SISPROF has as one of its objectives the establishment of a roster of rural properties, authorized by IBAMA, to carry out forest resource use activities. This registry will be associated with Landsat satellite images with the purpose of facilitating and improving the command and control actions related to the activities developed in these properties. SISPROF also aims to provide greater effectiveness to the monitoring and control of sustainable PMFS, of deforestation authorizations or permits for conversion of forest lands to alternative agricultural use, of forest replacement or reforestation projects in fulfilment of the obligatory forest replacement rule, in sum, to monitor the different forms of access to forest resources as established by Brazilian legislation. SISPROF will also provide the control of all flows of forest products related to the incoming and outgoing movements of raw material and manufactures, to and from forest-producing areas, manufacturing industries and commercial establishments, identifying, mapping and following up, in a more effective way, the whole chain of custody involved in the exploitation, production and commercialization of forest resources and products.
As a means of enforcing forest policy and legislation, and as an instrument of administrative and technical support to IBAMA in consolidating innovative and modern mechanisms and tools of the regulatory processes of environmental and territorial management, SISPROF represents the incorporation of the most modern and available technology information instruments in terms of the monitoring of forest cover changes, providing the identification of biomas and predominant forest typologies in rural private property areas, the extension of the areas under use, the location of permanent preservation areas and legal forest reserve areas, as well as monitoring the maintenance and dynamics of the alteration of these areas in rural private properties.
The treatment of this information, through the use of geo-processing techniques, under the scope of GIS, provides information that is even more refined, indispensable for the planning and management of the inspection, policing and control actions of IBAMA. Demystifying the ineffectiveness of control and monitoring systems in the Brazilian Amazon is, perhaps, the biggest challenge for SISPROF.
The establishment of a modern, trustworthy and effective control and monitoring system, capable of contributing decisively to the zoning and to the putting in order the use of forest resources, will allow IBAMA to know better how and where to prioritize activities. As such, society will have at its disposal an important data bank with precise information about rural properties that, for instance, adopt sustainable management practices in the use of forest resources, such as PMFS, or that still practise unauthorized or illegal deforestation, in addition to an excellent basis of geo-referenced information on the municipalities and states where these properties are located.
In spite of being a system for application and use at national level, SISPROF is being established and put into operation, initially, in the nine states of the Legal Amazon, including Acré, Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins, with a mandate to control and monitor an area of approximately 398 million hectares of tropical rain forests in the Amazon region.
Taking into account the great territorial extension, the lack of adequate structure of state environmental agencies, and the operational difficulties in the region, the establishment of SISPROF was initiated in 23 IBAMA bases (offices), chosen in a strategic way to provide coverage to and feasibility of attending the main towns and timber-processing centres or poles of the region. So, as a priority, each base will be covering an area within a radius of 200 km, involving some 500 municipalities, where citizens and users of forest resources will be attended to in a more rapid manner and closer to their properties.
Map 4.1, below, shows the location of the 23 bases and their respective areas of scope, corresponding directly to around 80 per cent of the municipalities of the “deforestation arch” of Amazonia.
SISPROF is based on three pillars (Figure 4.1):
On the techniques of geo-processing for the control of rural property areas, made up by the RSS, Global Information Systems (GIS) and the Global Positioning System (GPS).
On the data bank with Oracle Technology and Delphi 5.0 Language, which carries out registration of properties, “forest projects” (PMFS, forest exploitation projects for conversion of forests to alternative agricultural use of land - linked to deforestation authorizations or permits - reforestation projects and forest replacement projects), licences and authorizations, the control of the flow of forest products (commercialization and transportation of wood and non-wood forest products) and the issuing of ATPFs or “forest origin” stamps.
On the validation of field data. Field work that is carried out through PMFS, in areas that require deforestation permits, and in reforestation projects linked to obligatory forest replacement, produces a quantity of information that systematically provides the validation and updating of data that is fed into the system. In this context, the actions of IBAMA devoted to capacity building and training of its own technicians, e.g. of OEMAs, of the productive sector, of communities and professionals, as well as to the development of technical manuals, and the planning and setting of criteria and standards for field work, are also included.
Map 4.1: SISPROF bases in Legal Amazonia – IBAMA/DIREF/CGREF
Figure 4.1: The three pillars of SISPROF
The control and monitoring of forest activities in rural properties requires agility in managing a significant volume of information and the use of appropriate technologies for collecting and handling these data and information, e.g. to assess if the areas of permanent preservation (APP) and of legal forest reserves (ARL) are being respected by the property owner, identify non-authorized deforestation in areas of the property, enforce the accomplishment of forest exploitation authorizations, monitor and evaluate areas of PMFS and follow up recuperation plans for degraded areas.
For these purposes, SISPROF uses technologies of geo-processing, as well as its data bank, where all rural land-properties, with some type of authorization given by IBAMA, are registered. The main technologies used by SISPROF in the area of geo-processing are RSS, GIS and GPS.
The use of satellite images is essential for getting information on forest cover and its alterations. In SISPROF, multi-spectral images of satellite TM-LANDSAT 7 are used. Topographic maps of IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) in the scale 1:100,000 and 1:50,000 (when available for the object area of the study) are also used for the geo-referencing of projects and plans submitted to IBAMA and for guiding the work of interpreting images and geo-referencing data. The vegetation and land use thematic maps of the areas of interest for the projects and plans are also used for the consolidation of the database.
With the purpose of obtaining the present use of land and forest typologies of areas in use, the Remote Sensoring Centre (CSR) of IBAMA carries out the work of interpreting satellite images, preparing and updating the operational base of the system, having as inputs the most recent images now purchased on a permanent basis from INPE (and, in the future, from SIVAM - Vigilance System of Amazonia), the information derived from field visits (updated and geo-referenced by field data validation) and the refinement achieved from the vegetation maps of land use and topography.
The systems that are used for treating and providing the geo-processing of data are the ArcView and the ArcInfo, which produce archives in interchangeable formats to the Oracle data bank of SISPROF, making access to and use of information already registered in the referred data bank more feasible and easy. GIS allow a quick analysis and integration of geographical data (maps, geo-referenced images and field collected data) with other information (the system’s data bank) involving the registry of properties, property owners, areas in use and projects and plans in operation.
The utilization of GISs integrated with remote sensoring (geo-referenced images) and with the SISPROF data bank allows the issuing of licences and authorizations by the system, with a precise location of the authorized activities in a rural property and its monitoring at any time. Systems of digital image treatment are also used to allow a better definition of images, the elaboration of image cuttings in the areas of interest and the compounding of digital mosaics.
The SISPROF data bank can be integrated with other banks and operational systems of IBAMA, through the GIS’s ArcView and ArcInfo, supplying information on maps, graphs and tables, such as on illegal deforestation. In this case, the IBAMA system that monitors areas with deforestation can consult the SISPROF data bank and may generate information quantifying and locating deforestation, as well as identifying whether or not this deforestation has been authorized by the Institute. This type of information, if made available to the area of inspection and surveillance/policing of IBAMA, will lead the Institute to more effectively and efficiently management of the environmental resources. So, an integrated SISPROF with other systems of IBAMA, such as those of deforestation monitoring, heat foci control, the federal technical registry of potentially pollutant activities, and of income and receipts of IBAMA, can and should develop detailed maps and reports for the monitoring and inspection/policing actions of IBAMA in Amazonia.
Current technology allows the geographical location of any object in the globe with a precision that varies from 1 to 15 meters. The system that made this possible is called “global positioning system” and was conceived by the US Defence Department at the beginning of the 1960s under the name of “project NAVSTAR”. The system was declared fully operational only in 1995. It consists of 24 satellites that orbit the earth at 20,200 kms twice daily, and issue coded radio signals simultaneously. The system was originally projected for military use, but in 1980 it was opened for general use, while reserving better precision for the military.
This system allows, through eletronic means, that calls from GPS receivers can convert satellite signals into positioning and geographical location. There are different receivers available on the market made by different manufacturers, from the portable ones – that cost just over US$100 - to the more sophisticated computers on board aircraft and navy vessels, as well as those that come as appliances of modern cars. Besides receiving and decoding satellite signals, the receivers are real computers that permit different options: references, measure systems, coordinate systems, data storage, data exchange with another receiver or computer, etc. Some models have detailed maps in their memories. A small liquid crystal screen and some keys permit the interaction receiver/user.
IBAMA uses in its field work a portable-type receiver that works with four AA batteries; its memory has a storage capacity of up to 500 points, 20 different routes, and registers its movements automatically. It allows the entrance/exit of data to other equipment and costs approximately US$ 300. These appliances permit the measurement and calculation of areas as well as the GPS-computer connection when specific software is used for this end. Besides portable GPS, IBAMA also counts on a sophisticated system of mobile communication of data and monitoring and tracking of vehicles called OmniSat System, which uses communication resources of the BrasilSat satellite and of GPS positioning. The OmniSat system uses technology for remote transmission of data and tracking of vehicles in transport operations in any part of South America, providing the instantaneous exchange of messages and data among the vehicles and their operation bases.
