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O, in conservation mode, continues with open registrations until December 31 for the Payment Notice for Environmental Services (PSA). Implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA), the action recognizes the efforts of family farmers and family farmers to preserve nature.
In keeping areas with native forest remnants, farmers and farmers will be able to receive PSA according to each phase. Phase 1 is exclusive for family farmers owners or possessors of rural real estate who perform their activities in one of the 70 cities that have already joined the Uniao with the municipalities, as it is also coordinated by MMA to promote deforestation control and combat in priority municipalities in the Amazon. Rural properties must be registered in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) and meet the other eligibility criteria of the call.
The PSA of Phase 1 is divided into two installments of R 1,500, the first being paid in the year of adherence to the program and the second after the family farmer gets the validation of the Car and present the register of Family Farming (CAF).
Phase 2, on the other hand, is directed to family farmers proprietary or possessing small rural properties throughout the legal Amazon. To join this phase, rural properties must be validated by the competent body. Payments vary according to the amount of native vegetation that covers the property, and start with the amount of 200 per hectare for those who have up to 80% native vegetation and go to 800 per hectare for those who have more than 80%.
Family farmer can apply for free through the Forest+ Amazon or Amazon project website. Interested parties will also be able to have support to register in the notice permanently made by the teams of MMA, Forest+ Amazon and their partners in the states. There will be a score for prioritization of beneficiaries and beneficiaries, including being a family farmer, enrolled in the CAF or having a statement of aptitude for the National Family Farming Strengthening Program (Pronaf) and owning or possessing female rural property.
The Forest+ Amazon project operates through five modalities: conservation, recovery, communities, innovation and institutions. The conservation modality, of which the announcement is part, supports rural producers of small properties, with financial incentives for the conservation of native vegetation, through the economic instrument of payment for environmental services (PSA). The initiative is supported by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Green Climate Fund funding (GCF).
About the PSA
It is a financial mechanism used by the Forest+ Amazon project, which aims to encourage financially those who contribute to the conservation and recovery of the Amazon rainforest. PSA is a way of stimulating the maintenance and improvement of natural ecosystems, valuing the role of family farmers and traditional communities such as environmental and guardian and guardian service providers.
So far, due to the conservation modality, more than R 5.5 million have been landed, retaining about 5,000 hectares in the Amazon, equivalent to more than 2 million trees. The initiative is supported by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Green Fund Fund for Climate (GCF).
