RESTORE+ Project Stakeholders Meetings in Brasília
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On 13 and 14 September 2017, Brazil’s RESTORE+ team held a series of technical meetings with representatives of Brazil’s Ministry of Environment (MMA), Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications (MCTIC), and of WWF-Brazil.
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In September 2015, Brazil announced the commitment to recover 12 million hectares of degraded native vegetation by 2030. This goal, in addition to being part of the Brazilian NDC, integrates the country's contribution to the Bonn Challenge, which aims to restore 150 million hectares of forests degraded throughout the world by 2020. To attain this target, Brazil’s National Policy for the Recovery of Native Vegetation (PROVEG) was established in January 2017, which will be implemented through the National Plan for the Recovery of Native Vegetation (PLANAVEG).
The meetings, held in Brasília, are part of several rounds of consultations and engagement with relevant stakeholders, planned to explore policies and definitions on degraded land in Brazil, and provide the Brazilian government with national scenarios of restoration and sustainable food/energy crop production on degraded lands.
The events emphasized the synergy between RESTORE+ project activities and the implementation of Brazil’s NDC. Discussions included the definition of priority areas for restoration within the PLANAVEG context, and how corresponding carbon removals will impact Brazil’s GHG emissions reduction targets. Issues like the impact of climate change on the dynamics of land use change in Brazil, and the relevance of supply-chain agreements like the Amazon soy and beef moratoria were also explored. Participants agreed that other meetings like these should be held in the future, and that they could contribute to the improvement of degraded native vegetation restoration policies currently being implemented in Brazil.
The meetings, held in Brasília, are part of several rounds of consultations and engagement with relevant stakeholders, planned to explore policies and definitions on degraded land in Brazil, and provide the Brazilian government with national scenarios of restoration and sustainable food/energy crop production on degraded lands.
The events emphasized the synergy between RESTORE+ project activities and the implementation of Brazil’s NDC. Discussions included the definition of priority areas for restoration within the PLANAVEG context, and how corresponding carbon removals will impact Brazil’s GHG emissions reduction targets. Issues like the impact of climate change on the dynamics of land use change in Brazil, and the relevance of supply-chain agreements like the Amazon soy and beef moratoria were also explored. Participants agreed that other meetings like these should be held in the future, and that they could contribute to the improvement of degraded native vegetation restoration policies currently being implemented in Brazil.
