BRAZIL (SÃO PAULO STATE): COARSE GRAIN CASE STUDY SUMMARY

Contact: Ademar Romeiro, FUNDAG

The case study led by FUNDAG's team was focused on two regions. The first one was the Cantareira-Mantiqueira Corridor Region, which lies fully within the Atlantic Forest biome. The main goal is to analyse the necessary conditions and pre-requisites in order to implement a Payment for Environmental Services (PES) scheme in this region as it is the main source of water-related services for the metropolitan region of São Paulo. Besides focusing on a local-level analysis, this case study also comprised a state-level analysis in São Paulo and the main objective was to assess the role of Trade Development Rights (TDR) in reducing the economic impacts of the Forest Reserve as required by the Brazilian Forest Code.

Publications

Bernasconi, P.; S. Blumentrath; D.N. Barton; G. Rusch & A. R. Romeiro (2013) Policyscape— The potential of Tradable Development Rights (TDR) to improve effectiveness and reduce the costs of biodiversity conservation: study case in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Fasiaben, M.C.R., Gori, A., Andrade, D.C., Ângelo, J.A. Costs of environmental protection in different types of agricultural production units: the case of Cantareira-Mantiqueira Corridor Region.

Puga, B.P., Chiodi, R., Sarcinelli, O., Andrade, D.C., Romeiro, A.R. Institutional aspects of PES schemes in Cantareira System Region.

Romeiro, A.R. et al. (2012) Assessment of existing and proposed policy instruments for biodiversity conservation in São Paulo -Brazil: a coarse grain analysis. Report 3/2012

Santos, R., May, P., Barton, D.N., and Ring, I. (eds.) 2014. Comparative assessment of policy mixes across case studies - common design factors and transferability of assessment results. Report 1/2014.