U.S. / Brazil Comparative Environmental Law: Sources of Brazilian Law

Created in February 1989. Main duties of IBAMA are:
I. exercise the power of environmental police;
II. to carry out actions of the national environmental policies related to the federal attributions related to environmental licensing, environmental quality control, authorization of the use of natural resources and to environmental monitoring, monitoring and control, observing the guidelines issued by the Ministry of the Environment ; and
III. to execute the complementary actions of competence of the Union, in accordance with the current environmental legislation.

LexML is a portal that unifies access to Brazilian legislative and legal information. Included a collection of 1.2 million documents when it was launched in 2009 with information from the Office of the Federal Solicitor General (AGU); the State Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais; the House of Representatives; the National Justice Board; the Superior Board of Labor Justice (CSJT); the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU); the National Press; the São Carlos Town Council (SP), the Office of the Federal Prosecutor-General; the Federal Senate; the Higher Court of Justice (STJ); the Supreme Federal Court (STF); the Brazilian Court of Audit (TCU); the Higher Labor Court (TST); and the Higher Electoral Court (TSE). More information has been added over the years. It is a searchable database.

Although specific laws are noted, there are no links provided to them.