Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade
Agency overview
Formed August 28, 2007
Jurisdiction Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Parent agency Ministério do Meio Ambiente
Website icmbio.gov.br

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm.[1] Its acronym is "ICMBio". It is named after the environmental activist Chico Mendes.

References

  1. ↑ "Brazilian Federal Law 11.516/2007 (Portuguese)". http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2007-2010/2007/lei/l11516.htm


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