Forests for Future Generations – Public and Private
Responsability for Sustainability
Collaborative approach of public and private sector for sustainable
development of the Brazilian Amazonia
Marcus V. Alves, Ph.D.
Brazilian Forest Service
Berlin, Germany, June 11th, 2013
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
WHY SHOULD WE CARE?
WORLD FOREST RESOURCES
FAO
BRAZILIAN FORESTS
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Brazil has the largest tropical forest area (≈⅓) and
holds the largest biodiversity on the planet.
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Brazilian forests account for 520 million ha.
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Plantations forests occupy 7.4 million ha.
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Forest area per capita 2.7 ha.
LAND USE IN BRAZIL
Other
uses
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Forests occupy more than
60% of the total area of
the country.
Pasture
Natural
Forests
Agriculture
Plantation forests
BRAZILIAN PUBLIC FORESTS
LAND USE X FORESTS
Annual deforestation rate
Log consumption (million m3)
AMAZON LOG CONSUMPTION
TRENDS IN WOOD SUPPLY
Pop.
growth
Econ.
growth
Inputs
LCE
- Private forests
Demand
- Community Forests
- Forest concessions
PUBLIC FOREST MANAGEMENT

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Public
and
private
partnership
for
sustainable
tropical
forest management in
Brazil.
National
Forest
of
Jamari, under forest
concession.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ARE
NOT AN OPTION, THEY ARE THE ONLY WAY
FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE AMAZON REGION
CHALLENGES
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Speeding up land/forest
tenure reforms.
Enhancing law enforcement.
Improving
logistic
and
infrastructure.
Financing
SFM
and
industrial operations.
Reducing transaction &
compliance costs.
Expanding plantation of
tropical forests.
PERSPECTIVES

Stopping “land grabbing”

Reducing illegal logging

Creating new protected areas

Improving forest governance

Creating public incentives

Establishing
forest-based
economies at local and
regional levels
Public and private partnerships:
the path for a sustainable development of the
Amazon region
THANK YOU
OBRIGADO
DANKE
marcus.alves@florestal.gov.br
www.florestal.gov.br