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Bottom line Trading has the potential to

substantially reduce costs of achieving aggregate conservation objective

Bigger trading domains reduce compliance cost, improve biodiversity protection

But is it implementable?

RL enforcement and trading in Brazil: current situation Trading allowed by Provisional

Law 2166 (preferably within microbasin, basin possibly; also compensate by purchasing gazetted for parks)

SISLEG, Parana: early stages of implementation

Mato Grosso: Innovative RL enforcement program

Trading Domains in Parana: Biome-Basin combination

FEMA (Mato Grosso) System of Environmental Licensing and Control

Credit: FEMA

Generalizability? Within Brazil Outside Brazil: introduce tradeable

obligations as a substitute for existing strict regulations on forest clearance?

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