Et nyt system skal mindske hugsten i den brasilianske del af Amazonas. Jordejere, der fælder mere træ end tilladt skal kunne købe ”kvoter” af andre, der ikke har brugt deres andel af regnskoven, lidt ligesom det internationale system for handel med CO2.
Brazil has launched a new platform that enables farmers and ranchers who have cleared forest beyond the legal minimum to come into compliance by purchasing forest “quotas” from landowners who have more than the mandated level of forest cover, writes Mongabay Wednesday.
The system could spur increased compliance with the country’s Forest Code, according to some experts.
The platform, launched as part of the Bolsa Verde do Rio de Janeiro (BVRio) or Rio de Janeiro Green Exchange last week, is a private, market-based system with prices determined by supply and demand. About 400 landowners pre-registered with BVRio before its launch.
Until now, landowners who failed to maintain the required amount of native vegetation on their land — ranging from 20 percent in some ecosystems to 80 percent in the Amazon rainforest — faced potential fines if they were caught.
However the law was widely flouted, with enforcement often used as a tool for extracting bribes from landowners. As a result, compliance in parts of the Brazilian Amazon is very low, contributing to a general climate of illegality, fueling other problems ranging from violence to illegal logging.
The new platform potentially makes it much easier for a property owner to comply with environmental laws.
A landowner can simply buy the necessary forest “quota” one hectare at a time, provided the forest area is within the same biome.
“For example, a farmer in the central Brazilian ‘cerrado’ biome can’t sell his extra quotas to an Amazonian cattle rancher who clear-cut tropical rainforest and needs an acre of trees,” according to the AP.
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