Semma - Secretaria Municipal do Meio Ambiente

What Semma - Secretaria Municipal do Meio Ambiente does

Semma - Secretaria Municipal do Meio Ambiente, now operating under the trade name SABEAS (Secretaria de Ambiente, Bem-Estar Animal e Sustentabilidade), is a municipal government department of the Prefeitura Municipal de Montes Claros in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The department is responsible for municipal environmental licensing, intervention authorization, animal welfare, sustainability programs, and environmental education within the jurisdiction. It was originally established around the 2006 creation of the Ecocrédito program and was rebranded in 2021 to include animal welfare in its scope.

SABEAS delivers its core services through the Aprova Digital platform, a municipal e-government system for electronic submission and tracking of environmental licensing applications (LAS-Cadastro, LAS-RAS, LAC 1, LAC 2, LAT, and renewals), intervention authorizations, declarations, and certificates. The department integrates with state-level spatial data infrastructure (IDE-Sisema) for locational criteria verification, the national Sinaflor system for forest product origin control, and the 1Doc document management platform. CODEMA, a 14-member paritary council with equal public-sector and civil-society representation, serves as the deliberative and normative body. Beyond regulatory services, SABEAS administers distinctive social-environmental programs including Ecocrédito (rural conservation tax credits), Jardim para Borboletas (community recognition through environmental art), Para Além das Prisões (prison reintegration via environmental work), and Adote o Verde (urban green space adoption).

The department operates on municipal budget allocations supplemented by grants such as the R$20,000 from Fundo Ambiental in 2025. Revenue mechanics are indirect: licensing and intervention fees are collected via Municipal DAM (Documento de Arrecadação) through SEFINWEBTaxas and flow into general municipal coffers rather than directly funding SABEAS. Pricing varies by service modality, area (hectares), and volume (cubic meters), with freemium dispensation certificates and simplified tree-cutting authorizations provided free of charge under Lei Complementar nº 96/2022. The Ecocrédito program operates an outcome-based compensation of 5 UPF per hectare/year (approximately R$166.15) deliverable as certificates usable for IPTU and ISS tax payments.

Name

Semma - Secretaria Municipal do Meio Ambiente

Legal name

Secretaria de Ambiente, Bem-Estar Animal e Sustentabilidade de Montes Claros

Website

https://semma.montesclaros.mg.gov.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SABEAS is the municipal environmental secretariat of Montes Claros, Brazil, providing environmental licensing, intervention authorization, animal welfare, and sustainability programs such as Ecocrédito and Para Além das Prisões to citizens, businesses, and rural producers within its jurisdiction.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Environmental Permitting and Licensing

NAICS

Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Administration of Conservation Programs (92412), Administration of Conservation Programs (924120)

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial Environmental Protection & Natural Resources Administration (BPAIABAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

State/Provincial Licensing, Permitting & Regulatory Administration (Cross-sector) (BPAIABAO)

Keywords

• Municipal environmental licensing
• Environmental intervention permits
• Animal welfare programs
• Environmental credit incentives
• Urban tree management

Headquarters

HQ city

Montes Claros

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Environmental Licensing Fees: Fees collected for environmental licensing analysis, including modalities such as LAS-Cadastro, LAS-RAS, LAC 1, LAC 2, LAT, and license renewals. Fees vary by activity class, phase, and type according to Decreto Municipal nº 4.280.
2. Environmental Intervention Fees: Fees for environmental intervention authorization including Taxa de Análise (10 UREF-MC + 0.1 UREF-MC per hectare), Taxa Florestal for wood yield, and Taxa de Reposição Florestal for compensation.
3. Ecocrédito Program: Environmental credit program where rural producers receive compensation (5 UPF per hectare/year) for conserving preservation areas. Compensation delivered via specific certificates used as currency for municipal tax payments (IPTU and ISS).
4. Environmental Declarations and Certificates: Fees for declarations and certificates related to environmental licensing and regularization processes including ANM declarations, COPAM certificates, and license copies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SABEAS delivers municipal environmental licensing and intervention authorization services (LAS-Cadastro, LAS-RAS, LAC 1, LAC 2, LAT, renewals), environmental declarations and certificates, urban tree cutting/pruning permits, and exemption certificates for businesses and citizens in Montes Claros. It complements these regulatory services with the Ecocrédito rural conservation incentive program, environmental education workshops, the Adote o Verde green-area adoption program, animal welfare services, and social-environmental programs such as Jardim para Borboletas and Para Além das Prisões, processed via the Aprova Digital platform and in-person offices.

