Brazil, 25 May 2023. The AL-INVEST Verde programme, as a part of the Component 2 AL-INVEST Verde's support for the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is development of the IT platform Selo Verde-MG. This system analyses the rural coffee properties in the state of Minas Gerais and, by cross-checking data and images, determines the sustainability of the production process and, among other things, that it is not associated with deforestation no forest degradation.
The Selo Verde-MG platform analyses data from Brazil's Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) and the Continuous Monitoring of Vegetation Cover programme, a methodology of the State Forestry Institute (IEF) that uses visual image interpretation techniques. In this way, information is obtained that allows verify compliance with national legislation and the traceability of the production process.
The first data analysed indicate that the 99 % of the 115,000 coffee-producing properties identified do not record deforestation significant after 2008. This would meet the socio-environmental criteria set out in the Deforestation and forest degradation free supply chains regulationThe European Union's "Coffee and Forest Degradation Strategy", which establishes the need to ensure that the entire coffee production chain has not contributed to deforestation and forest degradation.
The platform Selo Verde-MGcurrently in beta version, is driven by researchers at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), in partnership with the Government of Minas Gerais, through the State Forest Institute (IEF).. It is based on the platform Selo Verde-Paráalso developed by the UFMG in partnership with the Territorial Intelligence Centre. Thanks to it, the cadastral and production data of all rural properties in an area can be cross-checked to verify compliance with socio-environmental standards and, in particular, the absence of deforestation linked to production.
About AL-INVEST Verde
AL-INVEST Verde is a European Union (EU) programme whose main objective is to promote sustainable growth and job creation in Latin America by supporting the transition towards a low-carbon, resource-efficient and more circular economy. Through Component 2, led by FIIAPP in consortium with IILA, the programme provides assistance for strengthening public policy and multi-stakeholder dialogues on sustainable agricultural and value chains, environmental and labour standards, as well as sustainable trade and economic policy and regulatory frameworks.
Further information: www.alinvest-verde.eu
