Brazil

Responses

Adaptation Disaster Risk Management Mitigation

Sectors

Environment LULUCF Water

Instruments

Direct Investment

Nature based solutions and ecosystem restoration

Governance

Capacity building Processes, plans and strategies

Keywords

Adaptation LULUCF

Decree No. 8.972 creating the National Policy for the Recovery of Native Vegetation

Executive

Decree

Passed in 2017

This Decree creates the National Policy for the Recovery of Native Vegetation -Proveg. It establishes its objectives and guidelines, and defines its governance. Proveg has within its main objectives to articulate, integrate and promote policies, programmes and actions that encourage the recovery of forests and other forms of native vegetation; and to promote the environmental regulation of Brazilian rural properties, under the terms of Law 12.651 of 25 May 2011. It's guidelines are: 1) promoting adaptation to climate change and mitigating its effects; 2) prevention of natural disasters; 3) Protection of water resources and soil conservation; 4) encouraging the conservation and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems services; 5) Provide incentives for the recovery of the Permanent Preservation Areas, Legal Reserve Areas and Areas of Restricted Use; 6) Stimulus of native vegetation.

Documents

Decree No. 8.972