Product overview

SABEAS (Secretaria de Ambiente, Bem-Estar Animal e Sustentabilidade) is a municipal environmental department providing a comprehensive suite of environmental management services. The core offerings center on environmental licensing and intervention authorization through the Aprova Digital platform, complemented by specialized programs including the Ecocrédito for rural environmental preservation incentives, Jardim para Borboletas for community beautification using prison labor, and Para Além das Prisões for inmate resocialization. The department also manages CODEMA, a 14-member environmental advisory council, and provides environmental education services, animal welfare initiatives, and various certificates and declarations for compliance purposes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Licenciamento Ambiental Municipal (Environmental Licensing) Environmental licensing service for potentially polluting activities and enterprises in Montes Claros, including modalities LAS-Cadastro, LAS-RAS, LAC 1, LAC 2, LAT, and License Renewal, regulated by Decreto Municipal nº 4.280 and Deliberação Normativa CODEMA nº 01/2023. Targeted at entrepreneurs and legal entities requiring operating permits.
• Autorização para Intervenção Ambiental (Environmental Intervention Authorization) Authorization document for environmental interventions including native vegetation suppression, interventions in Permanent Preservation Areas (APP), sustainable management, tree cutting, and wood material utilization. Processing time up to 6 months; serves rural producers, businesses, and citizens requiring intervention permits.
• Autorização Simplificada para Corte ou Poda de Árvores (Simplified Tree Cutting/Pruning Authorization) Free simplified authorization service for cutting or pruning isolated living trees in urban areas on public or private property, available to Montes Claros residents and property owners under Lei Complementar nº 96/2022.
• Certidão de Dispensa de Licenciamento Ambiental (Environmental Licensing Waiver Certificate) Free certificate confirming that certain activities are exempt from municipal environmental licensing, including activities not listed in regulations or those below minimum threshold parameters, available to qualifying activities per Lei Complementar nº 96/2022.
• Ecocrédito (Environmental Credit Program) Municipal environmental credit program created to incentivize rural producers in Montes Claros to delimit preservation areas within their properties, compensating them with 5 UPF per hectare/year (R$166.15) delivered as municipal tax credit certificates usable for IPTU and ISS payments. Now a national reference model for environmental compensation mechanisms.
• Educação Ambiental (Environmental Education) Environmental education services including itinerant workshops, nature offices in city parks, environmental calendar events, municipal seedling donation programs, environmental monitor projects, and teacher training partnerships, delivered to citizens, students, and educators in Montes Claros.
• Declarações e Certidões Ambientais (Environmental Declarations and Certificates) Declarations and certificates related to environmental licensing and regularization processes for specific purposes of entrepreneurs holding valid environmental licenses in Montes Claros.
• Declaração COPAM (COPAM Declaration) Municipal declaration certifying activity regularity regarding municipal land use and occupation for purposes of environmental licensing with state (COPAM) and federal agencies, targeted at entrepreneurs pursuing state-level licensing.
• Declaração ANM - Licença Específica (ANM Declaration) Municipal declaration attesting to the locational viability of the required area for mining activity, issued for companies in the mineral exploration licensing process with the National Mining Agency (ANM).
• Transferência de Titularidade (License Transfer) Service for transferring environmental license ownership or licensing process rights from one entity to another in Montes Claros, including documentation requirements and technical responsibility.
• Segunda Via de Certificado (Duplicate Certificate) Service for issuing duplicate environmental license certificates for license holders in Montes Claros whose original certificates have been lost.
• Prorrogação e Alteração de Condicionantes (Deadline Extension and Condition Modification) Service allowing license holders in Montes Claros to request deadline extensions, condition modifications, or exclusion of environmental license conditions due to technical impossibility or supervening facts.
• Adote o Verde (Adopt the Green) Citizen-facing environmental initiative launched on June 15, 2026, allowing Montes Claros residents to adopt and maintain urban green areas through volunteer participation and community engagement for urban green space maintenance.

