Tractor-trailer truckslin e up along a red and muddy earthen road. Large vinyl tarpaulins secured by ropes cover the open-topped hoppers of each one. Truck drivers hang out and prepare simple meals using stoves and kitchen utensils contained in a compact box built into the side of the truck cab. It’s early March, still the middle of a lush and highly predictable rainy season. Th e trucks wait for their turn and then enter a large modern compound with a football fi eld–sized building where they are loaded with recently harvested and dried soybeans and weighed.
Boletim Amazônia em Pauta 9 – O ICMS Verde como incentivo à conservação do meio ambiente em municípios paraenses
No ICMS Verde é um instrumento econômico da política ambiental, com função compensatória (compensa a restrição do uso da terra nos municípios devido à presença de áreas protegidas) e incentivadora (incentiva os municípios a ampliarem suas áreas conservadas). Porém,...
