GEO Brasil - UNEP

These are aspects that provide motivation for the continuity
of the GEO Brazil process in the form of providing impetus
for a historical series that will allow for comparative analyses
of the evolution of sustainable development and the
implantation of the Brazilian Agenda 21. This will depend
on periodic information that is capable of assisting in
guiding and forming political policies on the use and
occupation of Brazilian territory as well as guiding the
consolidation of the Ecological-Economic Zoning in Brazil
and integrated environmental management under the
strategic co-ordination of the Ministry of the Environment.
Finally, we would like to stress the enthusiasm, the
persistence, the dedication and the perseverance of
Mr. Hamilton Nobre Casara, former IBAMA’s president,
Mr. Donizetti Aurelio do Carmo, IBAMA’s Licensing and
Environmental Quality Director and the entire team of
specialists and staff members at IBAMA and the
partnership institutions as well as the consultants. All
of these individuals made the publication of GEO Brazil
possible.
João Batista Drummond Câmara
José Ximenes de Mesquita
Maria Inês Miranda
IBAMA
National Co-ordination of GEO Brazil 2002-08-17
Brasília
August, 2002