| Brazil |
2000 |
Law 9985 |
Sets the obligation for projects subject to environmental licensing of offsetting impacts by making payments to support the National System of Protected Areas |
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2002 |
Decree 4340 |
Regulates calculation of offset payments, sets the need of an Offsets Chamber, and establishes how to use offset funds |
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2004 |
Direct action of unconstitutionality 3378 |
Partially modifies Art.36 § 1° of Law 9985 (original one declared partially unconstitutional) |
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2006 |
CONAMA Resolution 371/06 |
Sets guidelines for the environmental authority to calculate, collect, use, approve and manage offset funds related to Law 9985 |
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2006 |
Decree 5746 |
Regulates offsets for impacts to Natural Heritage Reserves |
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2009 |
Decree 6848 |
Modifies Decree 4340 |
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2010 |
Ordinance 416 |
Creates the Environmental Offsets Federal Chamber (CFCA) |
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2010 |
Ordinance 458 |
Designates the representatives of each organization that compound the Environmental Offsets Federal Chamber (CFCA) |
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2011 |
Ordinance 10 |
Regulates the selection of environmental non-governmental organizations that will be part of the Environmental Offsets Federal Chamber (CFCA) |
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2011 |
Ordinance 225 |
Creates the Environmental Offsets Federal Committee (CCAF) |
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2011 |
Normative Instruction 8 |
Regulates the Environmental Offsets procedure set in Decree 4340 and modified by Decree 6848 |
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2011 |
Normative Instruction 20 |
Regulates the administrative procedures for setting the terms of commitment regarding offsets |
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2011 |
IBAMA Ordinance 16 |
Sets the bylaws of the Environmental Offsets Federal Committee (CCAF) |
| Colombia |
2010 |
Resolution 1503 |
Sets the obligation to follow the instructions of the “Manual for allocating offsets for loss of biodiversity” for implementing offsets in projects subject to EIA |
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2012 |
Resolution 1517 |
Approves the Manual for allocating offsets for loss of biodiversity |
| Mexico |
2003 |
General Law on Sustainable Forestry |
Sets the obligation of making offset payments for land-use change of forest areas |
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2005 |
Regulation of the General Law on Sustainable Forestry |
Sets the basis for regulating offset payments for land-use change of forest areas |
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2005 |
Agreement on offsets equivalency |
Sets the method for calculating the required offsets area |
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2011 |
Agreement on offsets costs |
Sets the reference costs for calculating the required offset payments |
| Peru |
2014? |
Offsets law [to be passed] |
Sets the basis for offsetting impacts to biodiversity in projects subject to EIA (categories II and III) |
