Plan to achieve “zero deforestation” is presented by Lula administration

The federal government has placed on public consultation the fifth phase of the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm), created in the first Lula administration (2002-2006), which aims to stimulate the sustainable development of the Amazon. For the first time, the plan proposes to fight illegal mining, which is causing a humanitarian crisis in the Yanomami Indigenous Land and threatening dozens of other indigenous territories. Another proposal is to strengthen credit for sustainable activities and veto it for irregular producers.

The Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon was shelved by the administration of Jair Bolsonaro, who centralized the responsibility for the forest in the Amazon Council headed by Hamilton Mourão, then Vice-President. The PPCDAm was responsible for reducing deforestation in the Amazon by 83% between 2004 and 2012. The current plan has the goal of zero illegal deforestation by 2030 and the new text can receive suggestions from people or organizations until April 26th.