Amazon deforestation restrictions likely to be circumvented

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12854/erde-2022-621

Keywords:

Amazonia, Brazil, Environment, Forest Code, Mato Grosso

Abstract

Brazil’s state of Mato Grosso is part of the “Legal Amazon” region where deforestation is limited by a requirement in the country’s Forest Code, which specifies that 80% of each property must be maintained in native vegetation in areas that were originally Amazon Forest and 35% in areas that were originally Cerrado (central Brazilian savanna). A new bill (PL 377/2022) that is rapidly advancing in the National Congress would remove Mato Grosso from the Legal Amazon, reducing this requirement to 20% in both cases.

Author Biography

Solange Arrolho, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Alta Floresta

Icthyology, Titular Professor

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Published

2022-09-16

How to Cite

Ribeiro, R. da S., Vicente, R. E., Arrolho, S., & Fearnside, P. M. (2022). Amazon deforestation restrictions likely to be circumvented. DIE ERDE – Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin, 153(3), 216–217. https://doi.org/10.12854/erde-2022-621

Issue

Vol. 153 No. 3 (2022): Thinking the Anthropocene

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Opinion articles

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Copyright (c) 2022 Ricardo da Silva Ribeiro, Ricardo Eduardo Vicente, Solange Arrolho, Philip M. Fearnside

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