Federal Court denies request to suspend REDD+ fundraising contract in Pará
The decision highlights that the agreement includes socio-environmental safeguard clauses, including the requirement for Free, Prior and Informed Consultation (CLPI)
The Federal Court of Pará denied, on this Monday (9), the request for a preliminary injunction presented by the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) in a lawsuit that sought urgency in suspending the ERPA "Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement," signed between the State of Pará and the Leaf Coalition in September 2024, which established conditions for the sale of environmental assets based on the proven reduction of deforestation in Pará, the so-called "carbon credits." The Environmental and Participation Assets Company (CAAP), a state agency, clarifies that the signed contract is a pre-agreement that defines future commercial conditions, without carrying out an effective transaction or generating a purchase obligation before the verification of emissions, being within the legality.
The decision, issued by Judge José Airton de Aguiar Portela, of the 9th Federal Environmental and Agrarian Court of the Judicial Section of Pará, highlights that the signed agreement includes socio-environmental safeguard clauses, including the requirement for Free, Prior and Informed Consultation (CLPI), according to the standards of Convention 169, which, according to the magistrate, demonstrates the contractual intention to meet legal and international obligations.
The State of Pará has been conducting, since the end of May 2025, the largest consultation process with traditional peoples and communities and family farmers in its history, as part of the process of building the REDD+ Jurisdictional System. In total, there are 47 CLPIs, distributed across various municipalities.
With the denial of the injunction, the process will continue its regular proceedings and there is still no defined deadline for the judgment of the merits.
