Brazil Cerrado Climate Change Mitigation The Cerrado Program aimed to assist Brazil in mitigating climate change in the Cerrado Biome and in improving its environmental and natural resources management through appropriate policies and practices. The objective of the Cerrado Program is “to assist Brazil in mitigating climate change in the Cerrado Biome and improving environmental and natural resources management in that biome through appropriate policies and practices.” The four recipient-executed projects have the following Project Development Objectives: Piauí Project: “to promote the reduction of climate-change impacts in the Cerrado of southern Piauí by: (a) promoting the environmental regularization of landholdings in the targeted municipalities; and (b) preventing and combatting forest fires through the integration of local actors and promoting the adoption of sustainable production practices in the targeted municipalities.” Bahia Project: “to promote the reduction of climate-change impacts in the Cerrado of western Bahia by: (a) promoting the environmental regularization of landholdings in the targeted municipalities and supporting actions to promote recovery of environmental liabilities; and (b) strengthening the state’s capacity to prevent and combat forest fires through the integration of local actors and promoting the adoption of sustainable production practices in the targeted municipalities.” Federal Project: “to enhance the capacity of the Ministry of Environment to establish integrated forest-fire management and landholding registration in selected rural areas of the Cerrado Biome.” INPE Project: “to facilitate the monitoring, analysis and early detection of forest fires by using the TERRAMA2-Queimadas to support decision making among environmental managers in the Cerrado Biome.”