Baseline Assessment of Proposals to Revise Federal Environmental Licensing in Brazil : A Contribution to Discussions
In order to enrich discussions on improving federal environmental licensing, this study covers a baseline of other studies and research done in recent years, to bring out key challenges arising in the various stages of the licensing process, as wel...
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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/393851495692726642/Baseline-assessment-of-proposals-to-revise-federal-environmental-licensing-in-Brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27139 |
| Summary: | In order to enrich discussions on
improving federal environmental licensing, this study covers
a baseline of other studies and research done in recent
years, to bring out key challenges arising in the various
stages of the licensing process, as well as several bills of
law recently presented in the Brazilian National Congress.
The global social, political, economic, and institutional
context raises many challenges and new opportunities. The
World Bank has therefore revised and approved new social and
environmental standards, to come into effect in January,
2018. Improving environmental licensing in Brazil is thus a
timely initiative, as the entire world seeks consistence and
coherence for sustainable social and environmental policies,
along with stronger institutions and strategic planning to
mitigate potential socio-environmental impacts. There is a
clear need for a more rational regulatory environment, based
on a complex but minimally coherent set of norms. This
discussion is essential, since licensees need a minimum of
legal certainty regarding the risks they face, while society
cannot be left at the mercy of economic development, with no
reasonable protection of the environment. |
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