Ministerial Order No. 54/2019 approving the Regulation of the State Secretariat for the Environment (SEA).

This Ministerial Order creates the departments and the corresponding leadership positions of the State Secretariat for the Environment (SEA). The departments are central services of SEA integrated in the National Directorates and directly subordinate to the respective National Directors. The departments can also integrate sections to be created under article 3 of Decree-Law No. 25/2016 of 29 June. The General Directorate for the Environment (DGA), is the SEA service responsible for coordinating the policies defined for the areas of environmental protection, such as: Municipal Affairs Coordination Unit (UCAM), National Pollution Control Directorate (DNCP) Pollution Control Department (DCP), National Climate Change Directorate (DNAC), Ozone Department (DO), Department of Climate Adaptation (DAC), Department of Climate Mitigation (DMC), Center for Environmental Education and Information (CEIA), National Directorate of Biodiversity (DNB), Department of Conservation Biodiversity (DCB), Department of Control of Commercialization and Hunting of Protected Species (DCCCEP), Department of Education and Environmental Information (DEIA), Department of Environmental Laboratory (DLA), etc.