Decree No. 76.470 creating the National Soil Conservation Programme (P.N.C.S.). Country/Territory Brazil Document type Regulation Date 1975 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Land & soil Keyword Research Land-use planning Environmental planning Soil conservation/soil improvement Policy/planning 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 publication. Abstract This Decree creates the National Soil Conservation Programme (P.N.C.S.) under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture. This Programme with aims at promoting, throughout the national territory, the adoption of soil conservation practices, thus understood as the maintenance and improvement of its productive capacity. Until the studies are completed to determine the regions referred to in article 1 of Law No. 6.225 of 14 July 1975, the areas with manifest occurrence of the phenomenon are declared priority for the implementation of the Programme. The priority established in this article does not exclude future discrimination, or its annual renewal, or any changes whose prioritization may be deemed necessary to the Programme, in accordance with the provisions of article 1 of Law No. 6.225. Full text Portuguese Website www2.camara.leg.br References - Legislation Repealed by Decree No. 94.076 creating the National Programme for the Conservation of Watersheds (PNMH) Legislation | Brazil | 1987 Keyword: Research, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Sustainable use, Agricultural land, Land-use planning, Environmental planning, Soil rehabilitation, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX