Lula plans 'Green Scholarship' for families who care for the environment

By the rules of 'Green Scholarship' – which came into operation during the government of former president Dilma Rousseff and part of Michel Temer's administration – the federal government makes a payment of R$300 (three hundred reais) every 3 months.

By receiving help to guarantee at least their subsistence with basic resources, the beneficiary families arepromehas to take care of the region where they live, use local natural resources in a sustainable way and preserve nature, in addition to helping with the work of monitoring and protecting these areas.

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The resources for the initiative are already foreseen at R$ 200 million, in the budget of Ministry of the Environment (MMA), and the program is seen as one of the department's priorities in 2023. It is still possible that the amount paid quarterly will be revised.

The plan foresees that the initiative will be led by the MMA, in partnership with Incra, which controls the rural registry, and the Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity (ICMBio), which manages federal conservation units. The Union Heritage Secretariat should also act as a partner in the program.

In 2011, when the 'Green Scholarship' was in operation and was part of the so-called 'Brazil Without Misery', the government had around 100 thousand people benefiting from the program.

The government's assessment is that environmental inspectors from Ibama and ICMBio, however numerous they may be, are unable to be in all parts of the country at the same time and that these families end up playing an important role in supporting the conservation and protection of forests.

The target is families who live close to environmental conservation areas. These areas must be defined by the federal government, according to its priorities.

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