1. WWF - Brazil and the Forest Governance in Amazon
Mauro J. Capóssoli Armelin
London, july 10, 2007.
(presentation Mauro Armelin, WWF-Brasil, based on several other presentation)

2. 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.

3. Deforestation Scenarios in the Amazon
‘today’
WHRC, IPAM et alii

4. Deforestation Scenarios in the Amazon
‘business-as-usual’
Deforestation Scenarios in the Amazon
Priority Conservation Landscapes 2031
WHRC, IPAM et alii

5. Brazil’s “arc of deforestation” is advancing
Brazil’s “arc of deforestation” is advancing towards the intact portions of the Amazon
Brazil’s “arc of deforestation” is advancing
Fonte: INPE PRODES Digital, 2004.

6. Are deforestation rates starting to goes down?
Annual Deforestation in Brazilian Legal Amazon
sq Km per year
years
INPE, 2006

7. DRIVERS Agriculture & 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.

8. 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.

9. How is possible to work with FLEGT in Brazil?
IPAM
WWF and others
WWF
IUCN
WWF
Kaninde
OSR
ISA
WWF

10. How we work in brazilian amazon:

11. ‘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.

12. 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
Checar dados com Antonio.

13. Mauro J. Capóssoli Armelin
Head of Support to Sustainable Development Programme, WWF Brazil
Beatrix Richards
Head of Forest Trade & Policy, WWF-UK

14. Thank you