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Forest concessions

Forest concessions are contracts by which the government authorizes the sustainable use of public forest areas under clear rules and supervision. They enable the intelligent management of environmental assets, reconciling protection against illegal activities with the promotion of responsible forestry management and other forest products, generating lasting social and environmental benefits. By keeping the forest standing, this model preserves biodiversity, regeneration capacity, and ecological functions while promoting jobs, income, and land management with real, sustainable, and transformative positive impacts.

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Benefits of concessions

Socioeconomic Development

Generate jobs, income, and local investments, strengthening regional economies on sustainable bases.

Long-term planning

Concession contracts last decades, ensuring stable and continuous conservation actions.

Commitment to sustainable forest management

The legal exploitation of wood, palm heart, açaí, nuts, and other products is permitted, using low-impact techniques and respecting the regeneration capacity of the forest.

The concession of the Anavilhanas National Park (AM) (photo) explores ecotourism, is for public use, and is part of the BNDES project portfolio. Photo: Robson Eneas/BNDES Collection.

Map with the forest concessions structured by BNDES or in the contracting phase. In green, the projects with federal entities are represented and in blue, the state ones. In black are the projects under contracting.

Figures

1.31 million

Total hectares granted in 21 contracts for the concession of currently established federal public forests, mainly in Amapá, Amazonas, and Pará.

25 million

Total hectares of national and state forests that can still benefit from sustainable forest concessions, an area comparable to the territory of the United Kingdom.

BRL 9.2 billion

These are the investments planned for the new concession projects, including the restoration of 400 thousand hectares of degraded areas and sustainable management of 3.7 million hectares.