After almost five years, the Forest Code brought about important progress to land use regulation in rural estate properties. But there is an infinity of challenges ahead for Brazil to actually advance in the implementation of the Code.
The evolution of Brazilian forest concessions
In 2006 Brazil passed legislation allowing concessions for industrial timber harvest in public forests. This decision was part of a broader effort to control deforestation, which had spiked to its second highest level, of about 25,000 km2, in 2004. Specifically,...