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. The ministry emerged from the Special Secretariat for the Environment within the now-extinct Ministry of the Interior from 1974 to 1985. It has gone through several name changes since its inception.

Responsibilities

* National Environmental Policy * Environmental policies and programs for the Amazon and other Brazilian biomes * Water resources policy * National water security policy * Policies for the preservation, conservation and sustainable use of ecosystems, biodiversity and forests * Policies for integrating environmental protection with economic production * Regulatory and economic strategies, mechanisms and instruments for improving environmental quality and the sustainable use of natural resources * National policy on climate change * Ecological-economic zoning and other territorial planning instruments, including marine spatial planning, in articulation with other competent Ministries * Management of public forests for sustainable production * Management of the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) at the federal level * Policies for the integration between environmental policy and energy policy * Policies for the protection and recovery of native vegetation * Environmental quality of human settlements, in conjunction with the Ministry of Cities * National environmental education policy, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education * Shared management of fisheries resources, in conjunction with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture

Structure

Councils

* National Council for the Environment (CONAMA) ; * National Water Resources Council (CNRH) ; * Genetic Heritage Management Council (CGen) ; * National Council for the Legal Amazon (CONAMAZ) ; * National Rubber Council (CNB) ; * National Commission to Combat Desertification (CNCD) ; * Steering Committee of the National Fund on Climate Change ; * Deliberative Council of the National Environment Fund

Linked Entities

Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, IBAMA) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm. IBAMA supports anti- ...

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Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (Portuguese: ''Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade'', ICMBio) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm."Brazilian Federal Law 11.516/2007 (Por ...

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Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden The Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden or Jardim Botânico is located at the Jardim Botânico district in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The Botanical Garden shows the diversity of Brazilian and foreign flora. There are around 6,500 species (so ...

* National Water Agency

List of Environmental Ministers

References

External links

Official site

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