Análise do Novo Procedimento Administrativo Sancionador do Ibama e seus Reflexos no Combate ao Desmatamento na Amazônia

This report evaluates the new administrative sanctioning procedure of Ibama, highlighting how the introduction of environmental conciliation and centralized governance has been undermined by poor implementation, political interference, and the appointment of unqualified personnel. The authors argue that these failures, combined with a general weakening of environmental governance under the Bolsonaro administration, have contributed to an increase in illegal deforestation in the Amazon.

• The implementation of environmental conciliation, introduced by Decree No. 9,760/2019 to speed up the sanctioning process, has been deficient due to late and uncoordinated regulation, ambiguous scheduling rules, and an insufficient number of members in the Environmental Conciliation Nuclei (Nucam).
• New rules allow for a preliminary analysis of infringement notices by a hierarchically superior authority without a defined scope, deadline, or requirement for a reasoned technical opinion, granting these authorities excessive discretion over the continuation of administrative processes.

APA

Lopes, C. L., & Chiavari, J. (2021). Análise do Novo Procedimento Administrativo Sancionador do Ibama e seus Reflexos no Combate ao Desmatamento na Amazônia. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Relatorio-Analise-do-Novo-Procedimento-Administrativo-Sancionador-do-Ibama.pdf

Chicago

Lopes, Cristina Leme, and Joana Chiavari. Análise do Novo Procedimento Administrativo Sancionador do Ibama e seus Reflexos no Combate ao Desmatamento na Amazônia. Climate Policy Initiative, 2021. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Relatorio-Analise-do-Novo-Procedimento-Administrativo-Sancionador-do-Ibama.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{lopes2021anlise, author = {Lopes, Cristina Leme and Chiavari, Joana}, title = {{Análise do Novo Procedimento Administrativo Sancionador do Ibama e seus Reflexos no Combate ao Desmatamento na Amazônia}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2021}, month = jun, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Relatorio-Analise-do-Novo-Procedimento-Administrativo-Sancionador-do-Ibama.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }