The National Bank for Economic and Social Development () reached R $ 806.3 million of denied financing to farmers that promoted illegal deforestation.
The block is made from a partnership signed in 2023 between the
The balance, released in the Environment Week, shows that almost $ 1 million per day the volume of financing avoided for producers who deforest.
The 3,723 deforestation alerts registered since February 2023 are equivalent to 1% of the 337.2 thousand requests for rural credit sent to BNDES in the period.
Rural credit operations include federal government agricultural programs with equal interest, the BNDES Credit Rural Line and those with agricultural credit marking by the Central Bank.
“Technology and a rigid governance allow us to act agility and accurately in credit analysis and meet the urgent agenda of facing climate change,” says the president of BNDES ,.
According to him, only in April this year, the volume of credit avoided for those who deforested was almost $ 25 million.
but is not complacent with agribusiness that destroys the environment. The bank believes and supports agriculture that has the environment as an ally, which innovates and is sustainable. The time of the credit for the agro that deforests has passed, “adds Mercadante.
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