Brazilian Environmental and Climate Change Law

Brazilian Environmental and Climate Change Law

Wedy, Gabriel; Martins Costa Moreira, Rafael

Springer International Publishing AG

06/2025

216

Dura

Inglês

9783031879975

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Introduction.- 1 Environmental Law in Brazil: Historical Path and Current Outlook.- 1 Historical Evolution of Environmental Law in Brazil.- 2 Principles of Environmental Law.- 2.1 Principle of Sustainability or Sustainable Development.- 2.2 Principle of the Socio-Environmental Function of Property.- 2.3 Polluter Pays Principle.- 2.4 Prevention and Precautionary Principle.- 2.5 Principle of Publicity, Transparency or Access to Information in Environmental Matters.- 2.6 Principle of Public Participation.- 2.7 Principle of Non-Regression.- 2.8 Principle of "In Dubio Pro Natura".- 3 Environmental Constitutionalism in Brazil.- 4 Legal Regime of Environmental Assets in Brazilian Law.- 5 Animal Protection and Animal Rights.- 6 Environmental Federalism.- 6.1 Material or Administrative Competence.- 6.1.1 Exclusive Administrative Competence of the Federal Government.- 6.1.2 Remaining or Residual State Authority.- 6.1.3 Administrative Competence of Municipalities.- 6.1.4 Federative Cooperation and the Supplementary Law N. 140/2011.- 6.2 Legislative Competence.- 6.2.1 Exclusive Legislative Competence of the National Congress (Federal Government).- 6.2.2 Remaining or Residual Legislative Competence of the States.- 6.2.3 Concurrent Legislative Competence.- 6.2.4 Supplementary Legislative Competence of Municipalities.- 7 National Environmental Policy and National Environmental System.- 7.1 National Environmental System (SISNAMA).- 7.1.1 The National Council for the Environment (CONAMA).- 7.2 Executing, Sectional and Local Agencies.- 7.3 The Role of Other Public Administrative Bodies and Regulatory Agencies.- 8 Administrative Tools for Environmental Regulation.- 8.1 Administrative Enforcement of Environmental Law: Administrative Violations and Penalties.- 8.1.1 Legal Regime of Administrative Liability.- 8.1.2 The Principle of Legality.- 8.1.3 Liable Party.- 8.1.4 Enforcement Authorities.- 8.1.5 Duty of Surveillance by the Public Authorities.- 8.1.6 Administrative Penalties Against Environmental Violations.- 8.1.7 Due Administrative Process, Time Limitations and Judicial Review.- 8.2 Environmental Licensing and Environmental Impact Assessment.- 8.2.1 Activities Subject to Environmental Licensing.- 8.2.2 Federative Competence for Environmental Licensing.- 8.2.2.1 Common Jurisdiction and Cooperative Federalism.- 8.2.2.2 Authority Allocation According to Supplementary Law N. 140/11.- 8.2.3 Types of Environmental Licenses.- 8.2.4 License Expiration Lengths and Deadlines for License Application Decisions.- 8.2.5 License Amendment and Withdrawal.- 8.2.6 Environmental Studies and Environmental Impact Assessment.- 8.2.6.1 Cases in Which the Environmental Impact Assessment Must be Prepared.- 8.2.6.2 Publicity of the Environmental Impact Assessment and the Environmental Impact Report.- 8.2.6.3 Public Hearings.- 8.3 Land Use Regulation and Environmental Zoning.- 9 Environmental Civil Liability.- 9.1 Legal Regime of Environmental Civil Liability.- 9.2 Requirements for Recognizing Civil Liability for Environmental Harm.- 9.2.1 Health and Environmental Risk Activity.- 9.2.2 Cause and Effect Correlation.- 9.2.3 Environmental Risk and Harm.- 9.2.4 Damages for Collective Nonpecuniary Loss.- 9.2.5 Destination of the Indemnification Amount.- 9.2.6 State Liability for Environmental Damage.- 10 Environmental Criminal Liability.- 11 Environmental Law in Court.- 11.1 Main Features of the Brazilian Judicial System.- 11.2 Environmental Courts.- 11.3 Class Actions and Public Interest Litigation in Brazil.- 11.1 Legal Lawsuits for Environmental Protection.- 11.1.1 Public Civil Suit.- 11.1.2 People's Legal Suit.- 11.1.3 Constitutional Suits.- 11.2 Judicial Deference and the Scope of Judicial Review.- 12 Specially Protected Areas.- 12.1 Nature Conservation Units' System.- 12.2 Forest Protection Code.- 12.2.1 Main Features of the 2012 Forest Protection Code.- 12.2.2 Permanent Preservation Areas.- 12.2.3 Rural Property Preservation Area.- 12.2.4 Regulating the Use of Fire in Farming Activities.- 12.2.5 Regularization of Non-Compliant Activities.- 13 Climate Change Law and Climate Change Litigation.- 13.1 The Awakening to a New Crisis: The Greenhouse Effect.- 13.2 The International Response to the Climate Crisis.- 13.3 Brazilian Law on Climate Change.- 13.4 Climate Litigation in Brazil.- 14 National Water Resources Policy.- 14.1 Constitutional and Legal Protection of Water Resources.- 14.2 Administrative and Legislative Competence.- 14.3 National Policy on Water Resources.- 14.4 Allocation of Water Resources.- 14.5 Charging for the Use of Water Resources.- 14.6 Water Resource Use Regulation.- Conclusion.- List of Acronyms.- Bibliography.
Brazilian Law;Environmental Law;Climate Change Law;Sustainable Development in Brazil;Brazilian Environmental Policy