Land Use
Amazon River. Photo: Carolina Marques
As the global population grows, it’s more important than ever to use land and natural resources efficiently. To meet the world’s needs, we must improve agricultural productivity while avoiding expansion into carbon-rich areas like forests.
CPI research identifies and assesses opportunities to improve land-use efficiency and increase the productivity of land while simultaneously protecting forests’ vital carbon stocks. Current partnerships include the Ministry of Agriculture in Brazil, the Ministry of Finance in Indonesia, and other decision-makers to support a Production & Protection strategy.
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Landscape of Climate Finance for Land Use in Brazil 2021–2023
Researchers from Climate Policy Initiative/Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro CPI/PUC-Rio quantify the financial flows directed toward agriculture and forests between 2021 and 2023 that are aligned with climate objectives.
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Combatting Deforestation Portfolio
Discover the publications in CPI/PUC-Rio combatting deforestation portfolio.
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Credit Where It’s Due: Financial Institutions and Credit for Deforested Properties
This study reveals that subsidized rural credit has been widely channeled by various financial institutions to finance producers who allowed the destruction of native vegetation.
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The Triple Gap in Finance for Agrifood Systems
Agrifood systems form the cornerstones of economies, societies, and ecosystems across the world, while also generating significant environmental costs. This report takes a systems-based approach to analyzing the investment needs of the agrifoods sector.
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Settlements in Focus: Combating Deforestation and Conservation in the Amazon
CPI/PUC-Rio and Amazon 2030 analize the high concentration of deforestation in a small group of rural settlements in the Amazon.
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Cutting Down the (Hydropower) Plants: How the Amazon Deforestation is Jeopardizing Electricity Generation in Brazil
CPI/PUC-Rio and Amazônia 2030 analyze the impact of changes in rainfall patterns caused by deforestation on national electricity generation.
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Structured Finance for Nature
Structured Finance for Nature (SFN) stacks green bonds to finance a diversified portfolio of natural assets, with 60% dedicated to protecting intact ecosystems.
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The Landbanking Group
The Landbanking Group (TLG) has created a new methodology for valuing nature and a market mechanism (Nature Equity Assets) to allow direct investment into natural capital stocks – biodiversity, carbon, soil, and water.
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SPV for Silvopasture Scaling
This special purpose vehicle (SPV) enables the adoption of more sustainable practices that lead to reduced emissions, increased carbon sequestration, and the recovery of degraded land, and contribute to greater income generation for medium-sized farms and enhanced climate resilience.
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The Impact of Brazil’s ABC Program Credit on Pasture Recovery: Evidence from the Cerrado
To better understand and increase the effectiveness of investments in pasture recovery, researchers from CPI/PUC-RIO evaluated the ABC Recuperação credit line, Brazil’s main policy instrument used to promote restoration in recent years.
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Halting Deforestation through Finance: Regulatory Mapping of the Central Bank of Brazil
Researchers from CPI/PUC-Rio conducted a comprehensive study on the BCB’s sustainability initiatives to assess the bank’s efforts to combat deforestation and conversion.
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Credit Where It’s Due: Unearthing the Relationship between Rural Credit Subsidies and Deforestation
Researchers from CPI/PUC-Rio analyze the amount of subsidized rural credit associated with deforestation in Brazil, providing unpublished property-level data.
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Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy: Inputs for Classifying Land Use Activities
Seeking to contribute to the construction of the Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy, researchers from CPI/PUC-Rio analyzed the intersections and complementarities between the main initiatives to define land use sustainability in Brazil.
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The (Lack of) Control of Legal Deforestation in MATOPIBA: Regulation and Governance of Authorizations for the Suppression of Vegetation
CPI/PUC-Rio provides three recommendations to enhance legal deforestation control in the Matopiba region.
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Forest Restoration in Brazil: Essential Factors for Promoting Restoration at Scale
The new publication from CPI/PUC-Rio analyzes where, how, and why to promote the restoration of forests and other forms of vegetation, identifying three essential factors to drive large-scale restoration in Brazil.
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The South African Climate Finance Landscape 2023
The report aims to provide consistent information on current climate investments in South Africa to highlight existing gaps, spotlight opportunities, and provide a foundation to mobilize and scale climate finance.
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Governance of Forest Concessions in the Amazon: Opportunities for Improvement Based on Evidence in Pará
Analysis of the evolution of forest concessions in the Amazon allows for the recommendation of new governance structure for concessions in the Amazon region.
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Innovative Mechanisms for Forest Compensation in Brazilian MATOPIBA
The new CPI/PUC-Rio publication analyzes the main modalities of forest compensation in Brazilian MATOPIBA, identifying state and federal policies.
