Forest restoration chain challenges in the Paraíba Paulista Valley

Abstract

The Brazilian commitment to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change of 2015 – COP 21 to restore 12 million hectares of forest in its territory has been highlighted in debates and activities of all those involved in the forest restoration chain in Brazil. Mainly due to the lack of knowledge of the articulation and preparation of this segment at different levels to face the challenge of large-scale forest restoration. The main goal of this work is to carry out a preliminary diagnosis of the current situation in order to identify the challenges for structuring the forest restoration chain of the Vale do Paraíba Paulista. The results indicate that it is required a better and greater articulation among all segments of the forest restoration chain in the region in order to ensure the local / regional economic development, economic viability and implementation with technical standards and compliance with norms and legislation related to this network. It is also observed that the region faces major challenges, common to other parts of the country, ranging from access to forest seeds and areas to restore to the difficulty in accessing existing funding and the lack of technical knowledge and skills of the executor group mainly.