WWF - Brazil and the Forest Governance in Amazon

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WWF - Braziland the Forest Governancein Amazon

• Mauro J. Capóssoli Armelin
• London, july 10, 2007.
• (presentation Mauro Armelin, WWF-Brasil, based on
  several other presentation)

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FLEGT x Brazil

• Brazil is not a VPA, but
• Have the biggest tropical forest in the world
• Produce wood (24 millions of cubic meters in
  logs), fresh water and RAIN a lot
• Maintain 100 billions of tons of CARBON and
  millions of different species.

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Deforestation Scenarios in the Amazon
today
WHRC, IPAM et alii
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Priority Conservation Landscapes 2031
WHRC, IPAM et alii
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Brazils arc of deforestation is advancing
Brazils arc of deforestation is advancing
towards the intact portions of the Amazon
Fonte INPE PRODES Digital, 2004.
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Are deforestation rates starting to goes down?
Annual Deforestation in Brazilian Legal Amazon
sq Km per year
years
INPE, 2006
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DRIVERSAgriculture Deforestation

• Budget for
• Agricultural plan 2007 almost 25 US BILLIONS
• Trade Almost 15 GDP
• Avoid deforestation plan 2006 almost 2 US
  Millions
• Forest Trade Almost 3-4 GDP (included forest
  plantation)
• Licensing process
• Clear cut for agriculture simple authorization
  and takes 1-2 weeks
• Forest management complex process and takes 6-10
  months.

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New brazilian forest law

• Implementing forest concessions
• 10 millions ha in the first 10 years
• Modernizing some areas within the forest process
• Created Brazilian Forest Service
• Transfer the forest process to states
• Regulation
• Licensing
• Control
• Monitoring.

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How is possible to work with FLEGT in Brazil?
IPAM
WWF and others
WWF IUCN
WWF Kaninde OSR
ISA WWF
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How we work in brazilian amazon
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Support to Sustainable Development Programme

• FForest management (timber and non-timber
  products)
• SStep-wise-approach for companies
• SSupport forest management for communities.
• SSustainable fishery model
• SSupport public policy to modernization of forest
  system
• EEnvironmental education
• SSupporting governance and organization
  development.

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Governance in Sustainable Fishery a model for
forests?

• Thinking out of the box
• 9 fishing agreements covering
• - 203 riverines communities
• - 51,000 people
• - 1.1 million ha. under co-management
• Fishing agreements 60 more productive than
  non-managed lakes
• Networking of pirarucu management initiatives
  (basin wide)
• Biological and socio economic surveys for
  sustainable use protected area designation

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• Mauro J. Capóssoli Armelin
• Head of Support to Sustainable Development
  Programme, WWF Brazil
• mauro_at_wwf.org.br
• Beatrix Richards
• Head of Forest Trade Policy, WWF-UK
• Brichards_at_wwf.org.uk

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Thank you