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