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ARTICLE · 10 DECEMBER 2015

Os Avanços no REDD+ no Brasil

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Vilmar Gonçalves
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Solange Cunha
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Tatiana Teixeira
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Paulo De Bessa Antunes
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Elizabeth Fernandes
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Foi publicado, no dia 27 de novembro de 2015, o Decreto Federal nº 8.576 que institui a Comissão Nacional para Redução das Emissões de Gases de Efeito Estufa Provenientes do Desmatamento e da Degradação Florestal, Conservação dos Estoques de Carbono Florestal, Manejo Sustentável de Florestas e Aumento de Estoques de Carbono Florestal ("REDD+").

O objetivo é que esta Comissão seja responsável por coordenar, acompanhar e monitorar a implementação da Estratégia Nacional para REDD+ ("ENREDD+") e por coordenar a elaboração dos requisitos para o acesso a pagamentos por resultados de políticas e ações de REDD+ no Brasil, reconhecidos pela Convenção-Quadro das Nações Unidas sobre Mudança do Clima.

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