In this article we discuss the importance, advances and challenges of national forest policy (Flonas) for the Brazilian Amazon. The Brazilian government has established as a goal to create around 500 thousand km2 of Flonas by 2010 (10% of Legal Amazon). This policy may deter the illegal occupation of unclaimed lands on the Amazon frontier; capture income from the forest by payment of a stumpage fee; encourage forest management as it assures the offer of managed and legalized timber; and conserve biodiversity since Flonas may serve as buffer zones for conservation units of integral protection while also providing ecological corridors for the movement of species.
This post was published on 18 de September de 2004
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