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This paper examines the conclusions of the performance audit carried out by the Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) for assessing non-urban soil governance in Brazil. This TCU study assessed the current situation of public policies dealing with land use and occupation and soil sustainability in Brazil, especially with respect to the institutionalisation of standards for treating soil and the integration, coordination and monitoring of public policies. Soil is a natural resource of extreme importance for the development of agriculture and the economy in Brazil and its degradation results in losses to both society and small farmers. Around 16 % of the soil in Brazil is suffering from some form of degradation, and no comprehensive public policy is available for addressing this issue. This paper describes some of the situations prevailing in Brazil that were found during the audit as a consequence of the failure to apply basic principles of governance in soil-related public policies.
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dos Santos, V.N., da Costa, T.M.C., Arifa, J.M. (2017). Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts (TCU), Department of Agriculture and Environmental Audit: Soil Governance Audit. In: Ginzky, H., Heuser, I., Qin, T., Ruppel, O., Wegerdt, P. (eds) International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2016. International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy, vol 2016. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42508-5_21
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