Decree No. 11.815 creating the National Programme for the Conversion of Degraded Pastures into Sustainable Agricultural, Livestock and Forestry Production Systems and its Interministerial Steering Committee (PNCPD).

This Decree creates the National Programme for the Conversion of Degraded Pastures into Sustainable Agricultural, Livestock and Forestry Production Systems and its Interministerial Steering Committee (PNCPD). Its objective is focused on promoting and coordinating public policies aimed at converting degraded pastures into sustainable agricultural and forestry production systems, aimed at promoting good agricultural practices leading to a higher level of carbon capture than that of degraded pasture. In particular, the objectives of the PNCPD are: promote the conversion of degraded pastures into sustainable agricultural, livestock and forestry production systems; contribute to meeting the goals of recovering degraded pastures, reducing deforestation and recovering native vegetation set out in the international commitments assumed by the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and in related plans and policies; encourage financial institutions and the capital market to enable financial solutions.