Public forest area in Brazil 2007-2020
In 2020, the public forest area in Brazil amounted to 309 million hectares, a decrease of 0.34 percent compared to the previous year. In the period of consideration, figures peaked at 314 million hectares in 2014. The "Cadastro Nacional de Florestas Públicas" (CNFP) was created in 2006 as a forest management and planning instrument, to gather geo-referenced data on federal, state and municipal public forests. These forests are later categorized into different types according to the use, such as conservation, indigenous land, public rural settlements, military areas, and others.
