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INDIVIDUALS CORPORATIONS
Land with an area equivalent of up to 3 MEI: the applicant
must only declare it does not own another rural property in
Brazil. Therefore, foreigners cannot acquire several properties INCRA’s authorization and a use plan are ENVIRONMENTAL
required regardless of the estate’s size;
with areas below 3 MEI each in order to be exempted from
INCRA’s authorization;
For land measuring more than 100 MEI:
Land between 3 and 20 MEI: INCRA’s authorization is required, besides INCRA’s authorization and a use plan,
but applicants are exempted from submitting a use plan; an authorization from the Brazilian National POLICY AND
Congress is also required.
Land measuring more than 20 MEI: INCRA’s authorization and
a use plan are required;
Land measuring more than 50 MEI: besides INCRA’s authoriza-
tion and a use plan, an authorization by the Brazilian National REGULATION
Congress is also required.

The Ministry of Environment is responsible for
Brazil’s national environmental policy. It deals
with climate change and environmental quality,
biodiversity and forests, water resources, sustain-
able urban and rural development, and environ-
mental citizenship.
Other government bodies are also responsible
for the implementation of environmental policies,
such as the National Council on the Environment,
the National Council of the Amazon, the Nation-
al Council of Water Resources, the Chico Mendes
Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBIO),
Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renew-
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able Natural Resources (IBAMA ), Board of Man-
agement of Public Forests.
Among these institutions, IBAMA is the Bra-
zilian government’s main tool for providing infor-
mation with regards to environmental welfare
and protection, and acts as the “environmental
police.” Despite its administrative and financial
autonomy, it is responsible for implementing new
policies and standards for environmental quali-
ty, evaluating environmental impact, examining
environmental degradation and for distributing
environmental licenses. It also has the power to
impose administrative fines and, when more se-
rious environmental crimes are committed, it is
responsible for informing federal authorities for
further prosecution.

15 Website in Portuguese only: www.ibama.gov.br

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