IBAMAWebsite of the institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources at the Ministry of the Environment for Brazil. Provides access to legislation by topic as well as other information about agency activities and programs.
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.