REDD+ no Estado do Pará: a política ambiental climática paraense no contexto nacional e internacional

Abstract

The insertion of the mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in the context of the legal-normative and institutional framework of the State of Pará, is the theme addressed by this work. The methodology used in this research was based on two techniques of data collection, namely the documentary survey and application of questionnaires given to state agencies responsible for coordination and implementation of this mechanism within Para. In recent emergence on the scene of international discussions on the environment and global climate change, carried out under the Framework Convention of the United Nations on Climate Change, REDD is presented as a proposal for avoided deforestation in developing countries, whose preservation the forest estate, in view of the potential benefits to the mitigation of global warming should be offset by compensation of individuals, communities, projects and countries, as proposed originally released in 2005, during COP 11, held in Montreal, Canada. In this context, the State of Pará, which ended the year 2012 as the leader in numbers of deforestation among states in the Legal Amazon, in 2009 predicted the inclusion of REDD in its legal regulatory and institutional as part of the actions of the Plan for Prevention and Control of Deforestation Alternatives of Pará State (State Decree n. 1.697/2009). Elapsed the first phase of implementation of the Plan, the interstitial August 2009 to August 2012, research found that decision-making processes for implementation of the mechanism have not progressed, despite the existence of such projects within Pará State territory, and the advancement of the other Amazon states regarding theme, whose normative frameworks already have policies relating to REDD and REDD+ and important additional measures, such as the regulation on payment for environmental services and state policies on climate change.