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Challenges and
Opportunities of
implementing REDD+
at São Felix do
Xingu/PA - Brazil
Marcio Sztutman Conservation Manager - Amazon
The Nature Conservancy
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
3,234,031
3,864,088
5
145
779
1,943 3,171
5,786 7,083
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
0
1
10
100
1,000
10,000
Até 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
0
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
3,500,000
4,000,000
4,500,000
CAR (ha) Properties with CAR
CA
R
Pro
pe
rties with
CA
R
Deforestation response
820 820
1693
12641320
1082
1405
762
878
761
442
354
140 169223
0
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2000
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Def
ore
stat
ion
(km
2 /ye
ar)
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
