Why acquire the UCS BMV?

Written on 2013/10/14

Because the UCS BMV means a real and secure way to promote and collaborate with the protection of life and to sustainable development.

The UCS Certificates provide the guarantee of:

Origin

Credits generated by the application of Certification Programme of good practices of land use in rural areas;
Of projects developed by the Brasil Mata Viva Programme whose goal and principles are to reconcile the productive activity of man to environmental protection;
Of Avoided Deforestation Projects whose goal is to maintain forest carbon stocks, thus reducing the greenhouse gases emission resulted from slash-and-burn;
Of projects that protect fauna, flora, biodiversity and water resources;
Of projects that combine environmental protection with productive activity that improves living conditions of rural communities.

Families using their rural activities as tradition through different generations;
Protection of culture from traditional communities;
Families who traditionally respect nature, cultivating harmonious coexistence between forest and man.

Complies with the criteria of Climate Convention, verified at Article 4 of the Convention on Climate Change Report;
Law Nº 8,981 MT, dated September 26th, 2008, Public Recognition and Sustainability Model;
BMV Programme is registered as NGO at UN through consultative status;
Validation of sustainability initiatives followed and monitored by a NGO regulated by Ministry of Justice of Brazil: OSCIPS (Public Interest Civil Society Organisation) and Foundations – Law 9,790/99 – “Lei das OSCIP”;
Inventory Methodology and quantification verified and measured by an university of great respect and tradition in the Brazilian scientific community: UNESP (Scientific Methodology of Forest Inventory and UCSVT BMV Generation – BMV MCIF 2.1/2011);
Verification of credit quantification by an international recognised institution TUV Rheinland ISO 65, an institution accredited by the UNFCCC;
Guarantee of Credit Title Origin: UCS traced through CPR – Brazilian Agricultural Bond – regulated by the Financial System (under Article 5, paragraph II of Law 8,929/94, Articles 1,438 and following of the Civil Code 2002 and Law 2,666/55);
Framed as rural activity product, under the Law 8,023/90, Art. 2nd, III

Online Public Access of the information of the project actions development: http://www.brasilmataviva.com.br/tree;
Title Origin traceability by online technology: http://www.brasilmataviva.com.br/transaction;
Secure Registry Technology System that does not allow double counting: BTAAB Credit Registry System – An on-site credit registry platform, ensuring the positioning of the Brazilian Government on national sovereignty issues: http://www.btaab.com.br/lista.php;

Title traced by the Brazilian Agricultural Bond guarantee, a financial instrument regulated and monitored by the Financial System;
Title generated by forest protection actions (forest carbon stocks) already certified and performed through previous vintages, thus offering no risks to the investor;
Resources Distribution providing audited accounts and public verification.

Reversal of rural poverty that leads to illegal deforestation;
Reversal of disorderly land occupation process that leads to lawlessness;
Change Technologies of predatory use of natural resources;
Protection and enhancement of local culture as an environmental protection factor;
Transformation of environmental protection as an element of social and economic inclusion;
Encouraging the use of productive areas surrounding the forest with duly precautions and enrichment goals of natural resources: increasing carbon stocks, water production and biodiversity enrichment.

Conversion of credit resources with direct application in food production and natural resources protection;
Promotion of sustainable food production;
Improving living condition of rural communities;
Protection of local culture from the transformation of educational process (formation of Ambassadors of Local Culture by “Casa das Árvores” Programme);
Resources management: application of funds directly to the beneficiary within easy tracking and monitoring access;
Investment in clusters of high-level technology management, production and information without losing the values formation of local culture;
Real and consistent monitoring: BMV Monitoring and Registry System that allows monitoring by distance.