The Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation and Fires of the State of Tocantins (PPCDQ-TO) - In 2009, the State of Tocantins prepared its first Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the State of Tocantins - PPCD. It was coordinated by a multidisciplinary and intersectorial team, under the leadership of Instituto Natureza do Tocantins (Naturatins). From the Signing of the Non-Refundable Financial Concession Agreement No. 13.2.0558.1 with the Amazon Fund / BNDES, in June 2013, the State began the process of revising the PPCD, in compliance with the obligations of Clause XXXVI (updating the plan would be part of the State's counterpart), having concluded in 2015.
i) Final presentation of the project that contains a consolidated strategy listing all products and services, with respective activities, that will be developed with the implementation of the project, aiming at the achievement of its objectives. Including all the necessary metrics to follow the evolution of the activities and the implantation of the products / services, as well as the integration of the work fronts; and control of project expenditures.
State Plan for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change to Consolidate a Low Carbon Economy in Agriculture (ABC-TO Plan) - one of the sectoral plans elaborated in accordance with Article 3 of Decree No. 7,390 / 2010 and purpose is the organization and planning of the actions to be taken to adopt the sustainable production technologies, selected in order to respond to the commitments of reduction of GHG emissions in the agricultural sector assumed by the country.
The ABC Plan is comprised of seven programs, six of which are related to mitigation technologies, as well as one last program with actions to adapt to climate change. In this context, Tocantins assumed a commitment by 2020 to mitigate between 8.5 and 10.5 million tons of CO2 eq. the Plan ABC will be reviewed and updated with a view to the new reduction and mitigation goals. The plan was formalized through decree on March 28, 2014.
Law no 2,713, 2013 - Creates the Programme for the Environmental Harmonisation of Rural Property and Productive Activities. . This Programme aims at promoting the the environmental regularization of rural properties (through permanent preservation areas and legal reserve activities) and infrastructure by including them in the system of the Rural Environmental Register – CAR, owned by the Institution "Natureza do Tocantins" – NATURATINS.
Law no 2,656, 2012- establishes the Economic Ecological Zoning of the State of Tocantins.
Law no 2,476, 2011- Establishes the Program of Environmental Adequacy of Property and Rural Activity - TO-LEGAL, and adopts other measures.
Law no 1,917, 2008 - Institutes the State Policy on Climate Change, Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development of Tocantins, and adopts other measures. Recognizes the states' climate change, environmental conservation, and sustainable development policy which references actions to reduce deforestation and regulations on environmental services such as forest carbon.
Law no 1,789, 2007 - Established the State Council for the Environment of Tocantins - COEMA / TO.
Law no 1,445, 2004 - Establishes instruments of compensation for areas of Legal Reserve.
Law no 1,307, 2002 - Provides for the State Policy of Water Resources, and adopts other measures.
Secretariat for Environment and Water Resources (SEMARH)- Restructured in 2015, the Secretariat for Environment and Water Resources (Semarh) has a mandate which includes:t o Coordinate the process of reviewing the state policy on the environment and water resources and their instruments; to promote the environmental adequacy of the rural property in an agile and efficient way; encourage and strengthen municipal environmental management; evaluate the environmental assets of the State of Tocantins; Consolidate the state system of water resources management; Promote the recovery and conservation of hydrographic basins and aquifer systems; Implement projects to adapt to climate change with a focus on adequacy of social and environmental infrastructure; implement a system of management and maintenance of Conservation Units with financial return; Encourage the management of solid waste in partnership with the Secretariat of Cities and Urban Development, with support in legislation, fundraising and training; Encourage and strengthen the Environmental Organizations of Civil Society.
Secretary of Planning (SEPLAN) - the government body responsible for coordinating and managing the government plans of the State of Tocantins. It is responsible for preparing and monitoring budget programming, also responding to ecological-economic zoning and the formulation and implementation of statistical systems and socioeconomic research in the within the state.
Economic Zoning- - The Ecological-Economic Zoning has as main objectives: to support the State Government in the process of formulating public policies and decision making; to support the elaboration of plans, programs and projects for sustainable economic and social development; recommend areas for production, conservation and environmental preservation considering the support capacity of the landscapes and order the process of occupation of the lands of Tocantins.
Mapping of the Phytophysiological Regions - The objective of this report was to describe the pattern of wealth, density, basal area, importance value, alpha diversity and levels of similarity of vegetation types sampled in the river basins of the Tocantins State.
Forest Inventory- The objective of this report was to present the volume of woody material, plant biomass, carbon stock and the potential of wood and non-timber use of the phytophysiognomies sampled in the hydrographic basins of the State of Tocantins.
Vegetation Use Plan- The purpose of this report is to propose the zoning of potential use of the vegetation cover of the State of Tocantins based on the richness of species; indices of Shannon and Pielou; number of protected and threatened species; number of individuals of protected and threatened species; number of rare, endemic or restricted species; number of rare, endemic or restricted-species individuals; yield of woody material (volume) and distribution and density of species with potential for extractivism.
Study coverage of Dynamics and Land Use State of Tocantins The aim of the study was to evaluate and quantify the spatial dynamics of Tocantins territory in the period 1990-2007, through TM / Landsat satellite images, the generation of dynamic coverage and use of the land, and integrated analysis of geographic data with the support of socioeconomic variables. The information generated in the work aims to subsidize the Public Power in the planning and planning of the use of landscapes, both in terms of conservation and environmental protection, as well as expansion and consolidation of productive activities, especially agricultural and livestock; support the assessment of socio-economic and environmental impacts; and serve as a reference for the design of strategies and public policies in the transportation, agriculture, livestock, and environmental sectors, among others.
The safeguards to be designed by the state of Tocantins in a future REDD + scheme will aim to minimize the occurrence of socio-environmental risks of defined policies and activities associated with REDD +, such as the non-involvement or lack of involvement of forest peoples in the construction of projects of REDD (and in the construction of the legal framework of REDD + at the state level, considering its traditional knowledge and its forms of interaction with the forest) and the non-directed distribution of benefits to those who are effectively responsible for forest conservation. The promotion of forest conservation through future REDD + projects should also include the identification of biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services associated with forest preservation. All the documentation generated in the scope of national and international discussion groups on the subject will be consulted and a discussion will be carried out at the state level to focus on the particularities of the State of Tocantins.
The future REDD + system to be developed by the State will take into account the increase in biodiversity and other ecosystem services to be promoted together with the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
More information available through this link http://redd.mma.gov.br/images/conaredd/SEI_MMA---0160864---Resoluo-9.pdf.