BRASILIA, March 16 (Xinhua) — Brazil’s Ministry of Environment on Tuesday announced a plan to encourage industries to use charcoal that is not made from native trees in efforts to protect forest and the ecosystem.
According to the Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Deforestation in Cerrado (PPCerrado), Brazilian companies are not allowed to buy charcoal made from native trees of the Cerrado ecosystem.
The PPCerrado, to take effect in 2013, is the extension of Resolution 3545 of Brazil’s Central Bank, which rules that any producer who fails to comply with environmental laws should not be qualified for applying for credit from the Central Bank. (More)
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Thankyou for a very interesting and informative website.
As a grower of managed forestry (outside of the Cerrado region) specifically for charcoal markets in Brazil, Greenwood management are naturally very supportive of the Brazilian governments move. to protect natural forests, Since the demand for wood energy is constantly increasing, we believe our sustainable growing practices, on land which has been heavily degraded in the past, are a responsible way to address the global energy demands.Once the degraded land has been purchased we restore the soils poor condition with nutrients such as Gypsum, limestone and NPK. After harvesting we will then let the land lay fallow to replenish adding additional nutrients before we look to plant alternative species.
Agroforestry plantations have a far higher forest productivity that naturalized forestry stands.For example, 1 hectare of managed forestry will produce roughly the equivalent to 15 hectares of natural forestry.
I hope this information is of interest to your readers, and wish you every success with this excellent resource.
Should you wish to know more on any of our forestry projects, you can find information at http://www.gwm-tv.com