CAR

THE RURAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGISTRY

BRAZILIAN FOREST SERVICE

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 WHAT IS CAR?

Law 12.651/2012 New Forest Code

The Rural Environmental Registry CAR:

National level
Mandatory for all rural properties
Database for:
- control and monitoring;
- environmental and economic planning
- support to combat deforestation.

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 CAR INFORMATION
Declaratory nature
Identification of land owner
Information about the property including geolocation of:
- Perimeter of rural property;
- Areas with remnants of native vegetation;
- Permanent Protected Areas and LEGAL RESERVE;
- Converted areas
Deadline: May 2016
After 2017
Small farmers:
- Support No funding from the banking
system without CAR
- Special conditions

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 Complexity of the Forestal Code
Chapter Number of rules
# Heading Articles Paragraphs Items Subitems Subtotal
I General Statements 3 4 32 23 62
II Areas of Permanent Preservation 6 14 25 7 52
III Areas of Restrict Usage 2 0 0 0 2
Ecologically Sustainable Use of
III-A 1 7 12 0 20
the Apicuns and Salgados
IV Area of Legal Reserve 14 24 23 3 64
Deforestation for Alternate Use of
V 3 2 4 0 9
the Soil
VI Rural Environmental Registry 2 4 3 0 9
VII Exploitation of Forests 4 16 23 3 46
Control of Forestal Products
VIII 3 11 0 0 14
Sources
Prohibition of Fire Usage and Fire
IX 3 6 3 0 12
Control
Support and Incentive for
X Preservation and Recovery of the 10 26 25 16 77
Environment Program
XI Control of Deforestation 1 3 0 0 4
XII Familly Farming 7 7 11 0 25
XIII Transitional Statements 10 43 42 0 95
Complementary and Final
XIV 17 17 24 0 58
Statements
 ACTORS ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Owners Make and

or Register Develop Offer
Holders CAR PRA CRA
Elect Sign
Solution Agreement

Monitoring Rural Property

Environmental
Agencies of Analyse
Endorse Endorse
the States CAR and
CAR CRA
(OEMAs) Report

Federal
Government Develop Manage Enable Entities of Issue
SICAR SICAR Users the Bond Market CRA
(MMA)
Securities
Trade Environmental Reserve Quota Update SICAR
Market
(CRA) in the Bond Market (Buy and Sell)
Entities
Others
(Banks, Check the Compliance Status of Rural Property
Notaries, to the New Forestal Code
Control
Bodies, etc)
 Systems Architecture
(Actual Status)
National SICAR SICAR of OEMA
Off-Line Off-Line

Webservice
Contact Center SICAR of OEMA
of the National National SICAR Reception Module
SICAR Reception Module
(Web Portal) CAR DB
of OEMA

National SICAR of OEMA

CAR DB Analysis Module
National registration receipt

National GIS
National SICAR National
Analysis Module CAR DB
 Registry Module

Registring a rural property

- Perimeter of rural property;
- Areas with remnants of native vegetation;
-Permanent Protected Areas and LEGAL RESERVE;
- Converted areas
RURAL PROPERTY
CONVERTED AREAS
NATIVE VEGETATION
HYDROGRAPHY
PPA (to be restored)

PPA (preserved)
LEGAL
LEGAL RESERVE
RESERVE
(surplus)
 ANALYSES MODULE

Overlap analyses amongst rural properties

Overall overlap with focus on the property under analyses

Analyses of the impact of overlaps on other properties

MDULO DE ANLISE
MDULO DE ANLISE

PROPERTY UNDER
ANALYSES
MDULO DE ANLISE
 MDULO DE ANLISE

OVERLAPPED
PROPERTY
MDULO DE ANLISE
MDULO DE ANLISE

OVERLAPPED AREA
MDULO DE ANLISE
MDULO DE ANLISE
 ANALYSES MODULE

Land cover and use analyses

Analyses of the declared data in comparison to the land cover and

use maps produced using RapidEye and LandSat satellite images
(reference years: 2008 e 2011/12).
MDULO DE ANLISE
 MDULO DE ANLISE
CONVERTED AREAS
CAR (MAPPING)
 MDULO DE ANLISE
NATIVE VEGETATION
CAR (MAPPING)
 MDULO DE ANLISE
MAPPED AREAS
CAR (MAPPING)
MDULO DE ANLISE

PROPERTY UNDER
ANALYSES
MDULO DE ANLISE

NATIVE VEGETATION
(DECLARED)
 MDULO DE ANLISE

NATIVE VEGETATION
(DECLARED)

CONVERTED AREAS
CAR (MAPPING)
 SOME BENEFITS

PRODUCERS ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES

Verify compliance with Differentiate legal and illegal
environmental rules deforestation
Lifting of sanctions (If any) Monitoring and combating
deforestation
Access to Environmental Adjustment
Programs Licensing Support
Certification of forest assets Formulation of Public Policies
Access to Payment for Environmental Better environmental
Services programs management
COMPANIES AND CONSUMERS
Choice of products and services with origin in properties
which comply with environmental regulations

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 CAR NUMBERS IN BRAZIL

Total area subject to registration Total Registered Area Registered area

(ha) (ha) (%)
397,562,970 233,146,571 58.6 %
Number of Properties Registered 1,737,072

Increment (last 3 months) Increment Requests for

34,914,906 hectares (last 3 months) PRAs
360,556 estates (area) 46.3%
17.6%
CAR DISTRIBUTION IN BRAZIL
CAR NUMBERS IN BRAZIL
 CAR NUMBERS IN BRAZIL

Declared Information

Legal Reserve PPA covered

Registered Area Remnants of Legal
covered with Native PPA with Native
(Total) Native Vegetation Reserve
Vegetation Vegetation

142,916,267 ha 49,514,671 ha 28,072,400 ha 13,602,306 ha 6,345,655 ha 1,666,990 ha

100% 35% 19.64% 48% 4% 26%

Inclued in the SICAR Database, not considering INCRAs settlements (waiting for submission), and data from the states of Par, Mato
Grosso do Sul e Esprito Santo.
Not including data from the states of So Paulo e Paran
Not including data from the states of So Paulo, Bahia, Mato Grosso e Paran
Not including data from the states of Tocantins
Not including data from the states of Minas Gerais, Bahia, Mato Grosso e So Paulo
Remnants of Native Vegetation, Permanent Remnants of Native Vegetation, Permanent
Protected Areas and Legal Reserve Protected Areas, Legal Reserve and Protected Areas
 NEXT STEPS

Improve Information Analyses

- Implementation of the Analysis Module
- Evaluation of environmental liability, forest assets and rural properties that comply
with environmental regulations
- Periodic dissemination of information
Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
- Tracking deforestation
- Harmonizing agriculture and environment conservation
- Payment for Environmental Services
- Establishment of strategies towards conservation: recovering priority areas,
ecological corridors, increasing protected areas and integrating with the National Forest
Inventory
Implement the Program for Environmental Compliance
Regulate the Environmental Compliance Quotas
THANK YOU

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