Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) in Brazil
In 2023, the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) in Brazil took significant strides in advancing actions to accelerate the low-carbon hydrogen economy, capitalize on global opportunities, and strengthen the overall energy transition. A pivotal moment in these efforts came Read More …
Brazil must shift to a new green economy based on biogas, biomethane, and solar and wind energy. This is what the Minister of the Environment, Joaquim Leite, said during the Brazil Steel 2022 Congress, an event organized by the Brazil Read More …
A joint operation of the Environmental Institute of Paraná (IAP) and Environmental Police raided, on the night of Wednesday (17), an illicit production facility. The criminals illegally extracted the native species within the Lauráceas State Park, between the municipalities of Read More …
The search for efficient and effective mechanisms in the use of environmental compensation to conduct important researches that influence decision-making and knowledge generation applied to the management needs of the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) was the biggest Read More …
The third workshop organized by the National Council of Water Resources (CNRH) is aimed at water reuse in domestic environment. The Secretary of Water Resources and Environmental Quality of the Ministry of Environment (MMA), Jair Tannus Júnior, highlighted the need Read More …
The Brazilian Senate approved the text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury (PSD 114/2017) that establishes strict criteria for eliminating the use of mercury. The Minamata Convention on Mercury will enter into force on 16 August and the first Conference Read More …
More than 10,000 participants are expected at the Brazil Environmental Management Forum, which will hold about 50 activities from 10 to 12 July in Campinas, São Paulo. With the participation of environmental organizations, municipal, state and federal governments and the Read More …
Ibama published Normative Instruction (IN) No. 7 in the Official Gazette of the Federal Government. The text establishes “the procedures for the conclusion of commitment term to comply with the uncontroversial part of environmental compensation, due under the environmental licensing Read More …
The consequences of environmental issues on populations were the subject of a conversation between the Secretary of Institutional Articulation and Environmental Citizenship of the Ministry of Environment of Brazil, Edson Duarte, and the regional director of the United Nations Population Read More …
Report released on Wednesday evaluates the first year of the implementation of the National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change. The Ministry of Environment of Brazil (MMA) has released a survey of the country’s progress in the climate change adaptation agenda Read More …