ABSTRACT
The conservation of natural resources within rural properties is a constitutional obligation. Among the social function criteria required for the exploitation of rural properties, besides the rational use and respect of working conditions, there is a need to ensure environmental protection. The current guidelines regarding the exploration and the environmental adequacy of the rural property are in the Native Vegetation Protection Law (NVPL - Law no. 12,651/2012Brasil. Lei n. 12.651, de 25 de maio de 2012. Diário Oficial da República Federativa do Brasil , Brasília, DF (2012 May 28) [cited 2016 Aug. 1]. Available from: Available from: http://bit.ly/2Emssac
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) also known as Forest Code of 2012. This study aims to analyze different aspects of the Brazilian forestry legislation, with emphasis on the main points of the new legislation regarding the use and conservation of rural properties, highlighting the Rural Environmental Registry replacing the old model of Legal Reserve Registration. It is an update of the article “Ambient protection areas inside rural properties: the APP and RL case” published by Floram in 2011.
Keywords:
environmental regularization; rural environmental registry; forestry legislation