Source: http://www.braziliannr.com/brazilian-environmental-legislation/conama-resolution-42911/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 00:14:03+00:00

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Published in Official Gazette 43 on March 2, 2011, page 76.
Establishes provisions for the methodology used for the recuperation of Permanent Preservation Areas (APPs) .
Art. 1 The recuperation of Permanent Preservation Areas, considered to be in the social interest, according to the provisions of line “a”, item V of § 2 of art. 1 of the Forestry Code, must follow the methodology provisioned by this Resolution.
Single paragraph. The voluntary recuperation of a Permanent Preservation Area containing native species of the ecosystem where it is located, follows the recuperation methodology established by this Resolution and other applicable standards and does not require the approval of an environmental organ.
IV – agro-forestry systems (SAFs): are systems for the use and occupation of the soil and within which perennial ligneous plants are managed in association with herbaceous plants, bushes, trees, agriculture and forage all coexisting within the same management unit, in a certain space and temporal manner, with a diversity of native species and interaction between these components.
III – joint planting of native species and induction of the natural regeneration of native species.
VI – adoption of measures for the conservation and attraction of native animals that disperse seeds.
Single paragraph. Induction methods used for the natural regeneration of native species must also consider the increase in the number of new plants through the introduction of sprouts.
VIII – planting of native species as foreseen in §§ 1 and 2 of this article.
§ 1 In the cases related to the planting of native species, even if as a joint measure with natural regeneration, the number of species and individual plants per hectare, planted or germinated, must attempt to be compatible with the local phyto-physiognomy and thereby accelerate the vegetation cover of the recuperated area.
§ 2 The natural regeneration of native species through induction must also consider the increase of new plants through sprouts.
§ 3 In exceptional cases , the planting of native species according to the provisions established by § 1, new herbaceous species or exotic green fertilizing bushes can be cultivated between the lines, or even agricultural exotic or native species, during a period of up to five years of the start of the recuperation process as a strategy for the maintenance of the area under recuperation, individuals interested in this method must inform the competent environmental organ, which will monitor the process, regarding the start and the location of the activity .
§ 4 In cases where prevails the lack of soil fertile horizons, the introduction of exotic species as pioneers and inductors of the restoration of the ecosystem may be allowed, as an exception and only if approved by the competent environmental organ. This method must be limited to one cycle of the used species and only efficient and approved species will be allowed to precede the natural regeneration of the area.
§ 5 Intercropped planting of native perennial native plants that produce fruits, seeds, chestnuts and other vegetable products can be permitted as a practice to support recuperation and can be harvested in a sustainable manner , with the exception of lumber.
§ 6 The competent environmental organ can, exceptionally and through the presentation of a professional project, authorize the usage of the bank of seeds and seedlings for exclusive use in native vegetation areas authorized for suppression, in cases related to public convenience or social interest and aimed at the use, of the same phytophysiognomy, within the same hydrographic basin and as a complementing method.
VIII – maintenance of established shifts, planted and/or germinated, through pruning/crowning, the control of perturbation factors such as competing species, insects, fire or other and the encircling or isolation of the area, when necessary.
Art. 8 The recuperation of Permanent Preservation Areas, according to the provisions of this Resolution and specifications for the recuperation of legal reserves, is eligible for economic incentives foreseen by national legislation and international agreements related to the protection, conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity and forests or for the mitigation and adaptation to climatic changes.
Art. 9 This Resolution shall enter into effect on the date of its publication.
This text does not substitute the text published in the Official Gazette on March 2, 2011.

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