Decree No. 8.773 amending the Amazon Fund established by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development - BNDES. Country/Territory Brazil Document type Regulation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Special fund Enforcement/compliance Agricultural development Forest management/forest conservation Financing Forestry protection measures 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 amends the Amazon Fund established by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development - BNDES. Amended articles authorize to allocate the amount of donations received in kind, appropriate in a specific account called Amazonas Fund, for the realization of non-reimbursable investments in prevention, monitoring and combating deforestation and promoting conservation and sustainable use of the Amazon areas. It includes the following areas: economic activities developed from the sustainable use of vegetation. Measures taken must observe the guidelines of the Prevention and Control of Deforestation Plan in Legal Amazonas - PPCDAM, except for the provisions of § 1 of the National Strategy for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions originated from Deforestation and Forest degradation, conservation of forestry carbon stocks, sustainable management of forests and increasing forestry carbon stocks - ENREDD +. Full text Portuguese Website www.planalto.gov.br References - Legislation Amends Decree No. 6.527 creating the Amazon Fund established by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES). Legislation | Brazil | 2008 (2020) 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 Source: FAO, FAOLEX