This technical report covers the technical analysis of the technical annex on the Cerrado biome submitted on a voluntary basis, in the context of results-based payments, by Brazil on 31 December 2020 through its fourth biennial update report in accordance with decision 14/CP.19. The technical annex provides data and information on the activity reducing emissions from deforestation, which is an activity included in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70, and covers the same subnational territorial forest area of the Cerrado biome as the assessed forest reference emission level (FREL) proposed by Brazil in its modified FREL submission of May 2017.

Brazil reported the results of implementing this activity for 2018–2020, which amount to 697,486,485 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent and were measured against the assessed FREL of 335,540,289 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.

The data and information provided in the technical annex are in overall accordance with the guidelines contained in the annex to decision 14/CP.19. The technical analysis concluded that the data and information provided by Brazil in the technical annex are transparent and consistent with the data and information used for establishing the assessed FREL in accordance with decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 71(b), and decision 12/CP.17, section II. This report contains the findings from the technical analysis and a few areas identified for capacity-building and future technical improvement in accordance with decision 14/CP.19, paragraph 14.