Decree No. 2.519 on the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity signed in Rio de Janeiro. Country/Territory Brazil Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Environment gen., Cultivated plants, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Biosafety Biosecurity Biodiversity Protected area Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Decree is composed of two articles and one Annex. It introduces in the legal system the Agreement on Biological Diversity approved at the 1992 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The annex provides the Text on Biologic Diversity, whose finality is to protect biodiversity through institutional measures and structures in every signatory country. Full text Portuguese Website www.planalto.gov.br References - Legislation Implemented by Decree No. 5.758 approving the National Strategic Plan for Protected Areas (PNAP), its principles, guidelines, objectives and strategies. Legislation | Brazil | 2006 Keyword: Protected area, Classification/declassification, GMO, Indigenous peoples, Traditional rights/customary rights, Wetlands, Plant protection, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX Provisional Measure No. 2.186 on the 1992 Convention on Biodiversity. Legislation | Brazil | 2001 Keyword: Biological control agents, Biosafety, Biosecurity, Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge, Protected area, Indigenous peoples, Biodiversity, Access and benefit-sharing Source: FAO, FAOLEX