BR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA TAL

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The Brazil Environmental Sustainability Agenda Technical Assistance Project supports the Government on advancing the pace of reforms supporting the Programmatic Reform Loan for Environmental Sustainability as defined in the Policy Letter presented by the government on July 7,2004. There are five project components: 1) strengthening of the environmental management system, including defining environmental indicators and bolstering the Ministry of Environment's management capacity; 2) improving biodiversity conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources (the "Green Agenda"); 3) improving management of environmental risks due to hazardous chemicals (the "Brown Agenda"); 4) improving water resources management (the "Blue Agenda"); and 5) mainstreaming environmental sustainability in selected government sectors (e.g., fiscal sector, hydropower sector, tourism, etc.).