Programme
•FForest management (timber
and non-timber products)
•SStep-wise-approach for
companies;
•SSupport forest
management for
communities.
•SSustainable fishery model;
•SSupport public policy to
modernization of forest system;
•EEnvironmental education;
•SSupporting governance and
organization development.
Governance in Sustainable Fishery a
model for forests?
• Thinking out of the box:
• 9 fishing agreements covering:
- 203 riverines communities
- 51,000 people
- 1.1 million ha. under co-management
• Fishing agreements – 60% more
productive than non-managed lakes
• Networking of pirarucu management
initiatives (basin wide)
• Biological and socio economic surveys for
sustainable use protected area
designation
Mauro J. Capóssoli Armelin
Head of Support to Sustainable Development Programme,
WWF Brazil
[email protected]
Beatrix Richards
Head of Forest Trade & Policy, WWF-UK
[email protected]
Thank you