Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Brazil) explained
| Ministry of Environment and Climate Change |
| Native Name: | Portuguese: Ministério do Meio Ambiente e Mudança do Clima |
| Agency Type: | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction: | Federal government of Brazil |
| Headquarters: | Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco B
Brasília, Federal District |
| Budget: | $3.63 b BRL (2023)[1] |
| Chief1 Name: | Marina Silva |
| Chief1 Position: | Minister |
| Chief2 Name: | João Paulo Capobianco |
| Chief2 Position: | Executive-Secretary |
| Chief3 Name: | Rita Guimarães Mesquita |
| Chief3 Position: | Secretary of Biodiversity, Forests and Animal Rights |
| Chief4 Name: | Adalberto Maluf Filho |
| Chief4 Position: | Secretary of Urban Environment and Environmental Quality |
| Chief5 Name: | Ana Toni |
| Chief5 Position: | Secretary of Climate Change |
| Chief6 Name: | Carina Mendonça |
| Chief6 Position: | Secretary of Bioeconomy |
| Chief7 Name: | Edel Santiago |
| Chief7 Position: | Secretary of Traditional People and Communities and Sustainable Rural Development |
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Portuguese: Ministério do Meio Ambiente e Mudança do Clima|links=no, abbreviated MMA) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The ministry emerged from the Special Secretariat for the Environment within the now-extinct Ministry of the Interior from 1974 to 1985. It has gone through several name changes since its inception.
Responsibilities
- National Environmental Policy
- Environmental policies and programs for the Amazon and other Brazilian biomes
- Water resources policy
- National water security policy
- Policies for the preservation, conservation and sustainable use of ecosystems, biodiversity and forests
- Policies for integrating environmental protection with economic production
- Regulatory and economic strategies, mechanisms and instruments for improving environmental quality and the sustainable use of natural resources
- National policy on climate change
- Ecological-economic zoning and other territorial planning instruments, including marine spatial planning, in articulation with other competent Ministries
- Management of public forests for sustainable production
- Management of the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) at the federal level
- Policies for the integration between environmental policy and energy policy
- Policies for the protection and recovery of native vegetation
- Environmental quality of human settlements, in conjunction with the Ministry of Cities
- National environmental education policy, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education
- Shared management of fisheries resources, in conjunction with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Structure
Councils
- National Council for the Environment (CONAMA);
- National Water Resources Council (CNRH);
- Genetic Heritage Management Council (CGen);
- National Council for the Legal Amazon (CONAMAZ);
- National Rubber Council (CNB);
- National Commission to Combat Desertification (CNCD);
- Steering Committee of the National Fund on Climate Change;
- Deliberative Council of the National Environment Fund
- National Council of Traditional Peoples and Communities (CNPCT)
Secretariats
- Executive Secretary
- National Secretariat for Biodiversity, Forests and Animal Rights
- National Secretariat for Urban Environment and Environmental Quality
- National Secretariat for Climate Change
- National Bioeconomy Secretariat
- National Secretariat of Traditional Peoples and Communities and Sustainable Rural Development
- Extraordinary Secretariat for Deforestation Control and Territorial Environmental Planning
- National Secretariat for Biodiversity, Forests and Animal Rights
- Brazilian Forest Service
Linked Entities
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023. Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento. pt-br. 16 February 2023. 31 May 2023.
