ATLANTIC FOREST OF PERNAMBUCO: LEGAL ARGUMENTS FOR REDD IMPLEMENTATION

Abstract

Climate change is the main environmental challenge to be face by most countries. In this sense, tropical forests play a prominent role, as well as providing diverse ecosystem services, contribute to the storage of CO2 , thus minimizing the effects of the release into the atmosphere. However, this type of ecosystem undergoes constant anthropic pressures ranging from the expansion of the agricultural frontier to the urbanization process, such as the intensely reduced and fragmented Pernambuco Atlantic Forest. Aiming to reconcile the protection of native vegetation and minimization of actions that contribute to the greenhouse effect, the instrument called Reduction Deforestation and Forest Degradation (R. E. D. D) appears in the international scenario. Thus, the present study sought to characterize the legal aspects for implementation in the state of Pernambuco. For that, the research analyzed the legal diplomas and publications (official and non-official) related to the implementation of this model at the national/ state level. The results demonstrate that it is possible to implement the instrument in Pernambuco, provided that REDD is adapted to the socio[1]environmental context of the State, such as fragmentation of forest remnants, small territorial extensions of native forest, presence of rural settlements and democratic management with the populations of the recipient areas.