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Federal Decree No. 12,373/2025, published on February 3, 2025, reinforces FUNAI's regulatory authority over indigenous lands and restricted areas by outlining offenses...

Brazil's Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA) has launched a public consultation on the draft decree intended to regulate Law No. 14,119/2021...

Approved by Brazil's Federal Senate on August 6, 2020 (PDL 324/2020), the Nagoya Protocol is currently awaiting enactment by the Executive Branch.

On July 25, 2014, the Brazilian National Environmental Council (CONAMA) enacted Resolution No. 462, regulating specific proceedings for the environmental permitting of land wind-power plants.

In an additional chapter of climate litigation developments in Brazil, a non-governmental organization (NGO) filed a public civil action against the equity investment branch of the Brazilian National Bank for...

he fires have impacted the environment, biodiversity, farming, cattle ranching, and human health as a whole, including the health of workers in the affected regions.

The requirements to participate in the program have not been modified.

Brazil has opened a public consultation on a draft resolution that will establish the framework for its participation in cooperative approaches involving Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. The proposal sets a target of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by 100 million tons of CO₂e between 2031 and 2035, with up to 50 million tons eligible for international transfer as ITMOs. The draft resolution links ITMO authorization and transfer processes t

On 12 September 2023, Brazil´s Attorney General Office, representing the Brazilian Federal Environmental Agency, filed a climate litigation lawsuit against a livestock farmer, seeking compensation...

COP29 destaca avanços no mercado de carbono, financiamento climático insuficiente e desafios para adaptação e mitigação...

Foreign energy companies are taking initial steps to develop a large number of offshore wind farms along the coasts of Brazil and Colombia.

Em 15 de maio de 2019, a Secretaria de Estado do Ambiente e Sustentabilidade do Rio de Janeiro ("SEAS"), publicou a Resolução SEAS nº 13 ("Resolução") que regulamentou o Ato Declaratório de Embalagens

The Environmental Agency of the State of São Paulo (Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo - CETESB) recently published in the Official Gazette new guidelines...

Com a instituição da Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos (PNRS), é importante analisarmos os principais conceitos, instrumentos e obrigações – referentes ao gerenciamento...

On Sunday, October 30, 2022, Brazil's Superior Electoral Court pronounced Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ("Lula") the winner of Brazil's 2022 presidential election.

O Instituto Mineiro de Gestão de Águas ("IGAM") publicou, em 27 de fevereiro de 2019, as Portarias nº 02 e 03 ...

Foi publicada no Diário Oficial desta segunda-feira, 29.03.2021, a Instrução Normativa n.º 04/2021, por meio da qual o Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis...