This document discusses GFI Brazil's work from 2011-2012 assessing PES laws, climate change laws, and REDD+ contexts in Brazil. It outlines key issues like financing, land tenure conflicts, and state roles. It also details expected outcomes, products, and 2012-2013 engagement plans around influencing Brazil's national REDD+ strategy and improving forest governance.

1. GFI Brazil
2011-2012
Alice Thuault
Brenda Brito
Priscilla Santos

2. States with PES Law
PES Law
Climate Change law that includes PES
Water resources law that includes PES
Law mentions REDD+

3. States with climate change laws
PES Law
Climate change law mentions PES
Climate change law does not mention
PES
Law mentions REDD+

4. Federal Level
• National REDD+ strategy
– Structure not disclosed yet
– Participation is fragmented
• Review of analyses and studies
• Writing short papers
• Workshop

5. Federal Level
• Threats to forest conservation laws
– Forest code, vetoes and provisional measure
– Reduction of protected areas for building dams
• Fail to comply with legal procedures

6. GFI assessments vs REDD+ context
• Three issues of current relevance:
– Where’s the money and how it’s being used?
– Conflict between land tenure and access to
benefits
– The role of states

7. Pending recognition
Tenure recognized
No information
Rural environmental
cadaster

8. Forest and Environmental
Funds
Public participation in
creation/revision
3
Monitoring of impacts and Clarity of rules for collection
effectiveness 2 and distribution of resources
1
Clarity in administrative
Financial monitoring 0
responsibilities
Clarity in administrative
Administrative capacity
responsibilities
Expertise in the forest area and
in fundraising
0 – not applicable 1 – weak 2 – moderate 3 - strong

9. MT state plan to combate
deforestation
Participation to the
executive
committee
3
Capacity of the 2
Transparency of the
agencies to
1 action plan
implement the
implementation
action plan 0
Coordination
Monitoring of the
between
action plan
implementation
implementation
agencies
0 – not applicable 1 – weak 2 – moderate 3 - strong

10. Expected outcomes
• Influence decision on tenure vs benefit sharing in
national REDD+ strategy
• Improve design of forest and environmental state
funds
• Improve implementation of MT state plan to reduce
deforestation and influence its review process

11. Expected products
• Report on PES laws in Brazil: June 2012
• Report on forest tenure governance and benefit
sharing: July 2012
• Report on good governance and forest
management, as a basic enabling condition for REDD+:
July 2012
• Report on forest funds governance: July 2012
• Assessment of MT state plan: July 2012

12. 2012-2013 plans
• Direct engagement opportunities
– Reviewing REDD+ national strategy
– Pará:
• Improving governance of process for tenure
regularization
• Reestablishing climate state forum
– Mato Grosso:
• Influencing the reviewing process of the state plan
• Designing sectorial REDD+ programs