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PT_BR While global leaders discussed climate goals during COP30 in Belém, a decision made more than two thousand kilometers away began to be cited as a concrete example of public policy applied to Brazilian agriculture. The approval and enactment of the so-called Green Passport in Mato Grosso consolidated the Reintegration and Monitoring Program (PREM), an initiative that establishes a formal path for socio-environmental regularization for rural producers in the state.
This measure represents a significant shift in the conduct of environmental policy aimed at livestock farming. Instead of merely reinforcing punitive mechanisms, the Green Passport structures regularization as an instrument for productive inclusion, allowing family farmers and small livestock producers to regain access to the formal market, with legal certainty and predictability for the continuity of their businesses.
For many producers, this is the first real opportunity to move out of the informality created by legal and environmental restrictions accumulated over the years. By fulfilling monitoring and adaptation steps, these properties can re-establish commercial relationships with meatpacking plants and other links in the chain, without compromising their productive capacity.
The program's implementation involves coordination between the Mato Grosso Institute of Meat, environmental agencies, and regulatory bodies, working together to monitor the properties. The focus is on providing technical guidance, transparency regarding requirements, and tools that allow producers to understand and implement the necessary corrections.
According to animal scientist Breno Felix, who works on developing solutions for structural challenges in agriculture, the enactment of the Green Passport program consolidates a public policy model that combines technology, governance, and social impact. "When small producers have access to clear information, monitoring, and tools that translate what needs to be corrected, they gain autonomy. Regularization ceases to be an abstract process and becomes a viable path," he states.
PREM's figures reinforce this approach. Since the program began, 1,300 hectares of previously degraded land have entered the environmental recovery process. Another 472.6 hectares are under active monitoring, and more than 220 properties have already been cleared to resume sales to meatpacking plants after meeting socio-environmental requirements.
The results indicate that the combination of technical guidance, gradual regularization, and the use of technology can alter the productive dynamics in territories historically pressured by environmental liabilities. In a context of increasing market demand for traceability and socio-environmental compliance, the Green Passport projects Mato Grosso as a laboratory for policies that seek to reconcile livestock production, social inclusion, and climate commitments.
