Brazilian Ministry of the Environment (MMA)

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; and ecological and economic territorial zoning. (http://www.mma.gov.br/sitio/en/index.php?ido=conteudo.monta&idEstrutura=206)