Abstract:
Carnaúba (Copernicia prunifera (Mill.) H. E. Moore) has provided important contributions to the northeastern economy, in addition to playing environmental functions to the ecological balance. This work makes a panorama of credit offered by the Bank of the Northeast Brazil (BNB) and the Bank of Brazil (BB) for the sector of carnaúba in the Northeast, analyzing the value of resources and number of hirings in the period from 2007 to 2012 and their implementation according to the requirements of Law no. 7827, to September 27, 1989, and Green Protocol.
Key words:
Financing; Responsible Credit; Extractivism.