Eduardo Brito - Roundtable on Sustainable Beef Production, Brasil Presentación otorgada durante la XII Reunión de la CODEGALAC: "Fortalecimiento de capacidades para la reduccion de riesgos sanitarios, ambientales y productivos del sector pecuario, y su contribución a la seguridad alimentaria en los paises del Cono Sur y la Region Andina". 6 al 8 de Noviembre de 2012, Asunción, Paraguay.

1. Brazilian Roundtable on Sustainable Livestock
Mesa Redonda de la Ganadería Sostenible
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2. Land Use in Brazil 2011
554 milllion ha of native vegetation
107 million ha of Conservation Units
103.5 million ha of Indigenous Land Settlements
274 million ha of native vegetation in private properties
(PPAs riparian and hills + Legal Reserve)
69.5 native remaining vegetation in PPAs
60 million ha of productive land (crops fruits, and planted forest)
38 million ha of urbanization and other uses
198 million ha of pastureland
Sources: Minister of Environment- MMA; IBGE – PAM (2010) and Agricultural Census (2006);
INPE – TerraClass; Agricultural Land Use and Expansion Model Brazil - AgLUE-BR (Gerd
Sparovek, ESALQ-USP). Notes: 1) The data on Conservation Units exclude the areas called
Environmental Protection Areas (APAs); 2) The PPAs data include natural vegetation along
rivers, hills and top of hills; 3) The data for other natural vegetation areas include
Quilombola´s areas, public forests non settled and other remaining natural vegetation areas
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3. WHO WE ARE
• set up in late 2007, formally constituted in June 2009;
• made up of representatives from different segments from the value chain;
• debates and formulates principles, standards and common practices to
be adopted by the sector which contribute to the development of
sustainable beef production in the triple bottom line;
• members of the RT plan to be proactive given these challenges, leading
dialogue and creating agreements to work towards sustainable cattle
farming, aware of the social and environmental responsibility held by all
those involved ;
• committed to zero deforestation, with the creation of the conditions
and forms of compensation to make it viable.

4. BRSL Principles
1. Continuous improvement for sustainability
2. Transparency and ethics
3. Good agricultural and livesctock management
practices
4. Legal compliance

5. BRSL Principles
4. Legal compliance
Members of BRSL are commited and contribute to the attendance
of the Brazilian legislation and other international agreements
where Brazil takes part.
Exclusion Criteria:
I. Register of all workers according to the Brazilian Labor Legislation
II. Working conditons according to the Brazilian Labor Legislation
III. Compliance with the Brazilian Legislation for atmospheric emissions, solid waste and manure
IV. Indigenous Lands and Conservation Units
V. Illegal deforestation
VI. Illegal burnings

6. MEMBERS (35)
PRODUCERS (7) FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (3)
 ABPO - Associação Brasileira de Pecuária Orgânica  IFC
 ACRIMAT - Associação dos Criadores de Mato Grosso  Rabobank Brasil
 Associação dos Pequenos Produtores de Novo Santo  Santander
Antônio
 ASSOCON – Associação Nacional dos Confinadores CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION AND
 FAMASUL – Federação da Agricultura do Estado de MS RESEARCHERS (9)
 Fazenda Nossa Senhora das Graças  Aliança da Terra
ACRIOESTE  ARES – Instituto para o Agronegócio Responsável
 APPS – Associação dos Profissionais de Pecuária
INDUSTRY (4) Sustentável
 ABIEC  IMAFLORA - Instituto de Manejo e Certificação
JBS Florestal e Agrícola
 Marfrig  IPAM – Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia
 Minerva  NWF - National Wildlife Federation
 The Nature Conservancy
RETAIL & SERVICES (10)  WWF Brasil
 Allflex  Solidaridad
 Carrefour
 Dow Agro Sciences GOVERNMENT (2)
 IBD Certificações  MMA – Environmental Ministry
 MSD Saúde Animal  SAE – Secretaria de Assuntos Estratégicos da
 Pão de Açucar Presidência da República
 Stoller
 Wal Mart
 Syngenta
 Mc Donald’s

