SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The Brazilian government is putting the finishing touches on regulations that will allow farmers to get paid for environmental services, Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said during an online event on Tuesday.
Dias said, without providing a timeline, that the new rules would allow farmers to get paid if they decide not to clear land for agriculture or to raise livestock, even as in some regions of Brazil they would be legally permitted to.
(Reporting by Ana Mano; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
