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Law No. 8.605 creating the Sustainable Xingu River Plan and amending provisions to Law No. 5.674.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Pará
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Water
Keyword
Special fund Agricultural development Financial agricultural measures Smallholders/peasants Cooperative/producer organization Hydropower generation Sustainable development
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Basin
Xingu
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Law, consisting of 17 articles, creates the Sustainable Xingu River Plan, focused exclusively on the economic and social development of the Xingu region in the State of Pará, composed of Municipalities impacted by the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Power Plant, according to the Territorial Socioeconomy Plan (PTS), resulting from the Strategic Territorial Assessment. Until the Strategic Territorial Assessment (ATE) pertinent to the Xingu region is carried out, the financing linked to the Sustainable Xingu Plan will cover the Municipalities of the direct and indirect area of influence of the Belo Monte hydroelectric project.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.seplan.pa.gov.br

References - Legislation

Amends

Law No. 5.674 creating the Economic Development Fund of the State of Pará - FDE, dealt with in Article 40 of the Transitory Provisions Act of the Constitution of the State of Pará.

Legislation | Brazil | 1991 (2009)

Keyword: Special fund, Agricultural development, Financial agricultural measures, Smallholders/peasants, Cooperative/producer organization

Source: FAO, FAOLEX