The system is basically composed of: hardware, on board the vehicle, called MCT-Mobile Communication Terminal, and software, installed in the operation bases of IBAMA, called QTRACS-BR. In this way, it is possible to send and receive an enormous quantity of data and information on time, from any part of the country. To guarantee the full functioning of this operation, the AutoTrac Company, supplier of the services, has an exclusive channel of communication in the BrasilSat satellite, where all messages of the system are transmitted.
IBAMA has today a fleet of 130 vehicles equipped with the OmniSat system/AutoTrac for the Institute’s inspection and policing actions, and this fleet can also be oriented to move to areas of PMFS, deforestation areas, agricultural burnings and other forms of environmental degradation, where technicians and inspectors will be capable of making consultations with the SISPROF data bank, through that system. The software and programme facilities for this type of communication are being developed by IBAMA and AutoTrac.
In the case of SISPROF, technicians use portable GPS appliances in field work for moving from one place to another, for location, for measuring areas and for collecting geographical coordinates of areas and properties that have been visited. The collected information can be transmitted by the OmniSat/AutoTrac installed in the vehicles and, automatically, registered in the geo-processing module of SISPROF. For that purpose, the necessary equipment is:
GPS portable receiver type Garmin 12XL, Garmin III Plus or Magellan 2000 XL;
AutoTrac unit installed in the vehicle with hardware MCT and software QTRACS/ BR;
Pick-up type of vehicle, with 4x4 traction;
Operational Base with computer type: Pentium Processor IV, 1.3 Ghz or superior, HD of 20GB, RAM of 256 MB, CD-ROM and Multi-use printer;
Software with the facilities to integrate SISPROF with AutoTrac (in development).
In the execution of office works in all 23 bases of IBAMA, computers with sufficient capacity to undertake both imagery processing and geographical information processing are used. The installed computer capacity to allow the operation of the ArcInfo and ArcView software has the following basic configuration:
# Micro-computer (two units per base)
Pentium III processor, with minimum clock of 700 MHz
Memory RAM minimum of 512 MB
Windows 2000 Professional operational system
Video plate of 32 MB
Hard Disc minimum of 20 GB
17” Monitor
IDE Internal CD recorder, with minimum speed of 32x8x4
Internal DVD-Rom unit, with minimum speed of 8x
Standard Network plate Ethernet 10T-100TX
02 serial doors
Fax Modem plate 56k and multi-media kit
# Ink-Jet Printer (one unit per base)
Impression in size A3
Minimum resolution of 1,200 dpi
Standard network plate ICP and LPD
Parallel interface Centronics and USB
Printing speed of 11,000 ppm
# Color Table Scanner
Size A4
Minimum Resolution of 1,200x600 dpi
# ArcView software license with Image Analysis extensions
The roster of geo-referenced data and information of a rural property, and thus of a PMFS, of a deforestation authorization for alternative land use, or of an obligatory forest-replacement project, in the geo-processing module of SISPROF follows a basic routine with technical specifications for the elaboration of projects, in analogical and digital formats, to be presented to IBAMA by the owners or holders of such projects. The rural property documentation, the identification of owners/holders and of the professional technically responsible for the activities to be implemented, as well as the analogical project with the environmental features of the areas that constitute the property, will be registered in the “property”, “PMFS” and “authorizations” modules of SISPROF. The geo-processing module registers the digital project handed in by the interested agent, with the digital map and image archives of the property, in accordance with the following technical specifications:
Table 4.1: Specification of themes related to the property
Level/Layer |
Description |
ATP AUA ARD AEXP AUAG AMF ARL ARLD APP APPD APPRL APPAUA AR |
Total area of the property Area of alternative use Area required for deforestation Area to be exploited Area of agricultural use Area of forest management Area of total legal forest reserve Area of legal forest reserve (degraded) Area of total permanent preservation Area of permanent preservation (degraded) Area of permanent preservation in legal forest reserve Area of permanent preservation in alternative use area Remaining or free area in the property |
Water-basin ; altitude level curves; roads (federal, state, municipal, secondary, private) | |
Limits (state, municipal); special areas (conservation units) |
The proprietor (either an individual or a firm/company), besides submitting to IBAMA all projects in analogical and digital formats, also has to present all documents of the property to be registered in SISPROF. The cross-checking of information on forest cover, water-basin and limits of the property allows a greater precision to technical analyses of enquiries and requests for licences and authorizations for that property. The enquirer or licensee is legally responsible for the geo-referenced information that he provides, accompanied by the technical project (in analogical or digital formats) signed by an accredited professional. Figure 4.2, below, presents an illustration of geo-processing and geo-referencing of projects submitted to IBAMA.
Figure 4.2: Illustration of geo-referencing and geo-processing of projects submitted to IBAMA
The SISPROF data bank was conceived to facilitate interaction with the user and also with other systems of IBAMA: the system of registry (SISREG), the system of users with passwords (SISUSO), the system of control of flows and trade of sawnwood (SISMAD), the system of environmental declaration act (ADA), which is linked to the rural land tax (ITR), the system of technical/scientific names (SISTEC), the protocol system (SISPROT). Thus, SISPROF works with modules to make the handling of information easier for the rosters of properties and projects of PMFS, of deforestation authorizations, of reforestation, of in-flow and out-flow of wood and wood-products balance sheets of firms/companies, of the issuing of authorizations for the transportation of forest products (ATPFs) and, afterwards, the stamp of forest origin.
Figure 4.3 - Interactions of SISPROF with other systems
This module registers the following data and information of every rural property that has requested, or is requesting, any sort of authorization or concession from IBAMA: geographical coordinates of the estate, proprietors, land documentation, type of ownership, data related to legal forest reserves, permanent preservation areas, areas of ecological interest and of private natural patrimony reserves. The registration number of the property will be linked to its number in the national roster of rural properties of INCRA (National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform), to its number in the roster of the rural land property tax (ITR) and the corresponding environmental declaration act of the secretariat of federal receipts (SRF).
This module carries out the control of the use of land in a property according to the precepts of prevailing legislation, with automatic updating of information whenever new plans/projects are approved and authorizations/permits are issued. A description of the module is given below:
PROPERTY DATA
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
NAME OF PROPERTY |
Full name of property |
Ex: Santa Terezinha Farm |
SITUATION DETAIL |
For “others” the filling in of situation detail is obligatory. |
When the property is rented or shared, fill in this space, giving date and time-term of contract. |
ADDRESS |
Give location and address. |
|
MUNICIPALITY |
Choose the municipality of the location. |
If municipality cannot be located, send request for inclusion to Brasilia headquarters. |
TOTAL AREA OF PROPERTY |
State the total area of the property. |
|
TYPE OF DOCUMENT |
State the type of document according to relation below “Documents that typify possession”. |
In the case of “possession”, if document presented does not figure in the list, choose “others” and fill name of document in space “Which?” |
NUMBER OF DOCUMENT |
State the number of the document of possession. |
|
DATE OF DOCUMENT |
Give the date on which the document of possession was issued. |
|
CNPJ/NAME OF NOTARY PUBLIC |
Choose the notary public where property is registered. In case of non-existence, include the notary. |
When the notary public has no CNPJ number, look for the 99999999999999 number (notary to be registered). Give the name in a separate sheet and hand it to the DITEC chief. Then register the notary and replace notary in property and PMFS. |
REGISTRATION NUMBER |
Registration number and/or property matriculation. |
|
BOOK |
Book’s number where estate is registered. |
|
PAGE |
Book’s page number where estate is registered. |
|
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF ACCESS TO ESTATE |
State the access to property, indicating reference points and respective distances. |
According to Brazilian forest and environment legislation the f areas within a rural property should, as appropriate, be discriminated:
APP- Area of permanent preservation
SERFLO- Area of forest serfdom
RESLEG- Area of legal forest reserve (obligatory)
RPPN- Area of private natural patrimony reserve
RESLEV- Area of legal reserve (voluntary)
AIE- Area of ecological interest
REMAINING or FREE AREA- Total area of the property that can be used for any purpose.
SISPROF has specific sub-modules for each of the above categories, as given below.
Figure 4.5 – Permanent preservation area
PERMANENT PRESERVATION AREA
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
OBSERVATION |
AREA |
State the permanent preservation area existing in the property. |
|
IS THERE A PROGRAMME OF RECUPERATION OF PERMANENT PRESERVATION AREA? |
State if a programme of recuperation of permanent preservation area exists. |
Register the commitment term if presented. |
PROTOCOL NUMBER |
Give the protocol number of the recuperation programme. |
Register the commitment term with the same protocol of the authorization request. |
RECUPERATION OR RE-COMPOSITION AREA |
State the area to be recuperated. |
State the area of the commitment term, if that is the case. |
DESCRIPTION |
Description of the recuperation programme. |
State the form and time-periods of the term, if that is the case. |
Figure 4.6 – Legal forest reserve
AREA OF LEGAL FOREST RESERVE
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
AREA |
Give the area of legal reserve. |
Fill in with the required percentage as per present legislation, independently of the registered area percentage. Calculation of the RESLEG area: total area of the property minus permanent preservation area, with 80% of result for RESLEG in forest area, and 35% of result for RESLEG in cerrado area. |
OVERLAPPING |
State the area overlapping permanent preservation area. |
|
REGISTERED AREA |
State the registered area from the document of registration in the notary public. |
The registration of RESLEG in the notary public from May 2000 is 80% of total area less permanent preservation. |
TRARL/TCARL |
State if registration (TRARL-Term of registration lf legal reserve area) or term of commitment of registration of legal reserve area (TCARL) exists. |
|
CNPJ |
Choose or register the notary public where registration of RESLEG has been done or TCARL has been registered. |
When the notary public has no CNPJ number, look for the number 99999999…, idem, idem, idem, idem …………. Idem. |
REGISTRATION |
Number of registration. |
|
DATE |
Date of registration |
In the case of TCARL, put the date of signature of the term or date of registration. |
IS THERE A PROGRAMME OF RECUPERATION OF LEGAL FOREST RESERVE? |
State if there is any programme in the property for this purpose. |
CRF=bonds/shares of legal forest reserves (new compensation modality of legal forest reserves introduced in recent modification of the Forest Code, not yet regulated).
