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Decree No. 6.527 creating the Amazon Fund established by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES).

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Regulation
Date
2008 (2020)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Special fund Climate change Enforcement/compliance Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Research Sustainable use Agricultural development Forest management/forest conservation Financing Forestry protection measures Biodiversity
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Decree, consisting of 8 articles, creates the Amazon Fund established by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development - BNDES. This Fund aims at granting non-reimbursable investments for the prevention, monitoring and combating deforestation and promoting conservation and sustainable use of the Amazon biome, for following areas: Management of public forests and protected areas; environmental monitoring; sustainable forest management; economic activities based on the sustainable use of forests; Ecological and Economic Zoning, land use planning and land regulation; conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity; and rehabilitation of deforested areas.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.planalto.gov.br

References - Legislation

Amended by

Decree No. 8.773 amending the Amazon Fund established by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development - BNDES.

Legislation | Brazil | 2016

Keyword: Special fund, Enforcement/compliance, Agricultural development, Forest management/forest conservation, Financing, Forestry protection measures

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 10.144 creating the National Commission for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, Conservation of Forest Carbon Stocks, Sustainable Forest Management and Increase of Forest Carbon Stocks - REDD+.

Legislation | Brazil | 2019

Keyword: Institution, Emissions, Climate change, Enforcement/compliance, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Research, Sustainable use, Forest management/forest conservation, Financing, Forestry protection measures, Biodiversity

Source: FAO, FAOLEX