Ambient Protection Areas Inside Rural Properties: The APP and RL Case

The competitive advantages of the Brazilian agricultural sector directly influence the expansion of the agricultural border and, consequently, the suppression of natural vegetation, modifying the local ecosystems. This work aims to gather, in an only document, the several aspects of the environmental legislation for the protection of areas inside rural properties. The legal norms that rule the areas inside rural properties were defined in the second Brazilian Forest Code, Law # 4.771/65 - which created representative ecosystem areas inside the properties, denominated Areas of Permanent Preservation, defined as untouchable; and areas of Legal Reservation, which once demarked and protocoled, can only be explored through sustainable management and the alternative use of soil is not allowed.

Keywords:
environmental legislation; areas of permanent preservation; legal reserves.