Figure 4.7 – Voluntary legal reserve
AREA OF VOLUNTARY LEGAL RESERVE
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
AREA |
State the area of RESLEV, i.e. the excess to the minimum obligatory legal forest reserve that was registered in notary public. |
|
CNPJ |
Choose or register the notary public were registration was done. |
When the notary public ….. idem, idem, idem, idem, idem, idem. |
REGISTRATION |
Number of registration. |
|
DATE |
Date of registration. |
|
BOOK |
Book where registration was done. |
|
PAGE |
Page of the book where registration was done |
AREA OF FOREST SERFDOM
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
AREA |
State the area of forest serfdom, i.e. the excess to the minimum obligatory legal forest reserve that was registered in notary public. |
|
CNPJ |
Choose or register the notary public where registration was done. |
When the notary ….. idem, idem, idem, idem. |
REGISTRATION |
Number of registration. |
|
DATE |
Date of registration. |
|
BOOK |
Book where registration was done. |
|
PAGE |
Page of the book where registration was done. |
AREA OF PRIVATE NATURAL PATRIMONY RESERVE
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
NUMBER OF ACT |
Fill in the number of the Act that approved the RPPN. |
|
DATE |
Date of the Act that approved the RPPN. |
|
INSTITUTION |
State whether the institution is federal or state. |
|
AREA |
Give the area of the RPPN. |
AREA OF ECOLOGICAL INTEREST
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
TYPE OF AREA |
State among the existing areas only if approved by an official act of public power. |
|
TYPE OF REGISTRATION |
State decree, law or other minor act. |
|
NO. OF DECREE |
State the number of the decree, law or other act. |
|
AREA |
Give the area of the AIE. |
Figure 4.11 – Occupation of property areas
OCCUPATION OF PROPERTY AREAS
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
ZOOM IN THE NAME OF THE PROPERTY |
Show the list of occupied areas per end-use. |
|
DESCRIPTION OF AREAS |
Choose in the table the existing occupation/use of land of the property. |
|
LOCATION OF THE USE OF LAND |
State the area of the activity in the corresponding location |
Ex: 1000 ha of PMFS area in the legal forest reserve area |
NOTE: The system will control the areas subject to utilization, informing the type of available area,
according to the types given below.
DESCRIPTION OF OCCUPATION OF THE PROPERTY AREAS
01. COLONIZATION PROJECT 02. AGRO-PASTURAL PROJECT
03. AGRO-FORESTRY PROJECT 04. AGRO-SILVI-PASTURAL PROJECT
05. AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PROJECT 06. PROJECT OF RELEVANT PUBLIC INTEREST
07. REFORESTATION PROJECT 08. AGRICULTURAL PROJECT
09. CATTLE-RAISING PROJECT 10. INDUSTRIAL PROJECT
11. FLORICULTURE PROJECT 12. MINING PROJECT
13. FOREST MANAGEMENT PROJECT 14. URBAN PLOTTING
15. FRUIT TREE PLANTATION PROJECT 16. UNDER-USED AREAS
17. POULTRY PROJECT 18. INFRASTRUCTURE
19. FISHERY PROJECT 20. SAND MINING
21. SELECTIVE TREE HARVESTING
Figure 4.12 – Geographical coordinates
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES OF THE PROPERTY
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
POINT NUMBER |
Sequential number of the point. Locate the number of the point in the topographical plant of property. |
|
POINT DESCRIPTION |
Describe briefly the point location. |
|
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE |
Fill in degree, minute and second for latitude and longitude. In case seconds are not available leave the respective space blank. |
Use one decimal after comma. Place negative sign in latitude for properties located below the Equator line. |
PROPRIETORS/RENTERS/LEASE-HOLDERS/POSSESSORS
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
PERSON |
Choose “physical” or “juridical” person. |
|
NAME |
Register all proprietors/possessors/renters/lease-holders/others linked to the property, one by one, independently of how many they are. The category others” must only be marked if detailed or marked in the identification screen of the property. |
When there is a legal representative of the owner/renter/possessor/lease-holder, fill in his name in the “observations” space. |
TYPE |
Choose proprietor, renter, lease-holder, possessor, and others, according to the situation of the person to be included. |
|
LIST OF PEOPLE |
Show all of the categories and people registered in the property. |
Brazilian forest legislation defines a PMFS as a plan for the administration and management of the forest with the purpose of generating economic and social benefits and respecting the conditions and mechanisms of sustaining the ecosystem-object of management. A PMFS may be located on one or more properties, as more than one PMFS may exist in each property. A PMFS may have one or more holders, physical or juridical persons, consumers or non-consumers of forest raw material. Nevertheless, it is mandatory that the holders of PMFS have some link with the property (they must be either a proprietor, a lease-holder, a renter or a possessor). The PMFS is prepared by capable professionals, and during the whole of its implementation there should be a technical person responsible for it. The PMFS must be registered at the margin of the matriculation of the property at the Notary Public Registration of Properties, independently of the registration of the legal forest reserve.
The basis of the PMFS is the forest inventory, that is, a sampling survey or a census (100 per cent forest inventory), as appropriate, of the forest species and their respective stocks and volumes in the area. In general, the area of the PMFS is divided into sub-areas called units of work (UTs). One or more UTs may be exploited annually, in accordance with the execution time-table of the PMFS, and with the POA of the annual production unit (UPA). After the exploitation phase, the maintenance phase of the PMFS is started, and no more authorizations of exploitation are issued. In the execution/exploitation time-table of the PMFS the number of years, and the years in which the forest will be exploited, are defined, as well as the UTs of the plan.
In order for IBAMA to approve a PMFS, it must be assessed from a technical point of view, including a previous technical field visit, an analysis of the stock volume estimate, the exploitation time-table and a legal analysis of the land/property documentation.
This module registers the more relevant information on a PMFS identifying its holders, its link to one or more properties who have been its elaborators, who is its executor and responsible technician. It also identifies what is the category of the plan (entrepreneurial, communal or individual) and its present situation (new, in analysis, denied/disapproved, approved, apt, suspended, in maintenance or cancelled). Forest inventories carried out in the plan’s area are also registered, as well as the commercial species and volumes, the POAs, the technical analyses and visits performed, the follow-up reports with field indicators and technical evaluation, geo-referenced information and maps, the proposed system for the monitoring of the management plan, and the types of raw material and resulting products. All the history of the plan and procedures undertaken are registered, becoming a basis for the monitoring of the plan.
