Date

2019-05-28

Measure

Decree 9606/2019 (available here)

Impact

President Jair Bolsonaro publishes Decree 9806/2019, which changes the composition and operation of the National Council on the Environment (Conama). The number of members is reduced from 96 to 23, and the number of seats for civil society is reduced from 23 to 4, which will be chosen by lottery. The number of government representatives has also been reduced.