Challenges and advances of implementing REDD+ at São Felix do Xingu

Challenges and

Opportunities of

implementing REDD+

at São Felix do

Xingu/PA - Brazil

Marcio Sztutman Conservation Manager - Amazon

The Nature Conservancy

msztutman@tnc.org

São Felix do Xingu (SFX)

Why SFX?

• Scale (8.4 MM ha)

• Stakeholders diversity

• Deforestation rates (1.7%/yrbetween 01–07)

• Forests remaining (6 MM ha)

SFX deforestation and degradation drivers

• Cattle ranching

• Illegal appropriation of public lands

• Illegal logging

• Inadequate governance

• In 2008 was included in the black list

TNC invited to SFX in 2009

A first, fundamental step: a Pact to End Ilegal Deforestation

• Producers associations

• Meet industries

• NGOs

• Municipal and State governments

• Creation of a Commission of the Pact, composed of22 institutions

Strategies vs. Land Tenure Type

A second, fundamental step: Rural Environmental Registry (CAR)

CAR evolution in SFX

33,039 308,991

767,548

1,481,732

2,375,714

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Deforestation in São Felix do Xingu Municipality

1999-2008 mean deforestation rate (1080 km2/yr)

79,3% deforestation reduction

But command and control isn´t enough –positive incentives are needed

But command and control isn´t enough –positive incentives are needed

Cocoa: an alternative for smallholders

Objective: Promote cocoa agroforestry crops as an alternative to cattle ranching

activities for small landholders - income generation and forest restoration of old pastures

Indigenous Lands Component

• Two Lands: Apiterewa and Trincheira Bacajá

• Territorial and Environmental Management Plans, after Brazil´s National Policy for ILs Management

• Mapping and zonning

• Patrolling

• Income generation and natural resource management projets

• Management agreements with nearby private lands

• Good business practices in relation to IPs

Major challenges

• Consolidate multistakeholder approach – mainly indigenous participation

• Social deforestation (49% of total in 2013)

• Consolidate governance: regulation, local capacities

• Demonstrate efficiency of improved ag & ranching practices towards forest conservation

• Land titling of private properties & rural credit access

• Improve technical assistance at scale

• Solve envirnmental liabilities through compensation and large scale restoration

Thank you

Marcio Sztutman Conservation Manager - AmazonThe Nature Conservancymsztutman@tnc.org