Among all reasons for stabilizing forestry coverage at high levels, it has to be stressed that forests - latu sensu - are reservoirs of carbon, whose stock in vegetation and in the soil occurs by CO uptake from the atmosphere through the photosynthesis process. Therefore, in addition to the measures announced in the previous specific objective, aimed at significantly reducing deforestation, reforesting activities will be encouraged. The purpose is to double the area of forests plantation in Brazil from the current 5.5 million ha to 11 million ha in 2020, of which 2 million ha will be planted with native species, promoting priority planting in areas of degraded pasture, with the aim of their economic and environmental restoration. The positive impact of this specific objective can be measured under the inventory of carbon stocks, supported by the National Forestry Inventory in elaboration.