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Environmental policies, when practiced, make - is critical to balance the relationship between man and the natural environment. Since the maintenance of life on planet earth depends on certain conditions which, in turn, altered tend not to recover within a short time. Upon such concerns companies have taken some decisions in the political sphere in order to address environmental issues as a focus of discourse. Highlighting the conference of Estolcomo (Sweden) in 1972, as the first UN conference whose focus was the Environment. Thus, this paper aims to present the challenge of environmental issues in the municipality of Buritizeiro / MG. So, presents a historical framework of the Municipal Environmental Defense - CODEMA and presents forms of emancipation of environmental policies for the municipality mentioned. The methodology used - whether literature review, document retrieval in City Hall Buritizeiro / MG, especially in the analysis of the Laws 1.103/2006 and 1.104/2006 which present the legal basis for the institution of CODEMA and environmental policies at the municipal level. Used - if participant observation in board meetings above and photographic record of results of positive result of the implementation of environmental policies in the municipality. Satisfactory results from the existence of the Council are exposed in activities such as ban on cutting specimens Monkfish (Enterolobium contortisiliquum), located along Avenida Manoel Joaquim de Melo by Normative Resolution 005/2009; planting species White Ipe (Tabebuia rosea-alba) in urban areas and monitoring of building Barraginhas at the head of streams: Stream Canoes and Stones. Suggests - is therefore the creation of Department of Environment in Buritizeiro so that municipal environmental policies can be structured in a consistent manner, allowing the performance of his players in possession of a legal foundation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]