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Law No. 4.266 establishing the State Policy of the Amazon Environmental Services, their Management System, and creating the State Fund for Climate Change, Environmental Conservation and Environmental Services.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Amazonas
Document type
Legislation
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Environmental planning Climate change Monitoring Special fund Institution Emissions Indigenous peoples Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge Traditional rights/customary rights Cultural heritage Policy/planning Management/conservation Protection forest Protection of environment Protection of habitats
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, consisting of 3 Chapters divided into 38 articles, establishes the State Policy of the Amazon Environmental Services, their Management System, and creates the State Fund for Climate Change, Environmental Conservation and Environmental Services. It also amends provisions of the State Law No. 3.135/2007 and 3.184/2007. The State Policy objectives are: protecting and conserving natural environment providing the environmental services while promoting socio-economic development and welfare of local populations; reducing illegal logging of forests in the state of Amazonas and consequently reducing the emission of greenhouse gases maintaining the forest carbon stocks; creating and strengthening governance structures that allow mutual recognition at the national and international level of the programmes and projects to encourage the maintenance and provision of environmental services; promoting the creation of management tools, which enable the execution of programmes and projects for the maintenance and provision of environmental services; establishing through legal instruments that facilitate the action of potential developers and investors, as well as ensure the fair distribution of benefits to recipients providers of goods and environmental services; establish infrastructure and adoption of systems and measuring instruments, collection, analysis, measurement, validation, monitoring, verification and valuation of environmental goods and services; contribute to ensuring the territorial and cultural rights of Indigenous and Traditional Peoples Communities and their sustainable development.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.meioambiente.am.gov.br

References - Legislation

Amends

Law No. 3.135 creating the State Policy on climate change, environment conservation and sustainable development.

Legislation | Brazil | 2007

Keyword: Climate change, Basic legislation, Energy conservation/energy production, Environmental planning, Monitoring, Special fund

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Decree No. 40.768 regulating the State Fund for Climate Change, Environmental Conservation and Environmental Services (FEMUCS), as well as the recognition, qualification and selection of Implementing Agents and the composition and functioning of the Scientific Methodological Committee (CCM).

Legislation | Brazil | 2019

Keyword: Special fund, Environmental planning, Climate change, Monitoring, Emissions, Cultural heritage, Policy/planning, Afforestation/reforestation, Forest management/forest conservation, Management/conservation, Protection forest, Protection of environment, Protection of habitats

Source: FAO, FAOLEX