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Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation and Forest Fires in the Cerrado biome – PPCerrado (Reducing deforestation and degradation of native vegetation, by promoting the maintenance of ecosystem services and the sustainable use of forest resources and agricultural practices. The Plan is in the 3rd implementation stage (from 2016 to 2020). PPCerrado encompasses several Federal Government policies and actions. It is structured in nine specific objectives distributed into four thematic areas: i) environmental monitoring and control; ii) land tenure regularization and territorial management, iii) incentives for sustainable productive activities and iv) developing normative and economic instruments.). The Plan aims: to put 17% of the Cerrado biome in protected areas as conservation units; to register 100% of all private rural properties in Brazil in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR); to implement the National System for the Control of the Origin of Forest Products (Sinaflor); to develop an alert system (Deter) for the Cerrado; to reduce the area affected by forest fires; to enhance positive incentives to reduce deforestation and encourage new production models and the sustainable use of the forest; and others.

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