The expansion of new sectors, such as the forest products bioeconomy, and the climate transition of sectors like agriculture and energy can also contribute to the restoration of areas with forests and other types of vegetation. [...] Only in 2017, the country adopted the National Policy and Plan for Native Vegetation Recovery (Política e Plano Nacional de Recuperação da Vegetação Nativa - PROVEG and PLANAVEG), with the aim of coordinating, integrating, and promoting policies, programs, and actions conducive to the recovery of forests and other forms of vegetation in the country, both to comply with legal obligations and to pro. [...] In the event of neglect in the duty of control and inspection, the State’s environmental responsibility is subsidiary enforcement, meaning the State will only be called upon to restore the area if the original degrader, the one responsible for illegal deforestation, fails to do so.9 The establishment of a preference order for fulfilling the obligation and holding the main perpetrator accountable a. [...] The application of the Forest Code is not trivial; the law establishes differentiated rules for the recovery of APPs and Legal Reserves, depending on the date of deforestation, the size of the rural property, and the region where the land is located. [...] If a specific area of a protected area has been deforested or degraded, contrary to the law and its management plan, the restoration of the area to recover the damage is an obligation of the party causing the degradation and also of the public administration, responsible for the protected area’s management, which has joint responsibility but subsidiary enforcement.
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