Legal Reserve (RL) compensation in protected areas
The Brazilian Forest Act, in its last update in 2012, clearly promoted the possibility of compensating the Legal Reserve (RL) of agricultural properties in other areas, provided that certain legal conditions and the equivalence of ecological characteristics were met. In general, private properties (of proven title) inserted within the territories of Protected Areas and that have not yet been indemnified, may be objects of compensation, if they are in the same biome.
Therefore, rural property with a deficit in Legal Reserve (B), may acquire an equivalent area in the property within the Protected Area (A), with the commitment to donate the area immediately to the State / Unit Manager of the Protected Area, thus promoting the land regularization of the park, complying with the environmental legislation of the rural producer and indemnifying the owner (A).
Model of Legal Reserve Compensation in properties inserted within the limits of Conservation Units: