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Decree No 10.142 creating the Executive Committee for the Control of Illegal Deforestation and Recovery of Native Vegetation.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Regulation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Institution Monitoring Inspection Forest management/forest conservation Forestry protection measures Afforestation/reforestation Early warning system Research Environmental planning Policy/planning
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force on the date of its publication.
Abstract

This Decree, composed of 12 articles, creates the Executive Committee for the Control of Illegal Deforestation and Recovery of Native Vegetation. It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Committee entitled to propose plans, articulate and integrate strategic actions for the prevention and control of illegal deforestation and recovery of native vegetation; coordinate and monitor the implementation of action plans for the prevention and control of illegal deforestation in the biomes referred to in art. 6 of Law No. 12.187 of 29 December 2009; coordinate and monitor the implementation of the National Native Vegetation Recovery Policy and the National Native Vegetation Recovery Plan; coordinate the development and implementation of initiatives related to the forestry sector within the scope of Brazil's Nationally Determined Contributions; propose priorities for the application of resources aimed at reducing illegal deforestation and increasing areas with native vegetation; to propose measures to strengthen the performance of the Public Power in strategic actions to achieve the objectives established in the policies and plans dealt with in items II and III; propose partnerships between agencies and entities of the federal, state and municipal public administration, private entities and civil society; and promote joint actions to produce, harmonize and make available official information related to deforestation, land cover and use and fires.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.planalto.gov.br

References - Legislation

Implements

Law No. 12.187 instituting the National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC).

Legislation | Brazil | 2009

Keyword: Climate change, Environmental planning, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil rehabilitation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amends

Decree of 15 September 2010 on the Action plan against deforestation and forest fires in the biome.

Legislation | Brazil | 2010

Keyword: Forest fires, Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Decree No 11.367 creating the Permanent Interministerial Commission for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation, reestablishing the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm) and dealing with the Action Plans for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Cerrado, in the Atlantic Forest, in the Caatinga, in the Pampa and in the Pantanal regions.

Legislation | Brazil | 2023

Keyword: Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Monitoring, Inspection, Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Afforestation/reforestation, Early warning system, Research, Environmental planning, Policy/planning, Ecosystem preservation, Protection of habitats, Zoning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX