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Law No. 7.661 establishing National Planning for Coastal Zone Management.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Legislation
Date
1988 (2023)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Land & soil, Sea
Keyword
Hazards Coastal zone management Enforcement/compliance Erosion Marine area Protection of environment Risk assessment/management Soil conservation/soil improvement Land-use planning Institution Ecosystem preservation
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 date of publication.
Abstract

This Law, consisting of 13 articles, establishes the National Planning for Coastal Zone Management (PNGC). PNGC shall provide for the zoning of uses and activities in the Coastal Zone and give priority to the conservation and protection, among others, of the following assets: I - natural resources, renewable and non-renewable; reefs, parcels and seaweed beds; coastal and oceanic islands; river, estuarine and lagoon systems, bays and inlets; beaches; headlands, cliffs and sea caves; sandbanks and dunes; coastal forests, mangroves and submerged grasslands; II - ecological sites of cultural relevance and other natural units of permanent preservation; III - monuments that integrate the natural, historical, paleontological, speleological, archaeological, ethnic, cultural and landscape heritage. The PNGC will be prepared by the Secretariat of the Interministerial Commission for Sea Resources (SECIRM), whose composition and form of action will be defined in a decree of the Executive Branch. It also lists sanctions to be paid by offenders in case of environmental areas pollution, according to article 14 of Act No. 6.938.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.planalto.gov.br

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

Implemented by

Decree No. 5.300 of 7 December 2004 implementing Act No. 7.661 on National Planning for Coastal Zone Management.

Legislation | Brazil | 2004

Keyword: Coastal zone management, Land-use planning, Institution, Ecosystem preservation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 5.300 regulating Act No. 7.661 on the National Planning for Coastal Zone Management.

Legislation | Brazil | 2004

Keyword: Coastal zone management, Land-use planning, Institution, Ecosystem preservation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Resolution Conama No. 312 regulating environmental licensing procedures for coastal zone shrimp culture infrastructures.

Legislation | Brazil | 2002

Keyword: Coastal zone management, Environmental standards, Marine pollution, Pollution control, Standards, Protection of environment, Aquaculture, Crustaceans, Fish products, Authorization/permit, Mariculture, Aquatic animals

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Law No. 6.950 providing the State Coastal Management Plan.

Legislation | Brazil | 1996

Keyword: Environmental planning, Coastal zone management, Institution, Land tenure, Land-use planning, Protection of environment, Policy/planning, Ecosystem preservation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX