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)

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.

Deforestation Scenarios in the Amazon

‘today’WHRC, IPAM et alii

Priority Conservation Landscapes 2031

scenario 2031 ‘business-as-usual’

Deforestation Scenarios in the Amazon

WHRC, IPAM et alii

Fonte: INPE PRODES Digital, 2004.Fonte: INPE PRODES Digital, 2004.

Brazil’s “arc of deforestation” is advancingBrazil’s “arc of deforestation” is advancing towards the intact portions of the Amazon

Are deforestation rates starting to goes down?

Annual Deforestation in Brazilian Legal Amazon

years

sq

Km

per

year

INPE, 2006

DRIVERSAgriculture & 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.

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.

How is possible to work with FLEGT in Brazil?

WWFIUCN

WWF and others

WWFKaninde

OSRISA

WWF

IPAM

How we work in brazilian amazon:

‘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.

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

Mauro J. Capóssoli Armelin

Head of Support to Sustainable Development Programme, WWF Brazil

mauro@wwf.org.br

Beatrix Richards

Head of Forest Trade & Policy, WWF-UK

Brichards@wwf.org.uk

Thank you