Figure 4.14 – PMFS identification
IDENTIFICATION/SITUATION
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
PROTOCOL NUMBER |
Complete protocol number of PMFS in IBAMA. |
0201800059598 – no need to include dash or slash. |
PROTOCOL DATE |
Date of protocol of PMFS in IBAMA. |
04/05/1999 |
APPROVAL DATE |
Date of approval communicate of PMFS by IBAMA. |
In case communicate does not exist, fill in with approval date of the authorization; if that does not exist, fill in with the first permit issuing date. |
NO. OF APPROVAL COMMUNICATE |
NO. of the PMFS approval communicate. |
|
CATEGORY |
Choose the category of PMFS. |
Entrepreneurial, small scale, community small scale, community entrepreneurial, palm trees, in process of certification. |
PRESENT SITUATION OF THE PLAN |
Choose according to the present situation of the plan. |
Apt, suspended, in analysis, in analysis with pending points, and cancelled. |
SITUATION HISTORY |
Show the diverse situations of PMFS indicating the date of alteration, type of situation and condition for issuing authorizations. The name of the person who makes the change is recorded in the system. |
Only when PMFS is in the “Apt” situation n can an authorization for exploitation be issued. When filling in the registration form of a PMFS, if there are any pending points, fill in with “pending analysis”. |
REGISTRATION |
Registration No. of the association or cooperative in the Commercial Registry, in the case of community PMFS. |
|
DATE |
Date of registration in the Commercial Registry in the case of community PMFS. |
|
COORDINATOR |
Name of the physical or juridical person responsible for the community PMFS. |
|
NAME OF PMFS |
Name given to PMFS. |
Ex: Alvorada I. |
ARCHIVE |
Name of the box or folder where PMFS is found. 1/99. |
The use of sequential/year number is suggested. Ex: Box 1/98, folder. |
TOTAL AREA |
Total area of PMFS including infrastructure + APP of PMFS |
|
AREA OF EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT |
Area to be managed. State the area of PMFS minus the area of infrastructure and APP of PMFS. |
In case the holder asks for the inclusion of areas of roads in the exploitation area of PMFS, the area of effective management may be equal to the total area of PMFS. |
TCAPMFS/TRMFM |
Mark TCAPMFS (Term of commitment to register PMFS) in the case of possession; mark TRMFM (Term of responsibility to maintain managed forest) in the case of definitive matriculation of property. |
When registration of PMFS is in the notary public document there is no need to firm TRMFM. |
NOTARY PUBLIC |
Look for or register the name of the notary public and municipality where TRMFM or TCAPMFS have been registered. |
When the notary public ….. idem, idem, idem, idem, idem … idem. |
BOOK |
Number of book where TCAPMFS or TRMFM have been registered. |
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PAGE |
Number of page where TCAPMFS or TRMFM have been registered. |
Figure 4.15 – Executor of PMFS
EXECUTOR/AUTHOR
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
RESPONSIBLE TECHNICIAN-ELABORATOR |
Research or roster the responsible technician for the elaboration of PMFS (physical person/autonomous). |
When filling in the acronym of the Council place the state where technician is registered. |
COUNCIL NO. |
Return from the table of the roster of responsible technician. |
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COUNCIL SIGLA? |
Return from the table of the roster of responsible technician. |
Ex: CREAMT, OABMT |
ART NO. |
Number of ART of the author of PMFS. |
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ART VALIDITY |
Date of validity of ART of author of PMFS. |
If there is no date of validity, leave space blank. |
COMPANY THAT ELABORATED PMFS |
Select or roster the company (juridical person). |
In the case of a company, the responsible technician hired by company must also be registered. |
RESPONSIBLE TECHNICIAN-EXECUTION |
Research or roster the responsible technician for the execution of PMFS (physical person/autonomous). |
Register the present responsible technician. |
COUNCIL NO. |
Return from table of the roster of responsible technician. |
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COUNCIL SIGLA?? |
Return from table of the roster of responsible technician. |
Ex: CREABA, OABBA |
ART NO. |
ART No. of executor of PMFS. |
Ask for renewed ART every five years. |
ART VALIDITY |
Date of validity of ART of executor of PMFS |
If there is no date of validity, fill in validity for five years from date of emission. |
EXECUTOR |
Research or roster the physical or juridical person responsible for the execution of PMFS, the holder himself capable of being responsible. |
Figure 4.16 – Properties linked to PMFS
PROPERTIES LINKED TO PMFS
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
PROPERTY |
Choose the property where PMFS is located. If non-existent, register the property and then link. |
PMFS may be located in various properties. If so, proceed to link them all. |
PMFS LOCATION |
State the area of location of PMFS according to the areas of utilization. When location of areas under forest management does not show up in the property fill in the PMFS area first in the legal reserve area and the rest in the remaining area. |
When in the total area of PMFS there is APP, the location areas must be filled in with the area of effective management of PMFS. |
Figure 4.17 – Exploitation time-schedule of PMFS
EXPLOITATION TIME-SCHEDULE
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
YEAR OF EXPLOITATION |
Foreseen years of exploitation of PMFS. |
Fill in with all years of exploitation. |
FORESEEN AREA OF UPA |
Total area in ha corresponding to each year of exploitation. Summation of UT areas for a similar year. |
In the case of PMFS in process of certification, the area of each UPA may correspond to the total area of PMFS. For older PMFS the area of UPA will be the sum of the areas of plots of the same year. |
ANNUAL OPERATIONAL PLAN (POA)
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
PROTOCOL NO. OF POA |
Give the protocol number of POA. Register all POAs that have been presented with a 100% inventory. |
When PMFS has no exploitation plan or POA, put PMFS protocol number as the POA number, the number of authorizations already issued, and fill in the exploitation year according to the authorization issuing year, the UPA area in accordance with the authorized area; save the POA areas, and fill the corresponding UTs. |
FORESEEN YEAR OF POA |
State the exploitation year of POA. |
It corresponds to the year in which the POA will be exploited. For older PMFS, consider as exploitation year as corresponding to the year of the authorization/beginning. |
UPA AREA |
Corresponds to the summation of UT areas related in POA. |
In the case of PMFS in process of certification, the UPA area may be equal to the PMFS area. |
QUANTITY TO EXPLOIT |
Fill in with the quantity to be exploited or quantity of cutting as per the inventory, except residues. |
When the information is taken from the authorization, the quantity must correspond to the volume to be authorized. |
UNIT OF MEASURE |
State the unit of measure, converting if necessary to the same unit. |
Figure 4.19 – Unit of work of POA
UNITS OF WORK OF POA/INVENTORY
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
NUMBER |
Fill in with the UT number of POA/inventory. |
Several UTs may exist for the same POA/inventory. When one inventory refers to more than one UT, fill in one by one. |
QUANTITY |
State the quantity to be exploited or cut as in the inventory, in relation to the summation of the species quantities, except residues. |
In the case of older PMFS, without inventory of POA, fill in the quantity to be exploited for that year on the basis of the authorization. When there is one inventory for several UTs, leave this space blank. |
UNIT OF MEASURE |
Give the corresponding unit of measure. If necessary, convert to the same unit. |
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PHASE |
State the phase in which the UT is found. |
Pre-exploitation: period that comes before exploitation. Exploitation: period of the validity of the authorization. Post-exploitation: period up to one year after the end of the authorization. Maintenance: period after post-exploitation. |
Figure 4.20 – Coordinates of POA
COORDINATES OF POA/INVENTORY
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE |
Fill in degree, minute and second of latitude and of longitude. In case there is no information on seconds, leave space blank. |
In the space for seconds use only one decimal space after the comma. Place the negative sign for latitude for properties located below the Equator line. When there is only one inventory for several UTs, the coordinates will refer to the UT areas. |
ERROR |
State the error in meters. |
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POINT NUMBER |
State the number that corresponds to each coordinate. Place point number in the map. |
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POINT DESCRIPTION |
Describe briefly the point location. |
Example: stockpile patio, frontier of UT 1 with UT 2, main house. |
Figure 4.21 – Species of inventory (UTs)
SPECIES OF INVENTORY
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
SPECIES |
Fill in with all species registered in the inventory. |
Where there is diagnostic inventory per UT/plot, fill in the species in POA of the corresponding year. When there is diagnostic inventory for the whole area of the plan, fill in the species only in the diagnostic inventory. |
POPULAR NAME/SCIENTIFIC NAME |
Search in the system list for the popular name of the species and select the scientific name corresponding to the inventory. When we have the scientific name and the popular name has not been mentioned in the inventory, search in the field “Popular name” with the code “To identify”. If there is more than one species in this situation, fill in as “diverse”, summing the quantities. When neither the popular nor the scientific name of the species is found in SISPROF, fill in as “diverse”. If more than one species is not found, fill in as “diverse” adding the quantities. |
If there is any POA whose species have not been related or raw material is fuelwood, research with the popular name “diverse” and fill in the total quantity to exploit with this code. If only the popular name is in SISPROF, search for popular name and fill in the scientific name with the code “to classify”. |
UNIT OF MEASURE |
Unit of measure referring to the quantity. |
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NUMBER OF TREES |
Give the number of trees of each species existing in the inventory. |
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QUANTITY |
Existing quantity of each species in the inventory. |
ANALYSIS OF PMFS/POA
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
TYPE OF ANALYSIS |
Mark the type of analysis under current registration. |
One analysis to be given at each time. In the case of PMFS already approved, register the last legal analysis and register the technical analysis of the sorting. When pending, state all reasons and issue communication pending points with accomplishing time, and leave the PMFS situation as “pending”. The responsible technician must be the engineer who is filling the PMFS registration form. |
