Decree No. 2.959 establishing measures to be applied to combat forest fires. Country/Territory Brazil Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Forestry protection measures Forest fires Forest service/forest officers Environmental audit Forest management/forest conservation 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 publication. Abstract This Decree establishes protective measures to be applied within Amazones for the control, prevention and environmental education in order to avoid and to combat forest fires. It consists of 7 articles establishing the Programme on Forest Fires Prevention and Control within Amazones, which is aimed to: localize and carry out research on areas with high risk of fires on the bases of controls and weather reports; to control forest fire authorization; to aware rural producers of forest fire risk; to train specialized personnel to combat big extension fires, etc. Full text Portuguese Website www.senado.gov.br