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Law No. 8.634 establishing the State Coastal Management Plan and System, and creating the State Coastal Management Council (CEGC).

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Sergipe
Document type
Legislation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil, Sea, Water
Keyword
Coastal zone management Land-use planning Offences/penalties Authorization/permit Research Pollution control Institution Management/conservation Freshwater pollution Freshwater resources management
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 22 articles divided into five Chapters, establishes the State Coastal Management Plan and System, and creates the State Coastal Management Council (CEGC). It establishes its objectives, definitions, principles, instruments and activities aimed at conditioning government action and society as to the sustainable use of environmental resources in the coastal zone of the State of Sergipe, under art. 5, § 1, of Federal Law No. 7.661 of 16 May 1988, which established the National Coastal Management Plan (PNGC). The State Coastal Management Plan (PEGC) is part of the National Coastal Management Plan, and the National Environmental Policy, provided for in Federal Law No. 6.938 of 31 August 1981.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
al.se.leg.br

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Law No. 8.980 approving the Coastal Ecological-Economic Zoning of the Southern Coasts of Sergipe, as mentioned in Law No. 8.634 of 27 December 2019.

Legislation | Brazil | 2022

Keyword: Coastal zone management, Environmental planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Zoning, Land-use planning, Ecosystem preservation, Indigenous peoples, Sustainable development, Traditional rights/customary rights, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Law No. 8.924 amending provisions of Law No. 8.634 creating the State Coastal Management Plan and System, and creating the State Coastal Management Council (CEGC).

Legislation | Brazil | 2021

Keyword: Coastal zone management, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX