the plan has effectively brought the fight against deforestation into other sectoral agendas thanks to highprofile coordination by the executive office of the presidency casa civil and the assignment of implementation responsibilities to ministries currently in its third phase the ppcdam is based on a coherent set of actions such as establishment of protected areas section land tenure regularisation including the terra legal programme advanced monitoring systems strict enforcement and promotion of sustainable natural resource use complementary instruments such as embargos and credit restrictions for illegal deforesters have spurred enforcement effectiveness it has greatly helped reduce deforestation in the amazon figure although other factors may have contributed including declining prices of agricultural products and voluntary private sector engagement