In Brazil, vast forest lands are designated as public yet have no special protection or enforcement and are vulnerable to land grabbing and illegal deforestation
To combat ongoing destruction in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil announced a plan Tuesday to dramatically expand selective logging to an area the size of Costa Rica over the next two years.
Companies that get timber concessions have to follow strict rules. They can log up to six trees per hectare over a 30-year period. Protected species, such as Brazil nut, and older, seed-producing trees are off limits. A working group is assessing which areas should be designated as conservation areas, Indigenous territories or forest concessions.
The government plan is a partnership with two private institutions – Imaflora and Systemiq – that will help do research and design community forest management, according to an official statement. “Forest management is the best way to halt environmental crime, from land-grabbing to illegal logging,” Frank Almeida, president of the National Forum, told the AP. “But there is no use in creating a project that wont become a reality,” he said, referencing recent government actions related to exports that have generated business uncertainty.
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