INITIAL DATE |
Initial date of technical or legal analysis. |
Obligatory space. |
FINAL DATE |
Final date of technical or legal analysis. |
Obligatory space. |
PMFS |
Mark when analysis refers to PMFS. |
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POA |
Choose in registered POAs the one to which the analysis refers. |
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NO. OF PENDING COMMUNICATION |
No. of pending communication. In case of technical or legal analysis, indicate any pending. |
When issuing a pending communication, the situation of PMFS must be “pending analysis”. There are cases where communication is issued with technical recommendations that do not impede liberation. In this case, the situation will be “apt” until the given accomplishment, time, date, which the system utilized, and which will automatically classify the PMFS as “suspended”. |
COMMUNICATION DATE |
Date of pending communication. |
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TIME FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT |
Time for accomplishing pending points given by IBAMA. |
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OBSERVATIONS |
Information judged necessary referring to the conclusion of the analysis. |
Figure 4.23 – Follow-up field visits
FOLLOW-UP FIELD VISITS OF POA/PMFS
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
PMFS/POA |
State whether visit to POA or PMFS. In the case of POA choose the corresponding one. |
When visit is t PMFS the system does not habilitate the UTs, since they are registered only in POAs. |
NUMBER OF POA |
Choose the number of the protocol of POA to which visit refers. |
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EXPLOITATION YEAR |
State the year of exploitation of POA. |
In the case of visit/survey of PMFS, state the year of the last exploitation. |
VISIT DATE |
Date of last follow-up visit. |
For approved PMFS with more than one visit, fill in only last visit. |
VISIT AREA |
State the total area visited. |
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PAYMENT DATE |
Date of payment of visit fee, if the visit is made by IBAMA’s technicians. |
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HAS PREVIOUS RECKONINGS |
State if previous reckoning relating to the same POA exists. |
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RECOMMENDATIONS/PREVIOUS PENDING POINTS? |
State if there are recommendations/pendings in previous reckoning. |
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OBSERVATIONS/ RECOMMENDATIONS |
Space of obligatory filling. |
State if previous recommendations have been accomplished and fill in with recommendations of present reckoning. |
CONCLUSIVE STATEMENT |
Choose one of the alternatives. |
The statement must be relative to the continuity or not of the accomplishment of pending points. The statement “apt with recommendations” must be used for plans with pending points that can be accomplished in the short term, without the need for a new visit, so that it does not jeopardize the continuity of PMFS. |
REMITTANCE |
Choose one of the alternatives. |
Figure 4.24 – Activities verified in the field
ACTIVITIES VERIFIED IN THE FIELD
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
ACTIVITIES |
The system returns the listed activities in the POA/inventory; other non-programmed activities in the POA/inventory may be included, by choosing the option “others”. |
If in the case of PMFS field visit it does not return the activities, then choose the option “others” and include the activities verified in field. |
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES |
Choose the activities performed. |
This field must be used when there is a non-programmed activity in the POA/inventory, or when it is a field visit of PMFS. |
GRADE/PUNCTUATION |
Grade attributed by technician to each activity. This note varies from 0 to 5. |
A “zero” grade must be used for programmed operations that have not been performed. |
Figure 4.25 – Maps in field visits
MAPS IN FOLLOW-UP FIELD VISITS
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
FIELD VERIFICATION |
Mark the items checked in the field. |
Figure 4.26 – Units of work of inventory in field visits
UNITS OF WORK IN FOLLOW-UP FIELD VISITS
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
UT NUMBER |
Give the number of visited UTs |
In the case of older plans, place the number of the plots. |
AREA |
State the area of each UT or plot visited. |
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QUANTITY |
State the quantity exploited. |
Compare the exploited quantity with authorized quantity. |
UNIT OF MEASURE |
Give the corresponding unit of measure. |
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PHASE |
Select the phase in which the visited UT or plot is found. |
Pre-exploitation – idem, idem Exploitation – idem, idem Post-exploitation – idem, idem Maintenance – idem, idem |
Figure 4.27 – Monitoring of forest growth in PMFS
MONITORING OF PMFS
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
IN RELATION TO INTENSITY |
Choose sampling or total census. |
State if the monitoring of forest growth is done through sampling or total census. |
SAMPLING INTENSITY |
Give the sampling percentage. |
This percentage is obtained by dividing the total sampled area (sum of the areas of sample units) by the total inventoried area. |
LEVEL OF APPROACH |
Choose between approach and sub-approach. |
State the minimum diameter (or height) measured in the parcels or sub-parcels. One level of approach: when there is no sub-division of sampling units, necessary when measuring sticks or plantules. With sub-approach: when besides parcels for measuring adult trees, sub-parcels are also established for measuring individuals of smaller size. |
IN RELATION TO METHOD |
Choose between the methods of fixed area or the next tree harvest. |
There are various methods of sampling. The programme has the options of fixed area, in the case of sampling units with a pre-defined dimension, of tree of next harvest as sampling unit, and another one in case the monitoring foresees a different method from the other two. |
IN RELATION TO SAMPLING UNITS OR PARCELS |
Choose between permanent, temporary and partial substitution. |
State if the inventory is done with permanent or temporary parcels, or with partial substitution, that is, when sampling is done with permanent parcels and also with other temporary samples for a single evaluation in the event of each measurement. |
IN RELATION TO PROCESS |
Choose between random, systematic and mixed. |
State if the process used is random, systematic or random/systematic. |
IN RELATION TO PERIODICITY |
Choose between the presented alternatives. |
State the periodicity (in years) of measurements. |
Figure 4.28 – Follow-up report
FOLLOW-UP REPORT
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
PROTOCOL NO. |
No. of IBAMA’s protocol of the follow-up report. |
Register the last report presented. If there is no report from previous year to registration, ask for it through sorting. |
REPORT DATE |
Date of last report. |
When there is no date in the report, put the protocol date. |
PROTOCOL OF POA |
Choose the POA/inventory to which the report refers. |
When it is report of PMFS, choose the exploitation year of POA to which the report refers, and put in the conclusion space that it is a PMFS report. |
CONCLUSION |
General observations about the performed activities. |
Figure 4.29 – Work unit follow-up
FOLLOW-UP REPORT/WORK UNITS
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
NUMBER, AREA, QUANTITY AND UNIT OF MEASURE |
Fill in with number, area, quantity and unit of measure of each work unit/plots. |
All units of work/plots referred to in the report must be filled in. |
ACTIVITIES PERFORMED |
In relation to all activities foreseen in PMFS/POA, state period and percentage of execution and quality. |
In case of unforeseen activities that have been executed, include them. |
EXPLOITED SPECIES |
State scientific name of popular or exploited species with respective quantities, units of measure and number of trees per ha. |
For PMFS in exploitation and post-exploitation phases. |
RAW MATERIAL |
State the name of raw materials exploited with respective quantity and units of measure. |
For PMFS/POA in exploitation and post-exploitation phases. |
Every raw material extracted from or exploited/produced in forests and that has a commercial utilization must have an identified origin as well as a corresponding authorization. Brazilian forestry legislation establishes that access to forest resources must be done through (i) a PMFS, and in this case with a consequent forest exploitation authorization (APE), or (ii) through an authorization for alternative use of land, known as deforestation authorization (AD). The other authorizations that are granted, in general, are variations of these two, that is, they are revalidation authorizations, authorizations for the utilization of raw material not previously used, authorizations for non-wood products, authorizations for the cleaning of pastures, etc.
These authorizations give the necessary subsidies for the liberation of authorizations for the transportation of forest products (ATPFs), and in the near future for the stamp of forest origin –(SOF). Therefore, the authorizations issued by SISPROF need to be permanently and specifically controlled and the system itself monitored, with checking and validation of their data and information as standard procedures.
Thus, the data and information compiled in the referred authorizations are, in their majority, already registered in the system and validated by it. The SISPROF module of authorizations is the place where the operator of the system formats the authorizations with data and information on: type of the authorization (new or old), identification of the holder, the PMFS/POA, or area authorized for deforestation, geographical location, period of validity, type of product or raw material, species and volumes authorized. After it has been formatted, the authorization goes for final technical analysis and, if approved, is sent to the Executive Manager of IBAMA to confirm and issue it.
The authorizations may be revalidated for one year, within the limits of the existing balance (surplus) and based on new technical visits. The new authorizations issued by the system, and those that were issued previously (old ones), but still valid, have a differentiated treatment. The old ones are subject to a critical review and warning/alert signs, with reminders. The new ones, in case they do not fulfil the pre-determined conditions, will simply not be issued.
The authorizations for exploitation of PMFS (APE) are issued by SISPROF after a rigorous process of verification and validation of the information that is already registered in the system. The system operator works with five screens to format an APE of PMFS. The screens are: identification, detail of authorization, unit of work of PMFS, species of the authorization and raw material authorized. Three examples of these screens are given below.
