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Beneficiaries of the state plan will receive $ 4.5 million as an incentive to conserve more than 500,000 hectares of forests

  • April 12, 2021
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The Socio Bosque program was born in 2008 with the aim of promoting the conservation of forests, through the delivery of economic incentives.

Nearly90,000 beneficiariesof the projectSocio Bosqueof theMinistry of Environment and Waterrecir$ 4.5 million,corresponding to the payment of conservation incentives corresponding to the first and second share of the year 2020.

This, with the financial contribution of theFederal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ), throughDevelopment Bank (KFW).

This payment will allow the conservation of more than500,000 hectaresOf forest, moors, mangrove and native vegetation nationwide, said the ministry.

Socio Bosque was born in 2008 With the aim of promoting forest conservation, through the delivery of economic incentives to local communities and owners, favoring the connectivity of the National System of Protected Areas.

In 10 years,From 2008 to 2019, have been invested$ 81 millionIn the program, according toMarcelo Mata, Minister of Environment and Water.However, the program experienced payment delays in previous years and even an audit by the Comptroller, requested by Mata to transparent the management.

"It is gratifying for the National Government to fulfill the commitments and recognitions towards those who retain native ecosystems and thereby boosting sustainable development in their populations, despite the world health crisis caused by COVID-19," said Mata, who explained that due to the health emergency by the COVID-19 they managed the payment of the pending incentives of the 2020Forest conservation program and REDD+,North Amazon Fund - Forest conservation.

In this regard, Nancy Sarrade, Party Forest Manager, he mentioned that "the Government of Germany approved the proposal of this State portfolio for the reorientation of funds of the projects in execution, to cover the fiscal deficit of the 2020 period and part of the 2021 period, which currently maintains the Socio Bosque project to carry out the payment of economic incentives to the custodians of the native ecosystems."