Decree No. 9.941 providing for the Research and Development Committee of the Amazon. Pays/Territoire Brésil Type du document Règlement Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Forêts, Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes Mot clé Institution Recherche Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Gestion/conservation Protection de l'habitat Aire géographique Amazone, Amériques, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Atlantique Nord, Amérique du Sud, Atlantique Sud Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force on the day of its publication. Résumé This Decree creates the Committee of Research and Development Activities in the Amazon (CAPDA) as a deliberative body, linked to the Ministry of Economy. It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of CAPDA entitled to perform the following activities: manage resources referred to in art. 2 of Law No. 8.387 of 1991; define research, development and innovation programmes and projects to be contemplated with FNDCT resources, indicate priorities and evaluate the results of the developed projects; approve the consolidation of the reports dealt with in this Decree, safeguarding the confidential information of companies and institutions; establish control criteria so that the operational expenses of implementation, maintenance, monitoring, evaluation and dissemination of results incident to the FNDCT, comply with the limit resources collected annually; establish programmes and areas that will be considered priorities, and define the guidelines for operation, monitoring and effectiveness of programmes; evaluate results of programmes and projects; define norms and guidelines, etc. Texte intégral Portugais Site web www.planalto.gov.br