| Portuguese: Ministério do Meio Ambiente e Mudança do Clima | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 14 January 1974 |
| Type | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of Brazil |
| Headquarters | Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco B Brasília, Federal District |
| Annual budget | $3.63 b BRL (2023)[1] |
| Agency executives |
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| Website | www |
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Portuguese: Ministério do Meio Ambiente e Mudança do Clima, 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.
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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
- Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA)
- Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio)
- Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden
- National Water Agency
List of Environmental Ministers
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paulo Nogueira Neto (1922–2019) | 14 January 1974 | 15 March 1985 | 11 years, 60 days | Independent | Emílio Garrastazu Médici (ARENA) Ernesto Geisel (ARENA) João Figueiredo (ARENA) | ||
| 2 | Flávio Rios Peixoto da Silveira (born 1945) | 15 March 1985 | 14 February 1986 | 336 days | Independent | José Sarney (MDB) | ||
| – | Deni Liney Schwartz (born 1938) Acting | 14 February 1986 | 23 October 1987 | 1 year, 251 days | Independent | José Sarney (MDB) | ||
| 3 | Prisco Viana (1932–2015) | 23 October 1987 | 15 February 1989 | 1 year, 115 days | MDB | José Sarney (MDB) | ||
| 4 | Ben-hur Luttembarck Batalha (1943–2000) | 15 February 1989 | 15 March 1990 | 1 year, 28 days | Independent | José Sarney (MDB) | ||
| 5 | José Lutzenberger (1926–2002) | 15 March 1990 | 23 March 1992 | 2 years, 8 days | Independent | Fernando Collor (PRN) | ||
| – | José Goldemberg (born 1928) Acting | 23 March 1992 | 14 July 1992 | 113 days | Independent | Fernando Collor (PRN) | ||
| 6 | Flávio Miragaia Perri (born 1940) | 14 July 1992 | 2 October 1992 | 80 days | Independent | Fernando Collor (PRN) | ||
| 7 | Fernando Coutinho Jorge (1939–2019) | 19 October 1992 | 16 September 1993 | 332 days | PSDB | Itamar Franco (MDB) | ||
| 8 | Rubens Ricupero (born 1937) | 14 September 1993 | 5 April 1994 | 203 days | Independent | Itamar Franco (MDB) | ||
| – | Henrique Brandão Cavalcanti (1929–2020) Acting | 5 April 1994 | 1 January 1995 | 271 days | Independent | Itamar Franco (MDB) | ||
| 9 | Gustavo Krause (born 1946) | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 1999 | 4 years, 0 days | PFL | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) | ||
| 10 | Sarney Filho (born 1957) | 1 January 1999 | 5 March 2002 | 3 years, 63 days | PFL | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) | ||
| 11 | José Carlos Carvalho (born 1952) | 5 March 2002 | 1 January 2003 | 302 days | Independent | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) | ||
| 12 | Marina Silva (born 1958) | 1 January 2003 | 13 May 2008 | 5 years, 133 days | PT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | ||
| 13 | Carlos Minc (born 1951) | 13 May 2008 | 31 March 2010 | 1 year, 322 days | PT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | ||
| 14 | Izabella Teixeira (born 1961) | 31 March 2010 | 12 May 2016 | 6 years, 42 days | Independent | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) Dilma Rousseff | ||
| 15 | Sarney Filho (born 1957) | 12 May 2016 | 6 April 2018 | 1 year, 329 days | PV | Michel Temer (MDB) | ||
| 16 | Edson Duarte (born 1965) | 6 April 2018 | 1 January 2019 | 270 days | PV | Michel Temer (MDB) | ||
| 17 | Ricardo Salles (born 1975) | 1 January 2019 | 23 June 2021 | 2 years, 173 days | NOVO Independent | Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) | ||
| 18 | Joaquim Leite (born 1967) | 23 June 2021 | 1 January 2023 | 1 year, 192 days | Independent | Jair Bolsonaro (PL) | ||
| 19 | Marina Silva (born 1958) | 1 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 146 days | REDE | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
External links
- Official website (in Portuguese)
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