Environmental Licensing Enters New Phase In Brazil For Oil Sector

RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazil’s new environmental minister is working to establish a more agile process for environmental licensing in the country in order to boost oil and other extraction activities.

“We need speed, agility, stability and legal certainty,” Brazil’s Minister of the Environment Ricardo Salles said during a March seminar in São Paulo. “That does not mean loosening the guarantees for the environment.”

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