MMA -Ministerio Do Meio Ambiente-

Esplanada dos Ministérios - Bloco B Brasilia , Brazil
Tel: +55 61 322 82 39
Fax: +55 61 226 71 01

Email: gab@mma.gov.br

Website: http://www.mma.gov.br

The Brazilian Ministry of the Environment (MMA) was established in 1992. It's mission is to promote the adoption of principles and strategies for the protection and restoration of the environment; for the sustainable use of natural resources; for the valuing of environmental services; and for the inclusion of sustainable development in public policies, in a participative, democratic and transversal way, at all levels and instances of government and society. The Ministry is responsible for addressing the following issues: a national policy for the environment and for water resources; a policy for the preservation, conservation and sustainable use of ecosystems, biodiversity and forests; proposing strategies, mechanisms and economic and social instruments for improving environmental quality and for the sustainable use of natural resources; policies for integrating production and the environment; environmental policies and programmes for the Legal Amazon;  ecological and economic territorial zoning.

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