Socioeconomic impact decurrent of implementation of the Legal Forest Reserve: a case study

Abstract

Socioeconomic impact decurrent of implementation of the Legal Forest Reserve: a case study. The general objective of this study is to determine the financial impact of implementation of the legal forest reserve in the municipality of Palotina, located in the western region of the Paraná State, on the tax collection. The collected data have been made available by the competent agencies of the city of Palotina. The data referring to the planted area and average productivity of the several cultures, summer and winter cultures, had been gotten in the Company of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (EMATER) - Palotina in the year of 2004. The data referring to the tributes related to the production had been gotten in the Municipal Secretary of Agriculture. The federal tributes represent 2,3 % of the gross production retained at the source. The municipal tributes are not retained at the source, they are estimated in 12 % decurrent of the wealth movement in paper currency generated by the production of grains in the municipal economy. The implementation of the legal forest reserve in the city of Palotina will bring a reduction of 16,2 % over the planted area. There will be a reduction in the total production and consequently a reduction in the gross revenue of the grain producers. It will also happen a reduction in the collection of the federal and municipal tributes that incur over the production of grains. The total sum of this reduction can take the amount of R$ 3.423.622,01 per year, which represents 20 % of the total collection of the municipality approximately.