GFI Brazil2011-2012

Alice ThuaultBrenda Brito

Priscilla Santos

States with PES Law

PES Law

Climate Change law that includes PES

Water resources law that includes PES

Law mentions REDD+

States with climate change laws

PES Law

Climate change law mentions PES

Law mentions REDD+

Climate change law does not mention PES

Federal Level

• National REDD+ strategy– Structure not disclosed yet – Participation is fragmented• Review of analyses and studies• Writing short papers• Workshop

Federal Level

• Threats to forest conservation laws– Forest code, vetoes and provisional measure– Reduction of protected areas for building dams• Fail to comply with legal procedures

GFI assessments vs REDD+ context

• Three issues of current relevance:– Where’s the money and how it’s being used?– Conflict between land tenure and access to

benefits– The role of states

Pending recognition

Tenure recognized

No informationRural environmental cadaster

Public participation in creation/revision

Clarity of rules for collection and distribution of resources

Clarity in administrative responsibilities

Clarity in administrative responsibilities

Expertise in the forest area and in fundraising

Administrative capacity

Financial monitoring

Monitoring of impacts and effectiveness

0

1

2

3

Forest and EnvironmentalFunds

0 – not applicable 1 – weak 2 – moderate 3 - strong

MT state plan to combate deforestation

Participation to the executive committee

Transparency of the action plan implementation

Coordination between implementation agencies Monitoring of the action plan implementation

Capacity of the agencies to implement the action plan

0

1

2

3

0 – not applicable 1 – weak 2 – moderate 3 - strong

Expected outcomes

• Influence decision on tenure vs benefit sharing in national REDD+ strategy

• Improve design of forest and environmental state funds

• Improve implementation of MT state plan to reduce deforestation and influence its review process

Expected products

• Report on PES laws in Brazil: June 2012

• Report on forest tenure governance and benefit sharing: July 2012

• Report on good governance and forest management, as a basic enabling condition for REDD+: July 2012

• Report on forest funds governance: July 2012

• Assessment of MT state plan: July 2012

2012-2013 plans

• Direct engagement opportunities– Reviewing REDD+ national strategy– Pará:• Improving governance of process for tenure

regularization• Reestablishing climate state forum

– Mato Grosso:• Influencing the reviewing process of the state plan• Designing sectorial REDD+ programs