Abstract:Despite the promise to increase control and fight against deforestation, the new Brazilian Forest Code (BFC) allowed more flexible dimensioning and land use rules in areas of private rural properties intended for native vegetation protection, namely the Legal Reserve (LR) and Areas of Permanent Preservation (APP). Following a decade of BFC implementation, the promise was somewhat flawed, while oversight and monitoring of private rural properties were not as expected. Considering this worrying scenario, the obj… Show more
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