Quantifiable outcome

• 13 butterfly gardens created honoring local women through prison reintegration work
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• State of Minas GeraiscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 February 2026New technical cooperation agreement (Process nº 2090.01.0001970/2025-28) expanding environmental competencies between municipality and state for environmental licensing coordination.
• CODEMA (Conselho Municipal de Defesa e Conservação do Meio Ambiente)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollegiate, consultative, deliberative, and normative body with 14 counselors (7 public sector, 7 civil society) examining and deciding environmental policy matters. Meets monthly on second Thursday. Provides democratic environmental governance structure.
• Ministério Público de Minas GeraiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState prosecutor's office partnership in Para Além das Prisões prison reintegration program and Jardim para Borboletas community recognition initiative. Provides legal framework and oversight for reeducational work programs.
• Poder JudiciáriocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJudicial branch collaboration in Para Além das Prisões program for preliminary analysis and authorization of inmates for external work assignments.
• Secretaria Municipal de Desenvolvimento SocialminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal social development secretariat partnering in Para Além das Prisões program for hiring homeless people for garden and sculpture maintenance.
• Secretaria de Administração Prisional (SEAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState prison administration secretariat collaborating on prison reintegration through external work assignments in environmental and maintenance services.
• Defensoria Pública de Minas GeraisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic defender office participating in prison reintegration program legal framework.
• Conselho da Comunidade na Execução PenalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity council in penal execution providing oversight and support for prison reintegration programs.
• EMATERminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical agricultural extension service participating in prison reintegration and rural environmental programs.
• Artista Gu FerreiraminorOthersArtist creating butterfly sculptures from steel and scrap metal for Jardim para Borboletas program, working with prison inmates and at-risk individuals.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• IBAMA (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis): Federal environmental regulatory agency that oversees national environmental policy, including Sinaflor (forest products control) used by SABEAS for intervention authorizations. Comparable as a higher-tier environmental regulator with overlapping competencies.
• Instituto Estadual de Florestas (IEF): State forestry institute providing environmental licensing guidance and forest product transport control (GCA-e system). Listed as a direct partner of SABEAS for environmental intervention authorization and forest tax collection through DAE Online.
• Conselho Estadual de Política Ambiental (COPAM): State-level environmental policy council that issues COPAM declarations coordinated with municipal licensing. Comparable as a deliberative environmental governance body analogous to SABEAS's CODEMA, but at state jurisdiction.
• Secretaria de Estado de Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Sustentável de Minas Gerais (SEMAD): State-level environmental regulatory authority in Minas Gerais that coordinates environmental licensing and conservation policy. Directly comparable as the state-tier counterpart to SABEAS, with whom SABEAS signed the 2025 technical cooperation agreement to align environmental competencies.
• SISEMA (Sistema Estadual de Meio Ambiente): State environmental management system providing the IDE-Sisema spatial data infrastructure used by SABEAS. Comparable as a higher-tier environmental data and governance platform that SABEAS integrates with for licensing verification.

Direct peers

• Secretaria Municipal de Meio Ambiente de Belo Horizonte: Municipal environmental secretariat serving Brazil's sixth-largest city. Directly comparable as a municipal-level environmental regulatory body performing licensing, intervention authorization, and conservation programs within a major Brazilian metropolitan area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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