The data from the National Rural-Environmental Register System (SICAR) reveals that farmers, cattle producers and foresters currently allocate over 200 million hectares to the preservation of native vegetation, equivalent to about 25% of the entire national territory, and efforts to keep intact the heritage located on private lands are one of the few alternatives for this preservation.

The 90,000 soybean farms located in the Cerrado preserve around 34% of their area. Over 19 million hectares are preserved in Legal Reserves and Permanent Preservation Areas (APP), as established by the Brazilian Forestry Code. In addition, these farms have 4.5 million hectares of native vegetation suitable for agriculture and that could legally be converted to soybean crops.

The Payment for Environmental Services (PAS) is a strategic tool for protecting private areas with surplus native vegetation, as it provides landowners with an alternative compensation for the preserved area. PSA serves the interests of environmentalists, producers, the industry, international markets and society as a whole, while combining development with preservation of natural heritage.