Figure 4.30 – Authorization of exploitation of PMFS – identification
IDENTIFICATION
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
ISSUED AUTHORIZATIONS |
Roster of authorizations of PMFS that have not been issued by the system. |
The authorizations must only be registered after the registration of PMFS. |
NUMBER OF AUTHORIZATION |
Place the year and number of the authorization already issued. The system fills in the number of the issuing unit and the number of the type of authorization. In the case of old PMFS, where one authorization was issued for several years of exploitation, use the following form: Ex: No. of authorization – 550 for years 87, 88, 89. 1987/550A – Data referring to volume authorized for 1987. 1987/550B – Data referring to volume authorized for 1988. 1987/550C – Data referring to volume authorized for 1989. |
Ex: 2000/85. In case described patterns cannot be followed, contact DEREF for solution. When number of authorization is: 20/98-1a, 20/98-2a, 20/98-3a, put number like this: 199u8/20 A for the first, 1998/20 B for the second, and 199/20C for the third. |
SITUATION |
When registration is registered it passes automatically to the situation “Initial Roster”. From this situation check the situation table. |
For authorizations already issued, fill in with “old” situation. |
HISTORY |
Show the situation, periods and the permission or not for the concession of ATPF/DVPF. |
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JUSTIFICATION |
For any alteration of authorized situation it is obligatory to give the reason for the alteration. |
When the situation of the PMFS is altered there is alteration in the situation of the authorization. Ex: accomplishment of the pending communication of PMFS. |
ISSUING DATE |
Date of issuance of the exploitation authorization of PMFS. |
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INITIAL DATE |
Initial date of the validity of PMFS authorization, which must be the same as that of issue. |
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VALIDITY |
Expiry date of PMFS authorization. |
Maximum validity of one year after issuance. |
Figure 4.31 – Details of PMFS authorization
DETAILS OF THE AUTHORIZATION
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
NO. OF PLAN PROTOCOL |
State the number of plan protocol linked to the authorization. |
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DENOMINATION OF PMFS |
Digit the name of PMFS. |
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DATE OF APPROVAL |
Give the date of approval of PMFS. |
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HOLDER’S CODE |
Give the number of holder’s code that is registered in the system. |
This number is communicated by the system when searching the name is done and confirmed. The same occurs with the CNPJ/CPF. |
PROPERTY CODE |
Give the number of property code that is registered in the system. |
Idem to previous topic. |
NO. OF POA |
State the number of POA registration. |
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NO. OF INVENTORY |
Give the inventory number linked to the area authorized for exploitation. |
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AUTHORIZED AREA |
Authorized area related to POA and inventory already identified. |
Figure 4.32 – Details of authorized species
SPECES IN THE AUTHORIZATION
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
SPECIES |
Choose the diagnosis inventory for annual and respective year. |
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POPULAR/SCIENTIFIC NAME |
Choose among the species of PMFS/POA those with available surplus. |
In the choice of species, only those registered in PMFS/POA, in accordance with forest inventory, will be available. |
QUANTITY TO EXPLOIT |
Quantity corresponding to sum of quantity per species of the selected units of work of PMFS. Returned by the system. |
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SURPLUS IN INVENTORY |
Quantity to exploit less quantities previously authorized. Returned by the system. |
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QUANTITY TO AUTHORIZE |
State the quantity to be authorized per species in the present authorization. |
When there are species in the authorization that do not appear in the referred inventory, put the species in the inventory, one by one, with zero quantity, and then put them in the authorization. |
MEASURE UNITS |
Unit of measurement corresponding to quantity of species in the authorized area. |
The authorizations for alternative use of land (deforestation authorizations) are like those for PMFS, issued by SISPROF after a rigorous process of verification and validation of the information already registered in the system. Nevertheless, the number of screens for the system operator to work with is quite bigger. There are 15 available screens to format a deforestation authorization. Among them the current four types are exemplified and presented: : identification, detail of authorization, technical and legal analyses and visits.
Figure 4.33 – Identification of deforestation authorization
IDENTIFICATION
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
ISSUED AUTHORIZATIONS/NEW |
Choose between authorizations previously issued and those that will be issued by the system. |
Register first the authorizations issued in 2001 and then those issued in 2000 still valid. In the case of revalidated authorizations, put these with the new period of validity. |
NUMBER OF AUTHORIZATION |
Place the year and number of the issued authorization. The system fills in the number of the issuing unit and the number of the type of authorization. |
Ex: 2000/85 If there is a repeated number in a same year do as follows: 2000/20 for the first and 2000/20A for the second. |
SITUATION |
When the authorization is registered, it passes automatically to the situation “Initial roster”. From this situation verify Table of Situation. |
For the issued authorizations fill in with “old situation”. |
JUSTIFICATION |
For any alteration of the authorization situation it is obligatory to state the reason for the alteration. |
Ex: Accomplishment of pending communication number 20/99. |
PROTOCOL NUMBER |
Number of protocol of authorization request. |
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ISSUING UNIT |
Look for the abb. of the issuing unit of IBAMA. |
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ISSUING DATE |
Date of authorization issuance. |
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INITIAL DATE |
Initial date of the validity of the authorization. |
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VALIDITY |
Expiry date of authorization. |
Maximum one year of validity after issuing. |
COMPETENT AUTHORITY |
Name of whoever is responsible for the authorization. |
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS |
Information judged necessary. |
Name of species whose cut is prohibited, etc. |
Figure 4.34 – Details of authorization
DETAILS OF AUTHORIZATION
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
PROPERTY NUMBER |
Search for the property for which authorization is being requested. |
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TYPE OF AUTHORIZATION |
Choose the type of authorization to be issued. |
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CODE OF HOLDER |
Search for the name of one of the owners/renters/leasers/possessors of the property. |
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AREA PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED |
State in case the area had already received any sort of authorization. |
Figure 4.35 – Technical and legal analysis of deforestation
TECHNICAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
TYPE OF ANALYSIS |
If technical or legal. |
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CONCLUSION |
Indicate conclusion of analysis. |
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ANALYSIS DATE |
Date when analysis was done. |
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PENDING COMMUNICATION |
No. of pending communication in case situation of analysis is pending. |
Ex: 45/99. |
TIME FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT |
Time given for accomplishing pending points. |
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OBSERVATIONS |
Observations as necessary. |
Figure 4.36 – Deforestation field visits
FIELD VISITS
IDENTIFICATION |
DISCRIMINATION |
EXAMPLE/OBSERVATION |
SITUATION |
Indicate the situation of the field visit. |
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DATE OF FIELD VISIT |
Date on which technical visit took place. |
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PENDING COMMUNICATION |
Pending communication number in case the visit encounters problems. |
Ex: 45/99. |
OBSERVATION |
Information judged necessary. |
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RESPONSIBLE |
Search for or register the responsible technicians for the field visit. |
In relation to the control of the movement and transportation of forest products, the old functions of the system known as SISMAD (System for the control of commercialization flows of wood and wood products) have been incorporated in SISPROF, and thereby the control and monitoring of flows of transportation and commercialization of wood and wood-products is carried out through a system of monthly reporting by companies/firms based on three distinct modules whose basic functions are:
Module where the company reports on the initial balances and monthly movements of in-flows and out-flows of raw materials and products.
Module where IBAMA receives and records the archives that contain the company’s monthly reports.
Module where the data of these monthly reports are processed, by making an accounting statement of the monthly movement, and cross-checking these data with those that exist in the SISPROF data bank, as well as verifying the consistency or inconsistency of the operations performed by the company and generating managerial reports.
This module is made available (either by diskette or through the internet) by IBAMA to companies (juridical/corporate personality) and individuals that are forced by legislation to submit monthly reporting. The package must be installed in a personal computer of the company or of its legal representative before IBAMA. The main functions of this module are described in the following sub-sections.
Each unit of this module may be shared by one or more individuals or companies. The initial registration of each one of them must be made and all their identification data put in file. These data will serve to update the roster of the individual/company in SISREG, when they are processed by IBAMA.
The address of the patio is not always the same as that of the office or headquarters of the company; therefore it is necessary that the registration of the patio be done with its respective address.
The system allows for the registration of more than one patio by company, with different addresses. In this case the reporting by the company will be the same, but the accounting statement of each patio will be independent.
All initial balances of each patio must also be registered, by product and sub-product, species, raw material and existing volumes in the last day of the month previous to the first monthly reporting.
From then on, all movements of in-flows and out-flows of products (ATPFs) and sub-products (RET-2/Stamp) must be registered, in order that the system calculate the stock balances of each wood species at the end of the period.
Based on the relation between stocks of products and sub-products of each species, the system will calculate the degree or rate of recovery of the raw material (index of transformation of logs into manufactured timber – sawnwood or veneer), cross-checking it with the normative rate adopted by IBAMA, for the generation of debts/deficits of obligatory forest replacement and other legal consequences.
The system/module in the company must maintain a roster of all its authorizations and DVPFs (declaration of sales of forest products) through which IBAMA must have authorized the exploitation/utilization of forest resources of a known origin. This roster must contain the balances of authorized species, raw materials and volumes, which will be automatically taken out along with the respective accounting of ATPF balances into the system, until balances are brought to zero. Before the movements of the first reporting by the company are registered in the system, old authorizations must have been registered with their remaining balances.
The accounting of ATPFs must be done in accordance with the extent of their use and their inclusion in the accounts means that the corresponding raw material is already in the patio, with a consequent and respective drawing out in the balance of the authorization and a corresponding credit to the patio. Each debit in the authorization of origin (a used ATPF) generates a credit for the destination patio, which will be matched and zeroed in the future by the exit of a sub-product (ATPF of processed or industrialized wood or timber/stamp) or, in specific cases, an exit of raw material in its raw state (ATPF of later/posterior phase/stage).
During the establishment phase of SISPROF the system will have to admit the accounting of old ATPFs (not issued by the computerized system). The ATPFs of later phases/stages may either be of entry or exit, since they refer to movements from one patio to another, and not from the place of extraction of the product to the patio of the company. In the accounting of exit ATPFs of a later phase there must be a corresponding balance of the species, raw material and volume that was previously transported with the use of the ATPF from an authorized origin to the respective exit patio, from where it will be correspondingly cancelled/debited. In the accounting of entry ATPFs of a later phase the corresponding credit will be issued for the destination patio through the reporting of the destination company of the transported product.
