Forest Carbon Rights in Brazil

This case study, written by Thiago Chiagas at Climate Focus, provides a full overview of current developments in Brazil in terms of legislation on REDD+ and looks at key issues of relevance to indigenous people.

Legislation on REDD+ is currently under development in Brazil. This clarifies which types of activities are eligible for REDD+, creates a committee to oversee REDD+ implementation, and creates different types of REDD+ credits for fund and market based REDD+ systems.