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Federal Decree establishes RegularizAgro
One of the objectives of the National Plan for Environmental Regularization of Rural Properties is to promote and improve the integration of information systems and databases used to feed the Rural Environmental Registry.
Federal Decree 10.950/22: update of the National Contingency Plan for Oil Pollution Incidents in Waters under National Jurisdiction
New normative instrument establishes responsibilities, establishes organizational structure and defines guidelines, procedures and actions to ensure the joint and coordinated action of the public and private sectors, mitigate possible environmental damage and avoid, as much as possible, damage to public health.
New law modifies rules on permanent preservation areas in consolidated urban areas
Municipalities now have legislative competence to establish extensions of marginal bands of APPs, taking into account local characteristics.
Superior Court of Justice publishes new precedent on State’s civil liability for environmental damages
Even in the case of joint and several liability, the burden of reparation can only be attributed to the State in the impossibility of the actual causative agent to repair the damage.
Establishment of the National Green Growth Program encourages sustainable development
Program created a few days before the start of COP-26 demonstrates the country's evolution in the effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and meet the 2030 Agenda.
COP-26: expectations for the 26th Edition of the United Nations Climate Change Conference
Among the main issues to be discussed by global leaders is the regulation of the carbon market.
Incorporation of climate guidelines in Brazil: recent discussions in the legislative and judicial spheres
The growing concern about climate change in the country encourages the proposition of new standards on environmental aspects, as well as innovative judicial decisions that incorporate legal guidelines related to climate issues.
General Environmental Licensing Law: reflection and trends
New environmental licensing model proposed in Bill No. 3,729/04 intends to reduce bureaucracy in environmental licensing processes, aiming to increase legal certainty.
Green hydrogen and ESG: together on the path of green recovery in Brazil
Fuel can be the key to guarantee ing Brazil a role in economic restructuring based on strategies associated with issues of the environmental, social and governance agenda
Regulation of sensitive points of the State Dam Safety Policy in Minas Gerais
Decrees approved by the government of Minas Gerais increase the stringency of environmental agencies, the means of inspection and the penalties applied to entrepreneurs who own dams.
New procurement law emphasizes environmental issues
New standard follows the global market trend in requiring enterprises to adopt ESG criteria and establishes measures that will contribute to sustainable national development.
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