7. OBSERVERS (30)
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (5)
 Banco da Amazônia
PRODUCERS (2)  Banco do Brasil
Andre Bartocci  BNDES
 Associação dos Criadores de Nelore do Brasil  Bradesco
 Itaú Unibanco
INDUSTRY (5)  ING Bank N.V
 Gelita
 BRF-Brasil Foods CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION & RESEARCH
 Brazilian Leather – CICB INSTITUTIONS (11)
 Keystone Foods  CEPPHOR – UnB
 Premix  FAEG
 Forest Footprint Disclosure
RETAIL & SERVICES (7) Funbio
 Agripoint (Beefpoint) FGV
 Arcos Dorados ISA – Instituto Socioambiental
 AgroBras Consult  ICV – Instituto Centro da Vida
 Agrosuisse  Imaflora
 DNV – Det Norske Veritas Núcleo de Economia Agrícola (Unicamp)
 North Trade  PENSA
 Agrotools Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Embrapa Pantanal
GOVERNMENT (1)
Embaixada Países Baixos

8. MEMBERS & OBSERVERS

9. GOVERNANCE
General Assembly
Corporate
Fiscal Board Board of Directors Communication
Chamber
Mediation Working
Executive Government
Committee Groups
Committee Affairs
(Temporary)
Economic
Executive Technical Dissemination
Incentives
Coordinator Commission Commission
Commission
Executive
Secretary
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10. GOVERNANCE
Executive Committee
President
Eduardo Bastos (Dow)
Vice President
Maurício Campiolo (Acrimat)
Treasurer
Fernando Sampaio (ABIEC)

11. GOVERNANCE
Board
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
PRODUCERS
 IFC – Deborah Batista
ACRIMAT – Maurício Campiolo
 Santander – Christopher Wells
 ABPO – Leonardo Leite de Barros
 Rabobank – Daniela Mariuzzo
 FAMASUL – Eduardo Riedel
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION AND
INDUSTRY
RESEARCHERS
• JBS – Márcio Nappo
 Aliança da Terra – Marcos Reis
 Marfrig – Mathias Almeida
 TNC – Miguel Calmon
ABIEC – Fernando Sampaio
 WWF Brasil – Cássio Moreira
RETAIL & SERVICES
Dow – Eduardo Bastos
Pão de Açúcar – Paulo Pompílio
 Wal Mart – Felipe Antunes

12. GOVERNANCE
Working Groups
Technical Economic Incentives Dissemination
To find technical alternatives for To finance the development of To disseminate solutions:
better efficiency in: sustainable production
•Scientific knowledge management –
•Pasture and land conservation • Improving Credit Management for (e.g.: Sustainable Cattle Farming
•Nutrition sustainable cattle farming, reducing the Guide)
•Health demands in processes and making financial
•Genetics management of rural businesses one of the •Reorganization of education and
•Welfare requirements for credit to be approved training and the creation of
•Traceability demonstration units
•Management •Promoting environmental and agrarian
•Agreement to legislation upgrading of farms, creating social and •Adoption of at least two model farms
environmental incentives such as paying for (public and private) to be benchmarks
To define performance indicators environmental services in sustainable production
•Development of public policy on long-term •Improvement of communications
financing for sustainable cattle farming and with the media and better articulation
the training of financial agents for this between representative bodies in the
differentiated credit to be approved sector
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13. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
• Work locally and globally aligned with GRSB
• Starting points
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14. National Climate Change Policy
(PNMC)
DECREE No 7,390, DECEMBER 9, 2010
Regulates articles 6, 11 and 12 of Law no 12,187, of December 29, 2009, which establishes the National
Climate Change Policy – PNMC – and takes other measures.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, in the use of the powers conferred on him by article 84, subsection
IV, of the Constitution, and considering the provision in articles 6, 11 and 12 of Law no 12,187, of December
29, 2009,
DECREEES:
Article 5. The forecast for national greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2020 in the sole paragraph of
article 12 of Law no 12,187, 2009, is 3.236 billion tonCO2eq according to the methodological detailing
described in the Annex to this Decree, composed of the forecast for the following sectors:
I – Change in Land Use: 1.404 billion tonCO2eq
II - Energy: 868 million tonCO2eq
III – Livestock farming: 730 million tonCO2eq, and
IV – Industrial Processes and Waste Treatment: 234 million tonCO2eq
Article 6
§ 1 To comply with the provision in the main section, the following action contained in the plans referred
to in article 3 of this Decree will initially be considered:
IV – recovery of 15 million hectares of degraded pastureland;
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15. Brazilian Government Recognition
Reduce in
39% the
CO2 eq.
emissions
• Recover 15 MM ha of degraded pasturelands (up to 2020)
• Reduce in 83 up to 104 MM t of CO2 eq.
• Aprox. U$ 2 billion to invest (June to July)
• R$ 1 MM per rancher (5,5% interest rates/y)

