Law No. 12.377 amending Law No. 10.431 and Law No. 11.612 on Biodiversity Protection and Water Resources. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Bahia Document type Legislation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Water, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Environmental planning Protection of habitats Ecosystem preservation Biodiversity Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Pollution control Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Policy/planning Freshwater resources management Sustainable use Agricultural development Management/conservation Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Law amends Law No. 10.431 on the State Policy on Environment and Biodiversity Protection. Amendments deal with the requirements of the State Plan for Environment (PEMA) and for Biodiversity Protection (PEPB) which will define needed institutional mechanisms for an integrated sustainable management of environment, aiming at: protecting the local biodiversity, ecosystems and habitats of the State, developing mechanisms of integration for environmental policies with socio-economic policies; developing baselines for designing and structuring policies for the sustainable management of biomass of the State of Bahia; developing baselines to establish environmental quality parameters. Full text Portuguese Website www.seia.ba.gov.br References - Legislation Amends Law No. 10.431 creating the State Policy on Environment and Biodiversity Protection. Legislation | Brazil | 2006 Keyword: Biodiversity, Environmental planning, Protection of habitats, Ecosystem preservation, Environmental standards, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Pollution control, Sustainable development, Indigenous peoples, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment, Agricultural development, Management/conservation, Basic legislation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 11.612 creating the State Policy on Water Resources and the Water Management System. Legislation | Brazil | 2009 Keyword: Basic legislation, Freshwater pollution, Freshwater resources management, Policy/planning, Water rights, Groundwater, Sustainable development, Institution, Pollution control, Indigenous peoples Source: FAO, FAOLEX