Law No. 15.434 establishing the Environmental Code within the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Pays/Territoire Brésil Sous-division territoriale Rio Grande do Sul Type du document Législation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Environnement gén., Forêts, Eau Mot clé Loi-cadre Planification environnementale Normes environnementales Lutte contre la pollution Forêt de protection Protection de l'habitat Préservation de l'écosystème Recherche Principe pollueur-payeur Pollution des eaux douces Normes de qualité de l'eau Utilisation durable Politique/planification Normes Protection de l’environnement Protection des espèces Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Mesures de protection des forêts Aire géographique Amazone, Amériques, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Atlantique Nord, Amérique du Sud, Atlantique Sud Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Résumé This Law, consisting of 233 articles divided into 19 Chapters, establishes the Environmental Code within the State of Rio Grande do Sul. The Code aims to guarantee an ecologically balanced environment, ensuring quality of life and citizens' rights, such as: access to public information on the quality and availability of environmental resources; information on the environmental impacts of projects and activities that are potentially harmful to health and the stability of the environment; environmental education, as an essential and permanent element of state education, in a formal and non-formal character; access to Conservation Units and other legally protected areas in the public domain, safeguarding the achievement of their protection objective; and give opinion for projects and activities potentially harmful to health and the environment, on their location and operating standards. The State must have efficient and intelligible public databases in order to guarantee the rights provided for, in addition to establishing the State Environmental Information System. Everyone is responsible for maintaining a healthy environment that provides quality of life for present and future generations, and individuals and companies are responsible for the damages they cause to the environment, as well as correcting, at their expense, the effects of the degrading or polluting activity. Texte intégral Portugais Site web www.normasbrasil.com.br Références - Législation Abroge Law No. 11.877 regulating environmental penalties in Rio Grande do Sul State. Législation | Brésil | 2002 Mot clé: Mise en application, Droits/redevances relatives à l'environnement, Normes environnementales, Normes, Protection de l’environnement Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 11.520 creating the Environmental Code of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Législation | Brésil | 2000 Mot clé: Loi-cadre, Planification environnementale, Lutte contre la pollution, Forêt de protection, Protection de l'habitat, Préservation de l'écosystème, Recherche, Pollution des eaux douces, Normes de qualité de l'eau, Monitorage, Exploitation minière, Conservation du sol/amélioration du sol, Pollution du sol/qualité, Remise en état des sols, Politique/planification, Gestion des resources en eau douce, Droits d'utilisation de l'eau Source: FAO, FAOLEX