Strategy to Reduce Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Protected Areas

Beto Verissimo

Protected Areas Context

• Conservation Units and Indigenous Lands account for about 41% of the territory (2,1 million km2)• Very limited human and financial resources to consolidated and protected these areas • Deforestation and illegal logging is increasing in some Protected Areas • It is about 10% of total deforestation (2007-2008)

Brazilian Amazon Protected Areas

Approach To Reduce Deforestation In Protected Areas Approach To Reduce Deforestation In Protected Areas

MonitoringMonitoring

Field EnforcementField Enforcement Dissemination Dissemination

Public Prosecutors Public Prosecutors

LANDSAT - 226/66 (17/08/2007)

Monthly Deforestation MonitoringMonthly Deforestation Monitoring

Deforestation Monthly ReportsDeforestation Monthly Reports

Status of “legal representations

Final Remarks

– It is possible to monitoring deforestation almost a real time and reports this with high frequency – Raise awareness of the general public through the midia news– Help to enforce environmental law by targetting some key public agencies (e.g, Public Prosecutors)