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Brazilian Environmental Policies and the New European Union Regulation for Deforestation-Free Products: Opportunities and Challenges
Researchers from CPI/PUC-Rio analyzed how brazilian environmental policies dialogue with the European Union Deforestation-Free Regulation.
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Estimating the Spatial Amplification of Damage Caused by Degradation in the Amazon
CPI researchers published a paper at PNAS estimating the damage caused by degradation in the Amazon.
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Video: Landscape of Climate Finance for Land Use in Brazil
Watch the video to learn about the climate finance flows for land use in Brazil.
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Carbon and the Fate of the Amazon
The carbon market is an efficient strategy in combating the climate crisis in Brazil, with global impacts to change the vocation of the forest, avoiding the tipping point.
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Brazilian Agricultural Mitigation and Adaptation Policies: Towards Just Transition
This study presents a policy map for climate mitigation and adaptation in Brazilian agriculture, identifying the government agencies responsible for implementation and the presence of elements of social and economic justice within each policy.
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Video: The Amazon Domino Effect
In this video, CPI/PUC-Rio presents the results of the Amazon Domino Effect, that can lead to a tipping point.
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The Amazon Domino Effect: How Deforestation Can Trigger Widespread Degradation
Researchers from CPI/PUC-Rio present unprecedented results on the impacts of deforestation in different regions of the forest. They identify that, on average, for every 100 trees deforested, 22 additional trees die in regions distant from the deforestation due to lack of water.
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Fighting Deforestation in the Amazon: Strategic Coordination and Priorities for Federal and State Governments
In this study, researchers from CPI/PUC-Rio analyze deforestation and land tenure within the Amazon biome to identify critical areas for public authorities to address in each territory.
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Where Does Brazil Stand and Where Is It Heading in the Implementation of the Forest Code? Opportunities for the New Lula Administration
In this publication, researchers from CPI/PUC-Rio provide an unprecedented and updated snapshot of the implementation of the Forest Code in all Brazilian states to identify the primary challenges that must be overcome and to present an agenda with seven key actions for the effective implementation o...
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Smallholders in the Caatinga and the Cerrado: A Baseline Analysis for a Rural Just Transition in Brazil
CPI/PUC-Rio researchers tackle the concept of rural just transition in Brazil, providing a baseline of smallholders in two of Brazil’s most critical biomes: the Cerrado and the Caatinga.
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Revealing Incentives: Implications of the Design of Public Rural Insurance Policies in Brazil
In this report, researchers from CPI/PUC-Rio analyze the inner workings of both PROAGRO and the PSR and unveil how the design of each program generates different incentives for producers, insurance claims adjusters, and financial agents, with an impact on the effectiveness of public spending.
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Mining Royalties and Socioeconomic Development in Pará
In this insight brief, researchers from Climate Policy Initiative/Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (CPI/PUC-Rio) present evidence of the relationship between mining royalties and development in the state of Pará, Brazil.
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Rural Investment: BNDES Credit Contributes to Agricultural Intensification
The study evaluates the effects of BNDES rural credit for investment in machinery and equipment on agricultural activity and land use in Brazil.
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Credit for Investments in Brazilian Agriculture and the Role of the Brazilian Development Bank
The study presents an analysis of BNDES performance and evolution in terms of rural credit, as well as the characteristics of credit granted by the bank for the purchase of agricultural machinery and equipment.
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Where Does Brazil Stand with the Implementation of the Forest Code? A Snapshot of the CAR and PRA in Brazilian States - 2021 Edition
This publication is part of a project to permanently monitor the implementation of the Forest Code in Brazilian states, with contributions from environmental and agricultural bodies at the state level.
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The Relationship between Forest Fires and Deforestation in the Amazon: Phenomena Are More Closely Related in Rural Settlements and in Occupied Public Lands
This study from CPI/PUC-Rio presents the main findings from an analysis of the occurrence of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon and their relationship with subsequent deforestation.
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Through DETER’s Lens: The Relationship between Degradation and Deforestation in the Amazon
This document presents the main results of an analogous analysis that explores publicly available, more recent, and more detailed data about forest loss from the Real-Time Deforestation Detection System (Sistema de Detecção de Desmatamento em Tempo Real – DETER), also produced by INPE.
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Public Policies for the Protection of the Amazon Forest: What Works and How to Improve
This report consolidates the main findings of the academic literature that rigorously evaluates policies aimed at combating deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Additionally, it draws on empirical evidence to propose ways of strengthening Brazil’s policy agenda for protecting the Amazon Forest whi...
