Source: Medeiros, R. and C. Young (2011), Contribuigao das unidades de conservagdo brasileiras para a economia nacional: Relatdrio Final. State and municipal protected areas are administered by the respective environment institutions, often with the support of ICMBio, non-government organisations (NGOs) and international development co-operation providers. In Brazil, it has helped improve the transparency and effectiveness of SNUC (Verissimo et al.,