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ICMS Ecológico do Paraná — Primeira transferência fiscal ecológica do Brasil (1991)
Brazil · Curitiba · See the Brazil profile
Primeira transferência fiscal ecológica do Brasil (1991) que redistribui ~R$500 milhões/ano de receita do ICMS estadual a municípios que albergam áreas protegidas ou nascentes, impulsionando um aumento de nove vezes na área conservada do Paraná e replicada em 19 outros estados brasileiros.
~R$500M /yr
Receita anual redistribuída
nine-fold
Aumento da área conservada
19
Estados brasileiros que replicaram
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- State of Paraná — SEMA-PR (State Secretariat for the Environment)
- Period
- 1991–present
- Keywords
- government, fiscal transfer, biodiversity, municipalities, protected areas, watershed
Context
O ICMS Ecológico do Paraná (1991) foi a primeira transferência fiscal ecológica do Brasil, redistribuindo receita do imposto estadual ICMS aos municípios que albergam áreas protegidas ou nascentes.
Results
Redistribui cerca de R$500M por ano, impulsionou um aumento de nove vezes na área conservada do Paraná e foi replicado em 19 outros estados brasileiros.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-22
- State of Paraná — SEMA-PR (State Secretariat for the Environment) — accessed 2026-06-22
- CBD — Fiscal Stewardship: ICMS Ecológico in Brazil — accessed 2026-06-22
- Regions4 — Ecological ICMS: Paraná's Environmental Tax Revenue Sharing — accessed 2026-06-22
- ScienceDirect — ICMS-E and protected areas in Paraná — accessed 2026-06-22
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