The insertion of the mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and
Forest Degradation (REDD) in the context of the legal-normative and institutional
framework of the State of Pará, is the theme addressed by this work. The
methodology used in this research was based on two techniques of data collection,
namely the documentary survey and application of questionnaires given to state
agencies responsible for coordination and implementation of this mechanism within
Para. In recent emergence on the scene of international discussions on the
environment and global climate change, carried out under the Framework
Convention of the United Nations on Climate Change, REDD is presented as a
proposal for avoided deforestation in developing countries, whose preservation the
forest estate, in view of the potential benefits to the mitigation of global warming
should be offset by compensation of individuals, communities, projects and countries,
as proposed originally released in 2005, during COP 11, held in Montreal, Canada. In
this context, the State of Pará, which ended the year 2012 as the leader in numbers
of deforestation among states in the Legal Amazon, in 2009 predicted the inclusion of
REDD in its legal regulatory and institutional as part of the actions of the Plan for
Prevention and Control of Deforestation Alternatives of Pará State (State Decree n.
1.697/2009). Elapsed the first phase of implementation of the Plan, the interstitial
August 2009 to August 2012, research found that decision-making processes for
implementation of the mechanism have not progressed, despite the existence of
such projects within Pará State territory, and the advancement of the other Amazon
states regarding theme, whose normative frameworks already have policies relating
to REDD and REDD+ and important additional measures, such as the regulation on
payment for environmental services and state policies on climate change.
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