SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
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- Decree No. 5.577 on the conservation and sustainable use of closed biome ecosystems. Date of text: 08-11-2005
(National) - Decree No. 8.235 establishing general rules to Environmental Adjustment Programmes of the States and the Federal District. Date of text: 05-05-2014
(National) - Decree of 15 September 2010 on the Action plan against deforestation and forest fires in the biome. Date of text: 15-09-2010
(National) - Environmental Policy Act No. 6.938. Date of text: 31-08-1981
(National) - Law No. 10.831 on organic farming and other provisions. Date of text: 23-12-2003
(National) - Law No. 11.952 concerning public lands. Date of text: 25-06-2009
(National) - Law No. 12.651 on the protection of Native Forests. Date of text: 25-05-2012
(National) - Law No. 13.153 of 30 July 2015 approving the National Policy to Fight Desertification and Mitigate the effects of Drought (CNDC) and creating the National Committee to Combat Desertification. Date of text: 30-07-2015
(National) - Law No. 4.504 regulating rights and obligations regarding rural real estates in order to implement the Agricultural Reform and to promote the Agricultural Policy. Date of text: 30-11-1964
(National) - Law No. 8.171 on agricultural policy. Date of text: 17-01-1991
(National) - Law No. 16.316 establishing the State Policy to Fight and Prevent Desertification. Date of text: 28-08-2008
(Goiás) - Decree No. 6.120/1985 regulating Law No. 8.014/1984 on agricultural soil preservation within the State of Paraná. Date of text: 13-08-1985
(Paraná) - Law No. 8.014/1984 providing for agricultural soil preservation within the State of Paraná. Date of text: 14-12-1984
(Paraná) - Law No. 5.887 providing for the State Environmental Policy. Date of text: 09-05-1995
(Pará) - Decree No. 52.751 creating the Water and Soil Conservation Policy. Date of text: 04-12-2015
(Rio Grande do Sul) - Law No. 6.317 providing for the Plan for the four-year 2018/2021. Date of text: 16-01-2018
(Rio de Janeiro) - Complementary Act No. 7 on the Environmental Protection Code of Roraima State. Date of text: 26-08-1994
(Roraima) - Law No. 13.577 providing for the guidelines and procedures for the protection of soil quality and management of contaminated areas. Date of text: 08-07-2009
(Săo Paulo) - Decree No. 3.420 creating the National Forestry Programme (PNF). Date of text: 05-06-2006
(National) - Sectorial Health Plan for the Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. Date of text: 01-06-2013
(National) - Sectorial Plan of Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change for the Consolidation of a Low Carbon Emission in Agriculture (Plan ABC). Date of text: 13-01-2012
(National) - Decision of Directorate CETESB No. 38 approving the "Procedures for Soil and Groundwater Quality Protection". Date of text: 07-02-2017
(Săo Paulo) - Decree No. 77.775 regulating Law No. 6.225 on environmental plans for soil erosion prevention. Date of text: 08-06-1976
(National) - Law No. 12.805 creating the National Policy for Livestock, Agro-forestry and Sylvo-pastoralism (ILPF). Date of text: 29-04-2013
(National) - Law No. 6.225 establishing environmental plans for soil erosion prevention. Date of text: 14-07-1975
(National) - Resolution CONAMA No. 238 approving the National Policy for the Control of Desertification. Date of text: 22-12-1997
(National)
- Law No. 12.854 promoting actions for forestry rehabilitation and settlement of agroforestry systems in rural areas. Date of text: 26-08-2013
(National) - Decree of 15 September 2010 on the Action plan against deforestation and forest fires in the biome. Date of text: 15-09-2010
(National) - Environmental Policy Act No. 6.938. Date of text: 31-08-1981
(National) - Law No. 10.831 on organic farming and other provisions. Date of text: 23-12-2003
(National) - Law No. 12.651 on the protection of Native Forests. Date of text: 25-05-2012
(National) - Law No. 8.171 on agricultural policy. Date of text: 17-01-1991
(National) - Decree No. 3.420 creating the National Forestry Programme (PNF). Date of text: 05-06-2006
(National) - Sectorial Health Plan for the Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. Date of text: 01-06-2013
(National) - Decision of Directorate CETESB No. 38 approving the "Procedures for Soil and Groundwater Quality Protection". Date of text: 07-02-2017
(Săo Paulo) - Law No. 12.805 creating the National Policy for Livestock, Agro-forestry and Sylvo-pastoralism (ILPF). Date of text: 29-04-2013
(National) - Law No. 13.153 of 30 July 2015 approving the National Policy to Fight Desertification and Mitigate the effects of Drought (CNDC) and creating the National Committee to Combat Desertification. Date of text: 30-07-2015
(National) - Law No. 8.014/1984 providing for agricultural soil preservation within the State of Paraná. Date of text: 14-12-1984
(Paraná) - Law No. 5.887 providing for the State Environmental Policy. Date of text: 09-05-1995
(Pará) - Resolution CONAMA No. 238 approving the National Policy for the Control of Desertification. Date of text: 22-12-1997
(National)
- Normative Instruction No. 35 regulating registration, packaging, labelling of soil corrective substances and other products used in agriculture. Date of text: 04-07-2006
(National) - Decree No. 47.347 approving the Statute of the State Environmental Foundation (FEAM). Date of text: 24-01-2018
