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Created
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07BRASILIA822
2007-05-08 19:14:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Brasilia
Cable title:
FURTHER INFORMATION ON STRUCTURAL CHANGES AT BRAZIL'S
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UNCLAS BRASILIA 000822
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR G FOR PBATES
STATE FOR OES/ENV DBROWN; OES/PCI LSPERLING
STATE FOR OES/ETC SCASWELL AND DGRIER
STATE FOR WHA/BSC WPOPP
STATE PLS PASS TO EPA HILL-MACON
STATE PLS PASS TO USGS JWEAVER
STATE PLS PASS TO PARK SERVICE FOR SMORRIS
STATE PLS PASS TO US FOREST SERVICE FOR EMAYHEW
STATE PLS PASS TO DOI FOR KWASHBURN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR
SUBJECT: FURTHER INFORMATION ON STRUCTURAL CHANGES AT BRAZIL'S
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
REFTEL: 07 BRASILIA 771
UNCLAS BRASILIA 000822
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR G FOR PBATES
STATE FOR OES/ENV DBROWN; OES/PCI LSPERLING
STATE FOR OES/ETC SCASWELL AND DGRIER
STATE FOR WHA/BSC WPOPP
STATE PLS PASS TO EPA HILL-MACON
STATE PLS PASS TO USGS JWEAVER
STATE PLS PASS TO PARK SERVICE FOR SMORRIS
STATE PLS PASS TO US FOREST SERVICE FOR EMAYHEW
STATE PLS PASS TO DOI FOR KWASHBURN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR
SUBJECT: FURTHER INFORMATION ON STRUCTURAL CHANGES AT BRAZIL'S
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
REFTEL: 07 BRASILIA 771
1. This week new details are emerging about the massive
reorganization at Brazil's Ministry of the Environment first
announced April 25, 2007 (Ref). The four new secretariats created
were Climate Change and Environmental Quality Secretariat (SEMUC),
Water Resources and Urban Environments (SRU),Extractive Activities
and Sustainable Rural Development (SDR) and the Institutional
Articulation and Environmental Citizenship (SAIC). The new
secretariats will replace, respectively, the following ones:
SIPDIS
Environmental Quality Secretariat (SQA),Water Resources Secretariat
(SRH),Policies for Sustainable Development (SDS) and the
Coordination of the Amazon Secretariat (SCA).
2. All secretariats are part of the Ministry of Environment and
shall report to Minister Marina Silva on their duties. The detailed
responsibilities and duties are as follow:
3. The Climate Change and Environmental Quality Secretariat will
deal with all matters related to climate change, as well as policies
and instruments to regulate the carbon market with special attention
to Clean Development Mechanism projects. The Secretariat will also
be responsible for other subjects such as strategic environmental
evaluation, different kinds of pollution, environmental degradation
and the development of a new environmentally sustainable energy
matrix.
4. The Secretariat responsible for matters related to water and
environmental aspects of urban environments, such as the control of
pollution in urban areas and the management of solid waste is the
Water Resources and Urban Environments (SRU). SRU was also
delegated the responsibility for the formulation and monitoring of
the implementation of the National Water Resources Policy.
5. The Extractive Activities and Sustainable Rural Development
Secretariat (SDR) will deal with all land management issues as well
SIPDIS
as agricultural activities, forest recovery policies, the
sustainability of environmental activities linked to tourism, the
development of ecotourism and the environmental aspects of biofuel
production. Another major responsibility will be the activities
related to genetic material of the country's biodiversity.
6. The Institutional Articulation and Environmental Citizenship
Secretariat(SAIC) will work on the integration of the Ministry's
SIPDIS
internal and external actions in order to facilitate implementation
of new environmental public policies, bilateral and multilateral
agendas, as well as coordinate actions of all of the Ministry's
units.
7. At the Brazilian Environmental Agency (IBAMA),a new institute
called Instituto Chico Mendes, the Brazilian Institute for
Biodiversity Conservation, was created. The Institute will be
responsible for IBAMA's conservation duties and for managing
Brazil's two hundred and eighty eight units of protected areas. All
the activities concerning the sustainable use of protected areas and
units of conservation will the dealt by Instituto Chico Mendes,
together with the execution of research programs and the protection,
preservation and conservation of biodiversity.
8. IBAMA will now be responsible exclusively for authorizing,
licensing and supervising issues related to the environment. The
agency will concentrate its action in the execution and enforcement
of environmental policies concerning environmental licensing, the
control of environmental quality, the authorization for the use of
natural resources, monitoring and environmental control.
