REDD+ Strategy of the Tocantins Jurisdictional Program

The Program’s REDD+ strategy is
 implemented through three main instruments:

Plan for the Prevention and Combat of Deforestation and Forest Fires in the State of Tocantins

It is the main instrument for tackling illegal deforestation and forest fires in Tocantins through prevention, inspection, monitoring and financing efforts, articulating different public policies and institutions.

The PPCDIF, which covers the period 2021-2025, is aligned with the federal plans (PPCDAm and PPCerrado). The Plan has four strategic axes, each with its respective actions and planned goals:

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General Goal

Actions

Prevention

  • 15% reduction in forest fires in Tocantins, based on the average from the last 10 years;
  • 100% reduction in illegal deforestation, based on the moving average of the last 5 years.
  • Complete the ZEE;
  • Create new UCs;
  • Consolidate the Forest Code in the areas of the 8 state APAS of the State of Tocantins with analysis of the CAR and PRA;
  • Validate the CAR;
  • Become eligible for REDD+;
  • Reduce the area affected by forest fires in the state;
  • Recover degraded areas;
  • Increase the capacity of forest ATER;
  • Promote certified production;
  • Promote the bioeconomy;
  • Strengthen municipal environmental management;
  • Regulate integrated fire management - MIF

Monitoring

  • Updated production of 100% of deforestation and forest fire data and 60% of conservation unit data.
  • Validate the CAR;
  • Monitor deforestation;
  • Monitor the incidence of fire;
  • Monitor degraded areas;
  • Recover degraded areas;
  • Train Geotechnology technicians for the Monitoring Center;
  • Acquire high-resolution satellite imagery for 1 year;
  • Monitoring course for firefighters.

Command and Control

  • 20% of the illegal environmental cases of deforestation and forest fires known to NATURANTINS and BPMA come from properly activated alert systems.
  • Acquire computer and technology equipment;
  • Train the team for inspection and combat actions;
  • Purchase drones with extra batteries and training course;
  • Drone operation course;
  • Reduce the area affected by forest fires in the state;
  • Intensify actions to combat illegal deforestation in the Cerrado/Amazon Biome.

Combat

  • 30% of forest fires recorded by INPE and CEMAF/CIGMA were duly combated in the State of Tocantins.
  • Increase the capacity to fight forest fires;
  • Acquisition of equipment, materials and PPE for fire-fighting actions;
  • Fight forest fires in the Cerrado Biome, in the MIF and MFBC areas.

Tocantins Competitive and Sustainable Strategy

It is a state initiative that aims to achieve low greenhouse gas emissions in Tocantins by 2040, with the rational use of natural resources, respect for future generations, improvement of the quality of life of its population and mitigation of climate change. Its guidelines are based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), stakeholder engagement, respect for diversity and natural vocations, governance, monitoring and transparency and the definition of investments. The strategy is organized into 4 main axes of action: Economic, Social, Environmental and Infrastructure.

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Tocantins Low Carbon Agriculture Plan+ (ABC+TO Plan)

This is the sectoral plan for adapting Tocantins’ agriculture to climate change and reducing GHG emissions from the sector. Tocantins has committed to reducing between 8.5 and 10.5 million tCO2e by 2030 with the ABC+/TO Plan.

The ABC+/TO Plan seeks to promote the recovery of degraded pastures, the restoration of Permanent Preservation Areas (APPs) and Legal Reserve areas (RL), and implement environmentally sustainable agricultural practices, such as crop-livestock-forest integration (ILPF).

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