The system, nevertheless, must do the cross-checking or balancing of the two accounting statements, acknowledging the conformity or divergence between both, at the time that the latter is processed. The registration of the inclusion of new species, not included in the authorizations/DVPFs that a company may hold, in the company’s patio may be accepted only for raw material bought in a raw state or condition and that has entered the company’s patio with ATPF of a later phase.
The inclusion of new species in the patio, originating from new authorizations issued by SISPROF, will be automatically processed by the system, with zero balance, as soon as the authorization is registered.
Every movement of exit and entry of a product or sub-product must be recorded in the system, in order that the final balance may be calculated, from the initial balance recorded at the patio of the company. For the movements of entry of a sub-product (ATPF – industrialized wood/stamp of entry), relative to purchases of sub-products already industrialized or processed, the system allows for the recording of new species that have not appeared in the initial roster of the authorized species. For that purpose, the system should open a window from the screen of registration of RET-2 or stamp of entry, when the then non-existent species is recorded.
The module of the company, through the registration of the produced/generated debits and of the entered credits, must contain the control of its forest replacement record..
The operation of diskette recording must be realized after the recording of all documents corresponding to the movements of entry and exit of products and sub-products occurring during the base-month. Before recording the files, checking or cross-examination reports must be produced. The system has been conceived with a concern to avoid errors that jeopardize the data reception and processing in IBAMA. In this sense, as soon as the file recording module is started, a warning and/or error communication is displayed (which may be printed). In the event of the existence of errors, the diskette will not be produced/recorded, and the company will have to try to correct them before a new trial. The menu of warnings and errors may be put into action, by the user, during the data inclusion phase. It will also check/verify whether or not there is a pending point relative to the company’s reporting of the previous period. Open periods will not be accepted (if there has been no movement, this must be communicated).
The receipt of the report will be printed at the company. For this purpose the reception module has been conceived with a protection system capable of detecting eventual manipulation of data that might be done after the recording of the diskette.
After the company’s reporting is delivered to IBAMA, it must be confirmed by the system, for the purpose of consolidating the accounting statements/entries and preparation for the next period.
The company’s database must always mirror its base in IBAMA, so any necessary adjustments must be first carried out in the data bank of IBAMA. In sequence, the files containing the adjustments will be made available to the company, which will then make the corresponding corrections in its database through the activation of this module. To preserve the conformity between the two databases the activation of this module must contain a “security key”, specific for each adjustment file generated by IBAMA, and only from it (key) will the module be activated.
In case the company, after having delivered the monthly reporting to IBAMA, realizes that some, merchandise movements might have been left out of the reporting, it may prepare a complementary one containing the necessary inclusion.
Similarly, a rectification reporting may be done to correct possible errors that could be detected after delivery of the monthly reporting to IBAMA. If necessary, a single reporting could be complementary and rectifying.
This module is independent and can be installed in any machine without having to be connected to the data bank at the moment of the reception. The files will be recorded and kept for further processing through the sharing of the net with the operating station of the system (that which contains the processing module connected to the corporation systems). At the moment of receiving the files containing the company’s data, the verification of the security codes will be done to test the consistency of the data. If all is well, the receipt of the reception/delivery of the reporting will be registered. If not, the user will be informed of the data inconsistency and a new diskette will have to be recorded. In the initial stages of SISPROF the reception of the documentation in an annex to the reporting will be maintained, which will serve for possible checking and verification of the data consistency. Nevertheless, this practice will be abolished along with the consolidation of the system.
The operators of the system will search the files in the computers, on a daily basis, where the reports will be received for processing.
Once processing of a report is activated the pertinent data of used ATPFs will be recorded in their respective authorizations/DVPFs, to be duly debited in their corresponding balances. Considering that in the initial reporting only old ATPFs will be recorded the system should be prepared to process them, taking into account that they will not contain all the information and characteristics of the new model. The ATPFs of a later phase will not be registered in this operation, since they no longer refer to the withdrawal of a product from the point of origin, but to simple transfer between patios.
From the recording of patio stocks in the initial report, every movement of entry and exit will be recorded in the accounts through the recording of ATPFs and STAMPs (fiscal bills), respectively. For accounting effects, the recorded ATPF generates a debit in the authorization/DVPF of origin, and a respective credit in the destination patio; the recording of the stamp, in its turn, may generate a debit or a credit, depending on whether the sub-product is leaving or entering the patio in question (taking into account that transference or commercialization between different patios and companies may occur).
Likewise the STAMP, the ATPF of a later phase, may also generate a debit or credit in the patio in the case of a raw material that is still in gross and good conditions and that may have been transferred or commercialized. In those cases where a transference or commercialization of a forest product or sub-product may occur, involving movements that will contain distinct recordings for debit and credit (to be processed in different moments, from commands stemming from the reportings of two companies), the system has been conceived with a function for checking and comparing these two recordings, communicating significant divergences eventually detected.
At the end of the processing the system will make a communication on the consistency of recorded data, relative to the incurred debits in the authorization/DVPF (SISPROF) of all ATPFs used in the period. In this verification, the parameters of tolerance of the system for volumes of each species and transported raw material will be observed.
At the end of processing the system will also issue a communication on the consistency of recorded data on the control of patios, relative to the stocks of initial balances, the entry and exit movements and the final balances of registered species, raw materials and sub-products.
Information relative to the control of obligatory forest replacement will also be processed with the issuing of reports and warning messages.
In case the tolerance limits established for the controls of authorizations and/or patios are outstripped, detailed reports will be issued for a preliminary verification on the origin of the divergences. If irregularities are confirmed the appropriate administrative actions should be taken in accordance with the prevailing norms and legislation (such as forest replacement, fines, suspension of ATPF issuing, etc.). In relation to this, the system has been conceived to operate in a corporate form, where, from a communication of irregularity that might generate a penalty decision or suspension of rights, the measure will be recorded in the system in a compatible level of access which will have repercussions in all interlinked systems. After the conclusion of the preliminary verification process, and eventually the necessary adjustments have been made, managerial reports will be issued to support the inspection actions and/or technical visits.
These will be received and recorded as in normal reportings, where the system will do the necessary and possible adjustments, observing the time sequence of information and the time limits to be accomplished, as well as compatibility with other processed data that have not been the object of alteration.
Before the first computerized ATPFs are issued, the companies will have to make an “initial reporting” so that there may be an adjustment of the whole accounting system already recorded by IBAMA, and by the companies, on the balances of authorizations/DVPFs in use, and on the patio stocks. This operation is of extreme importance, considering that from that moment all movements of entry and exit from the patios, and all balances of authorizations/DVPFs will be accounted for through the recording of the same documents, either in the module of the company or in the data bank of IBAMA, thereby eliminating any possibility of divergence between the two controls. Data referring to control of forest replacement will also be recorded at that occasion.
Considering that the companies would already have recorded in their modules all balances and stocks, and that this information would be in the initial reporting, the IBAMA technicians must do a thorough cross-checking and evaluation so that, in the event of divergences, including those of forest replacement, they may make the necessary adjustments.
In the assessments, it is important to observe the acceptable rates and margins of tolerance, in accordance with the legislation and practices of the sector, so that a double accounting adjustment can be done (module of the company and data bank of IBAMA), which will result in one being a mirror of the other.
As a consequence, considering that the system will do the mechanical control of the flows and balances, the focus of attention and acting of IBAMA technicians and inspectors will be centred on the verification of conformity between the accounting statements (issued reports) and the physical reality of the company, either in relation to the extraction of authorized raw materials or in relation to their transportation and final destination, or to the patio stocks.
The company’s database must always mirror its base in IBAMA, and so any needed adjustment will be done first in the IBAMA data bank. Afterwards, the files that contain the alterations performed by IBAMA will be made available to the company, which will then make the corresponding corrections in its module. To preserve conformity between the two databases the recording of each adjustment file by IBAMA must generate a security code that will be the only key capable of activating the menu of “adjustment of database” of the company’s module. In the event there are adjustments due to divergences that were verified in the processing of the initial reporting, the system will generate a correction file to be used in time by the company, so that it can make the due adjustments in its module before the next reporting is processed. The company’s module must contain warning messages on these details.
ATPFs will be provided through a protocol of standard requirement to the holders of authorizations issued or registered in SISPROF, or to the buyer of DVPFs registered in SISPROF, as per the current legislation. When registering the requirements in the system, the situation of the person making the request will be verified in all corporate systems, and in the presence of any irregularity, including any related to reporting and forest replacement, a pending report will be issued, with a clear description of the irregularity, to check its reason or origin, and to forward a solution. All pending points will be observed and listed at once and at the same moment. The requirement will contain an estimate of the species, raw materials and volumes to be transported with the necessary ATPFs.
For the old authorizations or DVPFs, whether issued by SISPROF or not but registered in it and where raw material has been withdrawn, the current balance will need to be registered, which will be that resulting from the controls done by IBAMA (according to proceedings described in the initial reporting). For the purposes of confrontation and possible adjustments, the company, when initially reporting, must provide the balances of all its authorizations/DVPFs resulting from its own accounting. There is a module of entry for these initial balances in the file request screen, through which they must be recorded, after possible necessary adjustments have been done. For the new authorizations issued by SISPROF, and that still have not had ATPFs issued manually, there is no need for this operation. The approval of the request will be done from the balances of the authorization or DVPF registered in SISPROF.
