# Brazilië: FSC-mitigatie indicator 20 — rij 21 > Contextgebonden FSC-mitigatiemaatregel uit FSC-RA-BRA-02-2026 voor indicator 20. De volledige officiële Engelstalige maatregel, risicocontext, verifier en brondocumenten staan hieronder als brongebonden feiten. ## Engelse samenvatting > Verify, through documentation review and field inspections, that Permanent Preservation Areas (APPs) are identified, protected, and maintained or restored in accordance with applicable legal requirements, ensuring the conservation of water-related ecosystem functions. For example: 1. - Canonical entity URI: - Schema.org type: `CreativeWork` ## Trefwoorden FSC, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, FSC-RA-BRA-02-2026, indicator 20, Others ## Kenmerken - FSC risk indicator: 20. Water resources are protected and used responsibly in compliance with legal requirements, and with the aim of ensuring long-term viability. — [bron]() - Risk conclusion: Non-negligible risk — [bron]() - Geopolitical scale: Brazil — [bron]() - Source type: Native Forest-public, Native Forest-private, Native Forest-SLIMF , Forest Plantation-public, Forest Plantation-private, Forest Plantation-SLIMF — [bron]() - Risk threshold: 20. 1.      Identified laws are not consistently upheld by all entities, are often ignored, are not enforced by relevant authorities, or any combination thereof; — [bron]() - Description of risk: Regarding natural forests, illegal deforestation is widespread in Brazil: of the 8.6 million hectares deforested in Brazil between 2019 and 2023, 84% were not linked to suppression authorizations; possibly these deforested areas include a large amount of riverine forests that no longer protect water resources, as most of those deforested areas are likely to not have followed the Brazilian native vegetation protection law (which obliges the protection of riverside vegetation). For plantation forests, a significative portion (11% of the total area) of the rural properties which hold these forests is identified as Permanent Preservation Areas, areas recognized for providing protection to watercourses. There is a large area of environmental liability in relation to the mandatory protection of native vegetation that can be classified as protective of water resources. The lack of native vegetation in permanent preservation areas corresponds to almost 3 million hectares. Another issue is that the information related to water bodies’ protective buffers contained in the Rural Environmental Registry is self-declaratory, and the vast majority of registrations (98,6%) have not yet been analyzed and validated by the state environmental bodies.Furthermore, monitoring of the responsible use of water, in accordance with the volumes granted, is deficient, and many rural properties use more water than the authorized volume. The risk of inappropriate use of water resources is high for both natural and plantation forests. — [bron]() - Type of verifier: Others — [bron]() - Associated documents: 1. Property Area - Georeferenced file 2. Rural Environmental Registry - CAR — [bron]() - Risk mitigation measure: Verify, through documentation review and field inspections, that Permanent Preservation Areas (APPs) are identified, protected, and maintained or restored in accordance with applicable legal requirements, ensuring the conservation of water-related ecosystem functions. For example: 1. Documentation Review a) GIS Analysis using up-to-date imagery and accurate delimitation of APPs identifies signs of deforestation or degradation along watercourses and steep slopes; b) Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) information is reviewed to confirm the declared condition of APPs; c) Presence of Native Vegetation within APPs is verified in accordance with the Brazilian Forest Code; and, d) Degraded Area Recovery Plan (PRAD) approved by the competent environmental authority is available and addresses restoration measures where native vegetation is absent. 2. Field Verification a) On-the-ground conditions are assessed where GIS and CAR analyses are inconclusive to confirm that APPs are preserved or effectively restored. b) Preventive measures are implemented to avoid erosion, sedimentation, and pollution in sensitive areas such as riparian zones and steep slopes; and, c) Restoration actions defined in the PRAD show observable progress toward ecological recovery and the reestablishment of water-related ecosystem services. — [bron]() - Other relevant information: N/A — [bron]() - Source workbook row: 21 — [bron]() ## Relaties - Onderdeel van: [FSC Risk Assessment voor Brazilië — 2-0]() (`isPartOf`) - Over: [Brazilië]() (`about`) - Over: [FSC Risk Assessment indicator 20 — Water resources are protected and used responsibly in compliance with legal requirements, and with the aim of ensuring long-term viability.]() (`about`) - Over: [Brazilië: FSC-indicator 20 — non-negligible risk]() (`about`) - Vermeldt: [Mitigation measure onder het FSC Risk Assessment Framework]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [Non-negligible risk onder het FSC Risk Assessment Framework]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [Native Forest-public — FSC Risk Assessment Brazilië]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [Native Forest-private — FSC Risk Assessment Brazilië]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [Native Forest-SLIMF — FSC Risk Assessment Brazilië]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [Forest Plantation-public — FSC Risk Assessment Brazilië]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [Forest Plantation-private — FSC Risk Assessment Brazilië]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [Forest Plantation-SLIMF — FSC Risk Assessment Brazilië]() (`mentions`) ## Identificaties - FSC Risk Mitigation row: `FSC-RA-BRA-02-2026 row 21` — [resolver]() - FSC risk indicator: `20` — [resolver]() ## Bronnen - [Bron](): Official FSC Risk Assessment FSC-RA-BRA-02-2026; Risk Mitigation worksheet row 21. ## Andere representaties - [HTML]() - [Schema.org JSON-LD]() - [Volledig RDF JSON-LD]() - [Turtle]()