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Compensação e Incentivo à Proteção Ambiental: o caso do ICMS Ecológico em Minas Gerais

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  • Fernandes, Luciany Lima
  • Coelho, Alexandre Bragança
  • Fernandes, Elaine Aparecida
  • Lima, Joao Eustaquio de

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The Ecological ICMS was first used to distribute a share of the ICMS revenue in the Paraná state in 1991. This pioneer experience originated from counties’ claims which argued that their economies were harmed by land use restrictions, mainly because they were watershed protection areas or their territory was part of a conservation unit. Responding to these claims, the state government changed the ICMS allocation criteria, favoring those counties with added funds. In the Minas Gerais state, the Ecological ICMS was implemented in 1995 with the “Robin Hood Law”. The objective of this study was to evaluate the Ecological ICMS in Minas Gerais as an instrument for compensation and incentive. Production and preservation indexes were calculated for all Minas Gerais counties and a panel data model was used to verify the relationship between the amount of Ecological ICMS received and the protected area in each county. Results showed the creation of a conservation unit would compensate most of Minas Gerais counties because of the Ecological ICMS, although the attractiveness of the conservation option has been declining systematically over the years. Regarding the incentive effect of the Ecological ICMS, results showed that the Ecological ICMS really compensates and incentives Minas Gerais counties to preserve the environment because there is a direct relationship between the amount received from the Ecological ICMS and the growth of protected areas in Minas Gerais counties.

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  • Fernandes, Luciany Lima & Coelho, Alexandre Bragança & Fernandes, Elaine Aparecida & Lima, Joao Eustaquio de, 2011. "Compensação e Incentivo à Proteção Ambiental: o caso do ICMS Ecológico em Minas Gerais," Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural-RESR), Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural, vol. 49(3), pages 1-24, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:rdecag:152696
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.152696
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    1. Rocha, Samuel José Silva Soares da & Comini, Indira Bifano & Morais Júnior, Vicente Toledo Machado de & Schettini, Bruno Leão Said & Villanova, Paulo Henrique & Alves, Eliana Boaventura Bernardes Mour, 2020. "Ecological ICMS enables forest restoration in Brazil," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    2. Lima de Paulo, Felipe Luiz & Camões, Pedro Jorge Sobral, 2019. "Ecological Fiscal Transfers for Biodiversity Conservation Policy: A Transaction Costs Analysis of Minas Gerais, Brazil," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 166(C), pages 1-1.
    3. Comini, Indira Bifano & Gonçalves Jacovine, Laércio Antônio & Zanuncio, José Cola & Lima, Gumercindo Souza, 2019. "Contribution of conservation units to Ecological ICMS generation for municipalities and environmental conservation," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 322-327.

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