Law No. 5.858 establishing the State Policy and System on Environment. Pays/Territoire Brésil Sous-division territoriale Sergipe Type du document Législation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Environnement gén. Mot clé Planification environnementale Lutte contre la pollution Recherche Développement durable Préservation de l'écosystème Protection de l'habitat Politique/planification Aire géographique Amazone, Amériques, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Atlantique Nord, Amérique du Sud, Atlantique Sud Entry into force notes This Law enters into force 30 days after its publication. Résumé This Law, consisting of 9 Chapters, divided into 114 articles, establishes the State Policy and System on Environment within the State of Sergipe. The objectives of this Policy are: to preserve, protect, improve and rehabilitate an adequate level of environmental quality for living, aiming at guaranteeing the socio-economic development conditions and the dignity of human beings, through the following activities: governmental actions maintaining the ecological balance, considering the environment as a public natural heritage to be protected; rational use of natural resources; planning and control over the use of natural resources; protection of ecosystems through the preservation of representative areas; control and zoning for the potentially polluting, harmful and dangerous activities; incentives to research and new technologies oriented to a rational use and protection of natural resources, etc. Texte intégral Portugais Site web www.al.se.gov.br