Government of Brazil2016-04-192016-04-192006-11-07http://hdl.handle.net/10919/66355Metadata only recordThe Forest Code in Brazil requires legal reserves of native or regenerated forest, ranging from 20-80% depending upon locality, on private property. In the past this measure has not been enforced with any regularity. A 1998 regulation would now permit "off-site compensation" where landowners failed to meet the reserve requirements on their own property.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightPayments for environmental servicesTropical zonesDeforestationTradeable forestTrading creditsLegal reserveAbstract