Decree No. 4.297 ruling on Ecologic-Economical Zoning of Brazil. Country/Territory Brazil Document type Regulation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário Oficial da União, No.132, Primeira Seção, 11 July 2002, pp. 6 and 7. Subject Environment gen. Keyword Zoning Ecological production/organic production Ecosystem preservation Access-to-information 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 date of its publication. Abstract This Decree is composed of 22 articles and divided into five Chapters. It regulates article 9(II) of Law No. 6.938 of 31 August 1981, which established criteria for the Ecologic-Economical Zoning of Brazil (ZEE) as instrument of the National Policy of the Environment. The Decree regulates main objectives and principles, implementation criteria and contents of the ZEE. Particular attention is devoted to the use, collection, safeguard and publication of the data and information. Full text Portuguese Website www.glin.gov References - Legislation Implements Environmental Policy Act No. 6.938. Legislation | Brazil | 1981 (2013) Keyword: Framework law, Institution, Pollution control, Environmental planning, Ecosystem preservation, Offences/penalties, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Decree No. 6.288 amending Decree No. 4.297 ruling on Ecologic-Economical Zoning of Brazil. Legislation | Brazil | 2007 Keyword: Zoning, Ecological production/organic production, Ecosystem preservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree No. 7.378 amending Decree No. 4.297 on Ecologic-Economical Zoning of Brazil. Legislation | Brazil | 2010 Keyword: Zoning, Ecological production/organic production, Ecosystem preservation, Indigenous peoples, Environmental planning, Forest management/forest conservation, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX