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Cerrado landscape at twilight hour. — Cerrado.

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Environmental Reserve Quotas (Portuguese acronym: CRA) implementation in Maranhão and opportunities in Goiás and Tocantins states

Grantee Name: Conservação Estratégica

Hotspot: Cerrado
Location: Brazil
Amount: $104,103
Dates: Jul 2017 – Sep 2018
Keywords: Agriculture, Awareness, Biodiversity mainstreaming, Capacity building, Conservation finance, Conservation planning, Geographic Information Systems, Habitat conservation and management, Land use planning, Payment for Ecosystem Services, Policy/law, Private reserves, Private sector

Investigate the market feasibility for Envrionmental Reserve Quotas (CRA) in Mato Grosso state, and provide recommendations to increase the cost savings and environmental impact of this instrument to create an economic incentive for rural landowners to more effectively comply with legal reserve requirements.

Strategic Direction : 3 Promote and strengthen supply chains associated with the sustainable use of natural resources and ecological restoration in the hotspot

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Environmental Reserve Quotas (Portuguese acronym: CRA) implementation in Maranhão and opportunities in Goiás and Tocantins states

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