Legal Regulation in Brazil

LAWS
Environmental Crime Law, Federal Law 9605/98 - Portuguese

Adequacy of the Brazilian Environmental Law to the Convention of Biological Diversity - Portuguese


DECREES
National Policy on Biodiversity, Decree 4339 - Portuguese

National Protected Area System, Decree 4340 - Portuguese

NORMATIVE INSTRUCTIONS
Normative Instruction nº 03, February 05, 2007 - Regulates the management and control of invasive alien plants in Protected Areas - Espírito Santo/Brazil (PDF 12,5kb)

Normative Instruction nº 141, December 19, 2006 - Regulates the management and control of noxious synanthropic fauna - MMA/IBAMA (PDF 86kb) - Portuguese

Normative Instruction nº 5, May 21, 2004 - Regulates the management and control of noxious synanthropic fauna - MMA/IBAMA (PDF 95kb) - Portuguese

Normative Instruction nº 2 , Jan 9, 2002 - Approve regulations for the notification of occurrences of invasive alien species - Portuguese

Normative Instruction nº 73, Agu 18, 08/2005 - It is forbidden, in all Brazilian territory, to breed and commercialize the terrestrial mollusc Achatina fulica (PDF 92kb) - Portuguese

Normative Instruction nº 71, Agu 04, 08/2005 - Gives permission to the populational control of wild boar – Sus scrofa –,by way of capture and sacrifice , in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (PDF 239kb) - Portuguese

Normative Instruction nº 38 , October 14 , 1999 - List of quarantine pests A1, A2 and non-regulated quarantine pests - Portuguese

RESOLUTIONS
Resolução nº 369, de 28/03/2006 - CONAMA - Portuguese

Resolução nº 237, de 19/12/1997 - CONAMA - Portuguese

Resolução nº 119, de 17/10/1997 - IBAMA - Portuguese

Resolução nº 142, de 22/12/1994 - IBAMA - Portuguese

PORTARIAS
Portaria nº 121, de 10 de Julho de 2007 0 IAP (PDF 10Kb) - Portuguese

Portaria nº 096, de 22 de Maio de 2007 - IAP (PDF 61Kb) - Portuguese

Portaria nº 095, de 22 de Maio de 2007 - IAP PDF (39kb) - Portuguese

Portaria nº 192, 02/12/2005 - IAP (PDF 103kb) - Portuguese

Portaria nº 9, 20/03/2003 - IBAMA (PDF 11kb) - Portuguese

Portaria nº 507, 20/12/2002 - MMA (JPG 439kb) - Portuguese

Portaria nº 145, 29/10/1998 - IBAMA (PDF 55kb) - Portuguese

Portaria Interministral nº 290, of 04/15/1996 - Regulations for the detection of new pests and weeds - Portuguese

TECHNICAL REPORTS
Technical Report DPC/CPP/DDIV - n:003/03 issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Grazing and Supply on the control and erradication of the exotic mullus k - Achatina fulica (PDF 296kb) - Portuguese

Technical Report issued by IBAMA on regulations for breeding of the invasive alien species - Achatina fulica - Portuguese


CIVIL PUBLIC ACTS
Lagoa do Peixe National Park - RS - Invasive alien species in the protected area and its surroundings (DOC 230kb) - Portuguese

OTHER DOCUMENTS
Declaration of Minister s of Environment on Biodiversity Strategy for Mercosul - UNDP
Click here to read Guideline IV.3: Prevention and control of invasive alien species - Portuguese
Click here to read the whole document (PDF) - Portuguese

International Legal Regulations
Convention on Biological Diversity, Article 8h - Alien species that threaten ecosystems, habitats or species

Convention on Biological Diversity, Decision VI/23 - Guidelines to countries for the prevention, eradication and control of invasive alien species.

Convention on Biological Diversity, Decision VII/13

Ballast Water Convention - Global Ballast Water Management Programme