Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Brazil)

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (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.

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

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