16. Protocol of Intentions
On the 4th of May 2012, GTPS
signed a Protocol of
Intentions with the Brazilian
Ministry of Agriculture to
cooperate with the Federal
Government to achieve the
goal of restoring 15 million
ha of degraded pastures.
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17. Our Projects – 2013 - 2015
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
Focus: Promote Pasture Restoration
Submitted - Waiting approval
 Project MT (MAPA / MMA / EMBRAPA / SAE)
 FSP (Farmer Support Program) – MS, RO, BA + MT, PA
Others - Under discussion
 Environmental Ministry - Technical Cooperation Agreement to
promote environmental regularization
 Traceability Pilot - MT
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18. A PROJECT TO PUT IN PLACE
1. Close the efficiency gap and promote pasture
restoration by increasing the use of technology in
livestock production
2. Increase the use of technology by building capacity
in multiplier agents (public outreachers)
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19. A PROJECT TO PUT IN
PLACE
• Access to private
technical assistance
+
Efficiency
• Not assisted
-
• Focus more social / public
policy
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20. STEP 1: livestock guide
• Technical reference guide o
• Information on HOW TO DO IT:
pasture formation, pasture
management, pasture
restoration, nutrition, health,
welfare, good practices, genetics,
financial management…
• Accessible language
• Targeted on low profile farmers
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21. STEP 2: choose focus areas
Areas where livestock is :
• Viable
• Important
• No alternative use
• Near environmentally pressured
areas
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22. STEP 3: establish
partnerships
• To find local multiplier agents
(public rural outreachers)
• To arrange infra-structure for
training and extension program
• To propose incentives to the
participation in the program
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24. STEP 4: theoretical training
program
• Coach’s: multidisciplinary
team from specialized
consulting firms in livestock
• Trainees: public outreachers
• To make decisions on:
1. to diagnose
2. to make a decision of
which technical alternative to
apply

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26. STEP 5: Identifying a
demonstration unity
• Trainees will convince at
least 3 or more farms in
the region to become
demonstration units (DU)
• Farms with the same
average productivity and
technological level in the
region
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27. STEP 6: Practical training
• Coachs will follow the
Trainees on the field,
applying to the chosen
Demonstration Units the
acquired knowledge
• Scheduled visits for 1 or 2
years
• Prizes and incentives to the
Trainees and DU with best
results
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28. STEP 7: Dissemination
• Choosing Demonstration
Units with the best
measurable results
• Intensify Open Days and
Conferences
• Use Trainees as new coaches
and panelists
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29. STEP 8: Exchange groups
• Each trainee will from groups
of 10 producers and stimulates
visits and meetings in each
others farms
• Exchange of experiences,
challenges and solutions
• Coaches will be together in the
groups every 3 months
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30. Schedule
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32. THANK YOU
Eduardo Bastos – President
ebbastos@dow.com
www.pecuariasustentavel.org.br
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