The Sectoral Plan for Land-Use Change in Private Rural Areas is a key component of the Mitigation Plan, as it brings together a series of strategic actions to reduce emissions and increase removals from land-use change in private rural area. It defines the priorities and trends that will guide the plan, identifying the key levers for decarbonization by 2035, such as:
(i) controlling unauthorized removal of native vegetation and wildfires and strengthening environmental regularization;
(ii) reduction of native vegetation removal through the promotion of conservation and restoration;
(iii) restoration of native vegetation in private rural areas;
(iv) expansion of forestry production;
(v) restoration and conversion of degraded areas and conservation-oriented soil management in private rural areas; and
(vi) expansion of integrated and agroecological production systems.
The main objectives encompass net emissions reductions in the sector from a projected 352 MtCO₂e in 2022 to a target of 106 MtCO₂e in 2030,and between -30 and -34 MtCO₂e in 2035, transforming the sector from an emitter to a carbon sink. The key actions focus on controlling the removal of native vegetationand promoting sustainable forest expansion.
