Order MMA No. 43 creating the National Programme for the Conservation of Endangered Species (Pro-Species). Country/Territory Brazil Document type Regulation Date 2014 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Biodiversity Wild fauna Management/conservation Policy/planning Protection of species Endangered species Monitoring Risk assessment/management Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Order enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Order creates the National Programme for the Conservation of Species Endangered by Extinction (Pró-Espécies), with the objective of providing prevention, conservation, management and management measures, with a view to minimizing the risks of extinction of animal species. The Pró-Espécies Programme will be coordinated by the Ministry of the Environment, through the Secretariat of Biodiversity and Forests, and will have as priorities the following actions: I - support the Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservation and the Research Institute Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, institutionally and technically; II - review and approve to the National Commission of Biodiversity-CONABIO as Official National Lists of Endangered Species; III - coordinate the preparation of two PANs for the Conservation of Endangered Species, ensuring inter-institutional articulation and synergy; IV - promote the implementation of the actions planned in the PAN; V - promote studies and strategies aimed at recovering the state of conservation of constant species on the list of endangered species; VI - promote studies on Almost Endangered species (NT) or with Insufficient Data (DD); VII - adopt the necessary procedures for the use of data and information from the Pró-Espécies programme; VIII - promote inter-institutional and international cooperation, with a view to implement management actions for species threatened with extinction; IX - promote conservation and sustainable use of Brazilian biodiversity species in all phases of fundamental school education; etc. Full text Portuguese Website www.gov.br