Decree No. 8.972 creating the National Policy for the Recovery of Native Vegetation.

This Decree, consisting of 9 articles, creates the National Policy for the Recovery of Native Vegetation -Proveg. It establishes its objectives and guidelines, and defines its governance. Proveg has the following objectives: I - articulate, integrate and promote policies, programmes and actions that encourage the recovery of forests and other forms of native vegetation; and II - to promote the environmental regularization of Brazilian rural properties, under the terms of Law 12.651 of 25 May 2012, in a total area of at least twelve million hectares, until 31 December 2030. Proveg will be implemented by the Federal Executive Branch in cooperation with states, municipalities, the Federal District, civil society and private organizations.