12Este é um artigo publicado em acesso aberto (Open Access) sob a licença Creative Commons Attribution, que permite uso, distribuição e reprodução em qualquer meio, sem restrições desde que o trabalho original seja corretamente citado. Mudanças nas leis florestais e o impacto na restauração florestal e conectividade na paisagemForest Laws changes and the impact on forest restoration and landscape connectivity ABSTRACTIn degraded landscapes, ecological restoration is essential to increase landscape connectivity and provide ecosystem services. In Brazil, the main legal instrument for leveraging ecological restoration is the Forest Code, which was reviewed in 2012, reducing mandatory restoration of forest areas on rural properties. The objective of this study was to quantify areas to be converted to native forests and to evaluate functional connectivity by the simulation of two distinct . We calculated the areas to be restored and the forest cover percentage for the two scenarios. We also assessed the functional connectivity for both. All the analyses and data processing were made in ArcGIS geoprocessing software.