(Minas Gerais) - Decree No. 8.468 regulating Law No. 997 on environmental pollution control. Date of text: 08-09-1976
(National) - Law No. 12.897 authorizing the Federal Executive to create the Autonomous Social Service, called National Agency for Technical Assistence and Rural Extension (ANATER). Date of text: 18-12-2013
(National) - Decree No. 7.269 regulating Act No. 8.361 on pollution control. Date of text: 05-06-1981
(Pernambuco) - Law No. 13.577 providing for the guidelines and procedures for the protection of soil quality and management of contaminated areas. Date of text: 08-07-2009
(Săo Paulo) - Resolution No. 420 providing for criteria and guiding values of soil quality regarding the presence of chemical substances and establishing guidelines for the environmental management of areas contaminated by these substances as a result of anthropic activities. Date of text: 28-12-2009
(National)
- Law No. 12.897 authorizing the Federal Executive to create the Autonomous Social Service, called National Agency for Technical Assistence and Rural Extension (ANATER). Date of text: 18-12-2013
(National) - Decree No. 5.577 on the conservation and sustainable use of closed biome ecosystems. Date of text: 08-11-2005
(National) - Decree No. 47.347 approving the Statute of the State Environmental Foundation (FEAM). Date of text: 24-01-2018
(Minas Gerais) - Law No. 5.887 providing for the State Environmental Policy. Date of text: 09-05-1995
(Pará) - Resolution No. 420 providing for criteria and guiding values of soil quality regarding the presence of chemical substances and establishing guidelines for the environmental management of areas contaminated by these substances as a result of anthropic activities. Date of text: 28-12-2009
(National) - Decree No. 8.468 regulating Law No. 997 on environmental pollution control. Date of text: 08-09-1976
(National)
- Decree No. 77.775 regulating Law No. 6.225 on environmental plans for soil erosion prevention. Date of text: 08-06-1976
(National) - Law No. 6.225 establishing environmental plans for soil erosion prevention. Date of text: 14-07-1975
(National) - Resolution CONAMA No. 238 approving the National Policy for the Control of Desertification. Date of text: 22-12-1997
(National) - Law No. 13.153 of 30 July 2015 approving the National Policy to Fight Desertification and Mitigate the effects of Drought (CNDC) and creating the National Committee to Combat Desertification. Date of text: 30-07-2015
(National) - Law No. 16.316 establishing the State Policy to Fight and Prevent Desertification. Date of text: 28-08-2008
(Goiás) - Law No. 8.014/1984 providing for agricultural soil preservation within the State of Paraná. Date of text: 14-12-1984
(Paraná)
- Law No. 12.805 creating the National Policy for Livestock, Agro-forestry and Sylvo-pastoralism (ILPF). Date of text: 29-04-2013
(National) - Sectorial Plan of Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change for the Consolidation of a Low Carbon Emission in Agriculture (Plan ABC). Date of text: 13-01-2012
(National)
- Law No. 716 of 27 December 1983 establishing protection measures for plough lands. Date of text: 27-12-1983
(Rio de Janeiro) - Law No. 803 establishing the Incentives Programme for the improvement of agricultural soils aiming to develop plant production, especially grains. Date of text: 19-04-2011
(Roraima) - Decree No. 6.120/1985 regulating Law No. 8.014/1984 on agricultural soil preservation within the State of Paraná. Date of text: 13-08-1985
(Paraná) - Environmental Policy Act No. 6.938. Date of text: 31-08-1981
(National)
- Law No. 11.952 concerning public lands. Date of text: 25-06-2009
(National) - Law No. 716 of 27 December 1983 establishing protection measures for plough lands. Date of text: 27-12-1983
(Rio de Janeiro)
- Law No. 12.651 on the protection of Native Forests. Date of text: 25-05-2012
(National) - Decree No. 3.420 creating the National Forestry Programme (PNF). Date of text: 05-06-2006
(National)
- Decree No. 8.468 regulating Law No. 997 on environmental pollution control. Date of text: 08-09-1976
(National) - Resolution Conama No. 375 establishing criteria and procedures for using sewage sludge in agriculture originated from sanitary treatment centres. Date of text: 29-08-2006
(National) - Decree No. 7.269 regulating Act No. 8.361 on pollution control. Date of text: 05-06-1981
(Pernambuco) - Resolution No. 420 providing for criteria and guiding values of soil quality regarding the presence of chemical substances and establishing guidelines for the environmental management of areas contaminated by these substances as a result of anthropic activities. Date of text: 28-12-2009
(National) - Law No. 6.317 providing for the Plan for the four-year 2018/2021. Date of text: 16-01-2018
(Rio de Janeiro) - Complementary Act No. 7 on the Environmental Protection Code of Roraima State. Date of text: 26-08-1994
(Roraima) - Law No. 13.577 providing for the guidelines and procedures for the protection of soil quality and management of contaminated areas. Date of text: 08-07-2009
(Săo Paulo) - Decree No. 47.347 approving the Statute of the State Environmental Foundation (FEAM). Date of text: 24-01-2018
(Minas Gerais) - Decision of Directorate CETESB No. 38 approving the "Procedures for Soil and Groundwater Quality Protection". Date of text: 07-02-2017
(Săo Paulo)
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