target 1 - Reserva da Biosfera da Mata Atlântica

the purpose to preserve and recover biodiversity
by promoting mitigation and adaptation in view
of climate changes, contributing to improve the
quality of life of the population. This program
establishes activities in action plans divided into the
following projects: 1) Preservation of Biodiversity;
2) Recovery of Biodiversity; 3) Economic Incentives
for Preservation; 4) Mitigation and Adaptation
in view of Climate Changes; 5) Environmental
Education and Training; 6) Research; 7) Monitoring
and Inspection. The program provides for a series
of innovative measures such as the BIOCREDIT
and the Payment for Environmental Services,
submitted as a State Law. As a result of the effort
and involvement of different sectors to build the
Program, with emphasis on new governance models
through public and private funds (BIOCREDIT),
an intersectorial alliance network is being built in
Paraná to support the BIOCLIMA PARANÁ. In the
state of Espírito Santo, o BANDES SUSTENTÀVEL, is a
facility of the state bank to support investments on
implantation, expansion, relocating, modernization,
diversification, technological and managerial
development, which, for instance, provide for the
reduction of the Green House Gases emissions in
the environment and seeks for better practices of
environmental control
Mata Atlântica Restoration Fund
The Restoration Fund of the Mata Atlântica Biome
was instituted by article 36 of Law No. 11.428, of
December 22, 2006, but is still pending regulation.
This is an important instrument to implement the
policies of preservation and recovery of the Mata
Atlântica. The Ministry of the Environment hired
a study on the importance of the fund and a draft
regulation from Mr. Paulo Haddad, former Minister
of Finance. The draft Decree, currently being
negotiated between the MMA and the Chief of Staff,
proposes that the Restoration Fund of the Mata
Atlântica Biome have an accounting and financial
and that its resources are invested in two modes: a)
reimbursable and b) non-reimbursable. The draft
Decree further proposes that Banco do Brasil be the
financial and executive agent and that the Fundo
have a Resolution Council with the participation of
government and non government bodies.
National Program for the Preservation
and Recovery of the Mata Atlântica
The National Program for the Preservation and
Recovery of the Mata Atlântica – PMA is another
extremely important instrument of implementation
that has been completed for years and still has
not been officially implemented by the Ministry
of the Environment. The Program, prepared
in collaboration with the Mata Atlântica NGO
Network and other civil society organizations,
seeks to coordinate federal policies of the Mata
Atlântica. According to the proposal, the program
will be executed in a partnership by the Federal
Government, state governments, municipalities
and entities of the organized civil society. The main
purpose of the PMA is to reestablish at least one
third of the original native vegetation of the Mata
Atlântica, and therefore ensure the environmental
services it provides to the country, such as the
maintenance of its extraordinary biodiversity, as
well as ensure water supply and carbon fixation
and consequently mitigate of climate changes, as
well as reduce rural poverty. The Mata Atlântica
intends to contribute to three great goals of the
Brazilian environmental policy: a) preservation of
biodiversity in situ; b) mitigation of climate changes;
and c) reduction of rural poverty.
To achieve these goals, the PMA is estimated to
last for 10 years with the following themes and
mainstreaming issues:
1) Consolidation of the Preservation Units
System;
2) Recovery of altered areas and payment for
environmental services;
3) Sustainable use of non-wood natural
resources;
4) Environmental monitoring, inspection, and
fire fighting and prevention;
5) Institutional strengthening;
6) Management of the Program and financial
arrangements;
Municipal Plans for the Preservation
and Recovery of Mata Atlântica
As to the Mata Atlântica, Law 11.428/06 also
instituted the Municipal Plans for the Preservation
and Recovery of Mata Atlântica, to be prepared and
implemented in each of the approximately 3,500
municipalities in the region. The Municipal Plans