| Decree No. 9,806/19 reduces the number of CONAMA board members. |
It reduces participation and pluralism since the representation of civil society and traditional peoples is reduced, and the rule of consensual alternation for seats is eliminated. |
| MMA disallowed direct communication between IBAMA, ICMBio, and the press, demanding that all communication be made through the MMA’s communication office, which a military officer has since occupied. |
In addition to centralization, the control of information directly affects transparency and social participation. |
| Decree 9,759/19 extinguishes the Brazilian Forum on Climate Change, the National Plan for the Recovery of Native Vegetation and its respective Commission, the National Biodiversity Commission, and the National Forestry Commission. |
It reduces the mechanisms of social participation. |
| IBAMA’s Normative Instruction No. 20/2019 makes vegetation suppression in the Atlantic Forest more flexible, allowing offenders to appeal directly to the superintendent and the president to reduce compensation for illegal deforestation. |
It directly affects environmental protection, with the aggravating factor of being about the Atlantic Forest, protected by specific law. |
| Bill 191/20 authorizes mining, hydrocarbon extraction, and use of water resources for energy generation in Indigenous Lands. |
It provides for the permission of the private and predatory use of protected public lands for the use of indigenous peoples, undermining environmental justice. |
| Institutional act of change |
Implication for responsibility sharing |
| Decree 10,239/2020 transfers the Amazon Council from the MMA to the vice presidency of the republic. The council was now comprised of military personnel, leaving out the governors of the Legal Amazon and civil society. |
In addition to barring the participation of states, civil society, environmental agencies, and FUNAI, the council members have a merely advisory role, centralizing decisions in the presidency. |
| Resolution 494/2020 of the MMA and CONAMA established the possibility of holding a remote hearing for environmental licensing during the pandemic. |
It undermines public debate and popular participation in decision-making on high-impact projects. |
| Bill 3.729/04, approved by the Chamber of Deputies in 2021, makes environmental licensing more flexible and practically extinguished. |
It restricts the participation of civil society, ICMBio, FUNAI, and IPHAN. Banks and other financing institutions are no longer co-responsible with the entrepreneur. |