Within pre-established parameters, the system will verify the request considering the: person making it, situation of the authorization/DVPF and of the species, raw materials and required volumes, performance of the confrontations with the SISPROF authorized balances and required quantities of ATPFs. After verifications and analysis of the merits of the request, including in relation to forest replacement, and in accordance with the limits of the established parameters, the system itself will automatically defer the required ATPFs.
In the event that the request outstrips the parameters of the system, it will be forwarded for analysis and manifestation to DITEC, which will decide whether to approve the request totally or partially, or even deny it. After any one of these conclusions the registration of the request in the system must be done in order to allow sequence in the process of issuing ATPFs, or communication of denial, as the case may be.
Once the requirement has been approved, the ATPFs conceded will be registered in the system. This operation consists of recording the data that pertain to each ATPF (such as the colour of the edging, the name of the holder, the information of the authorization/DVPF, the place of origin, the number of copies, etc.). Also, at this moment, the ATPF receives a sequential number provided by the system (which will become the number of the document and which differs from the number of the forms where it will be printed).
After performing the recording, the ATPF will be ready to be printed by the system. ATPFs will be printed on security paper size A4 containing some pre-printings, a security button, the Arms of the Republic and a sequential numbering that will serve for controlling stocks. Laser printers will be used to print in the appropriate forms, the spaces, their names, as well as the content of each space in accordance with the characteristics of the previously recorded ATPF. This flexibility allows for the utilization of only one type of form for the printing of all types of ATPF, which will simplify the process of formatting and logistics of their distribution.
Considering that, with present legislation, the holder of an ATPF is almost always its destination/addressee, which eliminates the need for a second copy of the document, the system foresees the printing of ATPFs in a single copy. The forms in A4 size will come with dented dots in the middle, making possible the issuing of two ATPFs on a single copy, or one or two copies in each sheet. Before the issuing is confirmed, and given the possibility of damages or faults in printing, the system allows that each ATPF be printed more than once until its issuing is confirmed.
This operation confirms the issuing of the document, and appropriates the number of the ATPF given by the system to the number of the form where it has been printed. Once the operation is confirmed, it will no longer be possible to print the respective series, and the numbers of the used forms will be automatically cancelled in the control of stocks.
The logistics of the distribution of forms will be coordinated by Central Administration, which will do the monitoring and control of stocks, through the specific system module, by recording the respective numerical series linked to each one of the issuing units of the system. When the issuing of an ATPF is confirmed, its respective number in the form that was used will be automatically eliminated, making control of stocks easier. The roster of forms will be implemented exclusively by Central Administration, and an issuing unit will only be able to print a document if there is an available form recorded for such a purpose.
The damaged forms up to the moment of printing, and before confirmation that the document has been issued, must be cleared from the stock through its cancellation. After the confirmation of issuing, there will be no further cancelling of the form but cancellation of the document that was printed on it, if necessary.
In case new transportation of gross raw material in good conditions is needed to a new destination, a new ATPF of the type “Later phase” may be issued for authorizing this transportation. This type of ATPF is being introduced (and still depends on a legal norm) to allow for the mentioned possibility, and especially to the commercialization of gross raw material. In the case of traders/merchants, transport from the site of origin to the company’s patio will be done with a normal ATPF, issued by IBAMA, with data (authorization/DVPF) relating to origin and destination. The system will only issue an ATPF for a further phase if there are balances in the trader’s patio, relative to the species and volumes required, that have been previously transported from the site of origin, with the utilization of another ATPF.
The stamp of forest origin is currently being instituted at national level in Brazil as a new instrument of control for the transportation of native forest resources and products, replacing the extinct “Special transport regime (RET)” and the “authorization for transportation of forest products (ATPF)” still in force. Its creation is part of the modernization imposed on IBAMA’s control systems. The processes of manufacturing and remittance of the stamps will be totally supported by integrated and automated information technology procedures, with guarantees of a high security standard and integrity of the documents issued.
The stamps of forest origin will be produced in the following types: Deforestation; Forest Management Plan; Transportation; Final Consumer; and Exports. Each model will have the equivalent volume, for the following quantities of 1m3, 2m3, 5m3 and 10 m3, in accordance with the table below:
Type of Stamp |
Volume in m3 |
Tag | ||||
Deforestation |
1 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
Yes | |
Management plan |
1 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
Yes | |
Transportation |
1 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
Yes | |
Exports |
1 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
Yes | |
Final consumer |
1 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
No | |
The stamps referring to deforestation and to management plans will be used in the first transportation of the forest raw material from the site of its extraction to the buyer’s patio or processing industry. For further transportation, be it still a raw material, or already processed product, other types of stamps will be used, with the inscription “Deforestation” or “Forest management plan”, to refer to the segment of the chain of custody that gave origin to the product. For the movement among patios the “Transportation” stamp will be used, preserving the characteristic of transferring credits to the final destination patio of the transported material, thus allowing for the request of new stamps.
The stamps of “Final Consumer” and “Export” types do not have that characteristic, once IBAMA’s control ends at the transportation from the last patio, from where the material will be shipped to final consumption or export. At this point, the corresponding stamps will be used, with the aim of certifying the legal origin of the merchandise that is being sent either to the final consumer in the domestic market or to the foreign importer.
The “Deforestation” and/or “Forest management plan” types of stamp are provided by IBAMA upon an specific requirement signed by the holder of the exploitation licence (AUTEX), in which the name and address of the user of the merchandise, to whom the required stamp will be handed, will be indicated to IBAMA. The requirement to be registered will be verified or checked through the SISPROF database.
Once approved by IBAMA, the requirement will be computed in SISPROF, which will proceed to the cancellation of the required volumes in the AUTEX. At the monthly accounting reporting, done through SISPROF the user of stamps declares that the material has been taken and transported from its origin. The corresponding credits are then issued/accounted to the destination patio.
In the subsequent stages, the requirement and the utilization of stamps will always be done by the user that holds the patio credits. As we said, from patio to patio the transport stamps will be required, as well as those for the final domestic consumer and for exports. Through SISPROF, and using the connection on-line, the printers will be requested to carry out the printing of the stamps and their remittance, in accordance with the requirements that have been approved. The names and addresses of the destinations will then be passed to the printers, together with the types and quantities of required stamps and respective volumes per fraction. Once the printers receive the data referring to the final addressee through their computerized system, as well as the other caracteristics of the stamps, they must then carry out the manufacturing of the stamps, in the required quantities, pack them in water-proof packages with an iviolable security seal, and post them at the specific Post Office agency through the postal modality to be indicated by IBAMA.The flow of demands for the manufacturing of stamps from IBAMA to the printers will be continuous, with the closing of daily quantity bundles at 20:00 hours. The maximum time limit for the production of each bundle is three working days, counting from the respective closing time and reception by the printing company. The information to which the printers will access in IBAMA’s sytem will be limited to the names of final addressees, quantities and types of stamps to be produced. No additional information will be necessary for the production of the stamps.
The stamp of forest origin is an instrument of control for all transactions involving forest products, timber at first. Its purpose is to provide feedback of information on requests made by the timber industry to the control and inspection agencies. The process of control of balances is based on the accounting balances that have been generated from a request for exploitation authorization. This document allows its holder to trade the timber that comes from an inventory. With this document, duly signed and electronically issued by SISPROF, the holder or his legal representative will indicate to IBAMA the final receivers of the timber and its respective volumes, through a requirement filled in at the closest IBAMA unit, or through Internet. When the requirement is filled in, the balance transferred by the holder will be automatically cancelled from his exploitation authorization (AUTEX) and made available to the transporter or trader of the timber. The latter shall be duly registered in IBAMA to be eligible to receive this benefit. Once the information is duly validated at the data bank service, through a specific routine for that purpose, the system will pass the corresponding information to the printers of the data files. The printer can have access to this information directly in the data bank via Internet, through a specific procedure created for this purpose. The procedures are the following:
After the transporter or trader has received the stamps, it is necessary to register the stamps at their local system, a facility provided by IBAMA. Thus the system will update the balances of the origin of the cargo that is being reported. If this registration is done through the Internet, the user will only report the numbers of the series of the received stamps. When transporting the timber, the user must affix on the reverse side of the transportation bill the stamps of the respective cargo. If he is stopped at a road inspection, his documentation will be easily identified via an Intranet (IBAMA’s net), Internet or AutoTrac consultation. When he reaches the company’s patio, and the cargo is unloaded, the user must report, through the system, the transported volumes and further data of the fiscal bill that refers to the transported merchandise. The company’s module in SISPROF will update the patio and origin balances, and will prepare a file to be sent to IBAMA. This file will contain the information to carry out updatings of the company’s balances in IBAMA’s controls.
In the plan of tests to be developed, four or five units of IBAMA and four or five companies will be selected in order to monitor and follow up the establishment of the stamp of forest origin.
Types of stamps:
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Export Stamp |
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Stamp of Transference of forest |
Stamp of Final Consumer product |
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Stamp of Origin – PMFS |
Stamp of Origin – Deforestation |