9. The Ministry's Executive Secretary, Joco Paulo Capobianco is the
interim President of Instituto Chico Mendes and Bazileu Alves
Margarido Neto is the interim President for IBAMA.
10. The changes have at IBAMA have not been well received by its
employees. Presently, the employees of five states are on strike
and a National protest is set for Wednesday May 9, 2007, in
Brasilia.
SOBEL
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR G FOR PBATES
STATE FOR OES/ENV DBROWN; OES/PCI LSPERLING
STATE FOR OES/ETC SCASWELL AND DGRIER
STATE FOR WHA/BSC WPOPP
STATE PLS PASS TO EPA HILL-MACON
STATE PLS PASS TO USGS JWEAVER
STATE PLS PASS TO PARK SERVICE FOR SMORRIS
STATE PLS PASS TO US FOREST SERVICE FOR EMAYHEW
STATE PLS PASS TO DOI FOR KWASHBURN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR
SUBJECT: FURTHER INFORMATION ON STRUCTURAL CHANGES AT BRAZIL'S
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
REFTEL: 07 BRASILIA 771
1. This week new details are emerging about the massive
reorganization at Brazil's Ministry of the Environment first
announced April 25, 2007 (Ref). The four new secretariats created
were Climate Change and Environmental Quality Secretariat (SEMUC),
Water Resources and Urban Environments (SRU),Extractive Activities
and Sustainable Rural Development (SDR) and the Institutional
Articulation and Environmental Citizenship (SAIC). The new
secretariats will replace, respectively, the following ones:
SIPDIS
Environmental Quality Secretariat (SQA),Water Resources Secretariat
(SRH),Policies for Sustainable Development (SDS) and the
Coordination of the Amazon Secretariat (SCA).
2. All secretariats are part of the Ministry of Environment and
shall report to Minister Marina Silva on their duties. The detailed
responsibilities and duties are as follow:
3. The Climate Change and Environmental Quality Secretariat will
deal with all matters related to climate change, as well as policies
and instruments to regulate the carbon market with special attention
to Clean Development Mechanism projects. The Secretariat will also
be responsible for other subjects such as strategic environmental
evaluation, different kinds of pollution, environmental degradation
and the development of a new environmentally sustainable energy
matrix.
4. The Secretariat responsible for matters related to water and
environmental aspects of urban environments, such as the control of
pollution in urban areas and the management of solid waste is the
Water Resources and Urban Environments (SRU). SRU was also
delegated the responsibility for the formulation and monitoring of
the implementation of the National Water Resources Policy.
5. The Extractive Activities and Sustainable Rural Development
Secretariat (SDR) will deal with all land management issues as well
SIPDIS
as agricultural activities, forest recovery policies, the
sustainability of environmental activities linked to tourism, the
development of ecotourism and the environmental aspects of biofuel
production. Another major responsibility will be the activities
related to genetic material of the country's biodiversity.
6. The Institutional Articulation and Environmental Citizenship
Secretariat(SAIC) will work on the integration of the Ministry's
SIPDIS
internal and external actions in order to facilitate implementation
of new environmental public policies, bilateral and multilateral
agendas, as well as coordinate actions of all of the Ministry's
units.
7. At the Brazilian Environmental Agency (IBAMA),a new institute
called Instituto Chico Mendes, the Brazilian Institute for
Biodiversity Conservation, was created. The Institute will be
responsible for IBAMA's conservation duties and for managing
Brazil's two hundred and eighty eight units of protected areas. All
the activities concerning the sustainable use of protected areas and
units of conservation will the dealt by Instituto Chico Mendes,
together with the execution of research programs and the protection,
preservation and conservation of biodiversity.
8. IBAMA will now be responsible exclusively for authorizing,
licensing and supervising issues related to the environment. The
agency will concentrate its action in the execution and enforcement
of environmental policies concerning environmental licensing, the
control of environmental quality, the authorization for the use of
natural resources, monitoring and environmental control.
9. The Ministry's Executive Secretary, Joco Paulo Capobianco is the
interim President of Instituto Chico Mendes and Bazileu Alves
Margarido Neto is the interim President for IBAMA.
10. The changes have at IBAMA have not been well received by its
employees. Presently, the employees of five states are on strike
and a National protest is set for Wednesday May 9, 2007, in
Brasilia.
SOBEL