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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

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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