Decree No. 7.830 regulating the Rural Environment Cadastre System (SICAR). Country/Territory Brazil Document type Regulation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Forestry Keyword Access-to-information Classification/declassification Data collection/reporting Registration Environmental planning Environmental standards Indigenous peoples Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment Afforestation/reforestation Forest management/forest conservation 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, consisting of 4 Chapters, regulates the Rural Environment Cadastre System (SICAR) and the Rural Environmental Cadastre Registration (CAR). It establishes general norms for Environmental Regularization Programmes (PRA), prescribed by Law No. 12.651 and defines the relevance of SICAR, created as a National electronic system for information management of rural infrastructures; the relevance of CAR, created as National electronic register by the environmental competent authority within the framework of the National System of Environmental Information (SINIMA). It specifies also mandatory documentation for all rural buildings and infrastructures, in order to carry out environmental control, planning and fighting the deforestation. This Decree is divided as follows: General Provisions (Chap. I); Rural Environmental Cadastre System (SICAR) (Chap. II); Environmental Regulation Programmes (PRA) (Chap. III); Final Provisions (Chap. IV). Full text Portuguese Website www.planalto.gov.br References - Legislation Implements Law No. 12.651 on the protection of Native Forests. Legislation | Brazil | 2012 (2023) Keyword: Framework law, Plant protection, Protected area, Protection forest, Public forest, Right of use, Traditional rights/customary rights, Forest management/forest conservation, Forest fires, Forestry protection measures, Family farming, Authorization/permit, Protection of species, Sustainable development, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Land tenure, Land-use planning, Freshwater pollution, Water conservation zone, Pollution control, Management/conservation, Wild flora, Zoning, Biodiversity, Ecosystem preservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Decree No. 7.029, instituting the National Program on Support and Regularization to Rural households. Legislation | Brazil | 2009 Keyword: Land-use planning, Cadastre/land registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Norm MMA No. 3 creating the Policy on Integration and Security of Information System related to Rural Environmental Registry. Legislation | Brazil | 2014 Keyword: Access-to-information, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree No. 8.235 establishing general rules to Environmental Adjustment Programmes of the States and the Federal District. Legislation | Brazil | 2014 Keyword: Access-to-information, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, Capacity building, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree No. 13.977 establishing the Rural Environmental Cadastre of Mato Grosso do Sul. Legislation | Brazil | 2014 Keyword: Access-to-information, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment, Afforestation/reforestation, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Norm IBAMA No. 2/MMA establishing the procedures for the integration, execution and compatibility of the Rural Environmental Cadastre System-SICAR and defining the general procedures of the CAR Rural Environmental Cadastre. Legislation | Brazil | 2014 Keyword: Agricultural development, Access-to-information, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Procedural matters, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX Complementary Law No. 592 providing for the Environmental Regulation Programme (PRA), the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR), the Environmental Regularization of Rural Property and the Environmental Licensing of activities that pollute or use natural resources, within the State of Mato Grosso. Legislation | Brazil | 2019 Keyword: Environmental standards, Registration, Authorization/permit, Protection of environment, Standards, Pollution control, Sustainable development, Access-to-information, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting, Environmental planning, Policy/planning, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX