{"title":"Are Regulatory Standards Enough to Leverage Forest Restoration? A Brazilian Case Study","authors":"Ciro José Ribeiro de Moura, M. F. S. Nunes","doi":"10.21664/2238-8869.2022v11i2.p96-103","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Environmental offsetting is a compensation for a deforested or degraded area usually in the form of forest recovery. We provide an update on the ongoing regulatory standards (RS) regarding ecological restoration in Brazil, analyzing the existence of monitoring protocols. The introduction of Environmental Rural Registry (CAR) created by law in 2012 has become the main driver of local RS. The aim of CAR is to guarantee forest cover on rural properties by the force of RS, but it lacks to consider the vegetation structure, functionality, and quality of the vegetation. Currently only four states in Brazil uses a protocol that includes ecological criteria as a measurement of success. The existence of a specific legislation for forest restoration may enhance restoration effectiveness by clarifying the restoration process and regulations to those stakeholders involved in implementing restoration projects. It is necessary for RS to include diverse technical approaches, providing the opportunity for solutions contemplating local possibilities and conditions.","PeriodicalId":37865,"journal":{"name":"Fronteiras","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Fronteiras","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.21664/2238-8869.2022v11i2.p96-103","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Environmental offsetting is a compensation for a deforested or degraded area usually in the form of forest recovery. We provide an update on the ongoing regulatory standards (RS) regarding ecological restoration in Brazil, analyzing the existence of monitoring protocols. The introduction of Environmental Rural Registry (CAR) created by law in 2012 has become the main driver of local RS. The aim of CAR is to guarantee forest cover on rural properties by the force of RS, but it lacks to consider the vegetation structure, functionality, and quality of the vegetation. Currently only four states in Brazil uses a protocol that includes ecological criteria as a measurement of success. The existence of a specific legislation for forest restoration may enhance restoration effectiveness by clarifying the restoration process and regulations to those stakeholders involved in implementing restoration projects. It is necessary for RS to include diverse technical approaches, providing the opportunity for solutions contemplating local possibilities and conditions.
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FRONTEIRAS: JOURNAL OF SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE is an open-access, quarterly, peer-reviewed publication maintained by the Graduate Studies in Social, Technological and Environmental Science of the University Center of Anápolis (PPG STMA), with masters and doctoral degrees in Environmental Sciences. Fronteiras is an interdisciplinary journal that is driven by the belief that all types of knowledge must be available. It has as a target the researchers who dialogue in an interdisciplinary way with the theme "social and environmental science". The journal aims to publish original research, recognized rigorously for its theoretical-methodological, intellectual and scientific relevance. Fronteira has as the main theme of its publications the environmental science, aiming the scientific dissemination arising from the dialogues between the natural and human sciences and their connections with environmental science. Fronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science has as its mission to publish and disseminate among the academic community, scientific manuscripts that are original and contribute to the promotion of multidisciplinary dialogues between the natural and human sciences and their connections with technological innovation, health as well as the environment.
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