Law No. 5.438 establishing State Technical and Environmental Cadasters.
This Law, consisting of 19 articles and 2 Annexes, establishes the State Technical and Environmental Cadastres, under the Brazilian Institute for Environmnent and Natural Renewable Resources (IBAMA). These Environmental State Cadastres establish requirements to be satisfied to perform authorized activities and specify protecting measures to control the potentially polluting activities of the environment within the State. In particular, it defines the obligation of the registration and authorization to use natural resources, as well as to perform any activity related to: extraction, production, transport and trade of potentially harmful products to environment, including transport or trade of endangered animal species.