The Observatório do Código Florestal (OCF) Forest Code Observatory, in English, was created in May of 2013 to advance social accountability over the implementation of Law # 12,651/2012 and to ensure the environmental, social and economic integrity of forests on private property. The Observatório is a network made up of 21 independent organizations, which came together with the goal of fostering the effective implementation of the Forest Code.
Green royalties: Keeping offshore Amazon free of oil
While the world urgently hopes to reduce GHG emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation, the Brazilian Amazon offshore potentially becomes a new frontier for oil companies. The expected impact of oil royalties on the regional GDP is a political driving force...


