Rio-92 or ECO-92

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, also known as Earth Summit, held in June of 1992, in Rio de Janeiro, bringing together more than 180 countries. It was at Rio-92 that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was opened for signature.

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SIPAM

SIPAM

Protection System of the Amazon (Sistema de Proteção da Amazônia, SIPAM. Former Sistema de Vigilância da Amazônia – Sivan, Amazon Surveillance System). It is an Amazon surveillance system of the federal government.

Entry into force

Entry into force

Intergovernmental agreements, including protocols and amendments, are not legally valid until ratified by a certain number of countries. For the UNFCCC creation, it took 50 countries; as for ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, at least 55 countries were required...