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The Bill no. 3729/04 which sets forth provisions on environmental licensing and regulates item IV of paragraph 1 of article 225 of the Federal Constitution is currently pending that the Brazilian House of Representatives.

On October 31, 2025, the Federal Government published Decree No. 12,705/2025, which, on the eve of COP30, officially established the Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy...

The Brazilian Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal - STF) has decided by majority vote that landfills being installed or already operating or expanding in Permanent Preservation Areas...

On February 21, 2024, Deliberation of the State Environmental Council (CONSEMA) No. 01/2024 was published in the Official Gazette, establishing jurisdictions for the municipal environmental...

The 29th Session of the UN Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-29) concluded on November 22, and COP-30 is now in sight.

Brazil has recently seen significant updates to solid waste management regulations at the national level. These include new regulations which address...

On June 18, 2020, Normative Ruling No. 7 of the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation ("ICMBio"

The Brazilian National Agency of Waterway Transportation (ANTAQ) launched a public consultation, initiated on December 28, 2020, on the privatization of Companhia Docas do Espírito Santo (CODESA)...

After nearly two years of waiting, the Environmental Ministry published, on May 6, 2014, Regulation No. 2 (Regulation), formally implementing the Rural Environmental Registry (RER). Now, all rural properties must be enrolled in the RER System (RERSYS) by May 2015

Importante observar que a remissão ou o pagamento das multas ambientais não caracteriza impunidade do infrator, vez que não afasta a obrigação de reparar o dano ambiental.

Em 9 de julho de 2019, o Conselho Nacional de Política Energética ("CNPE") publicou a Resolução nº 15 ("Resolução")

New regulation allows the import of strategic waste and sets criteria to protect the environment and support waste pickers

The U.S. Trade Representative has launched a Section 301 investigation citing Brazilian deforestation as justification for imposing a 25% additional tariff on certain Brazilian products. A former Brazilian diplomat challenges the legitimacy of this environmental argument, questioning whether insufficient enforcement of environmental laws truly constitutes an unfair trade practice.

Em 26 de agosto de 2019, a Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária ("Anvisa") publicou a primeira lista de ingredientes ativos de agrotóxicos ("Produtos")

Just months after we discussed a recent climate lawsuit filed in Brazil against a rural landowner due to alleged illegal deforestation in the Amazon, a new chapter in Brazilian climate litigation unfolds and reinforces the trend of climate change lawsuits against public and private entities.

On December 7, 2020, the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) launched a consultation on proposed amendments to Normative Ruling 480/2009 aimed at, inter alia, increasing transparency by improving the quality of information disclosed by publicly-held companies on ESG aspects.

Brazil is set to see a step change in the level of foreign investment into renewables projects.

On February 9, the State of São Paulo published Decree 61,117/2015, on new rules for inspection of use of water resources during events of hydrological crisis.