Joint Order SEMA/SEAGRI No. 001 creating the environmental harmonization Plan of Western State of Bahia. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Bahia Document type Regulation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Environmental planning Land-use planning Authorization/permit Environmental standards Protected area Protection of habitats Biodiversity Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Abstract This Law, consisting of 9 articles, creates the environmental harmonization Plan of Western State of Bahia. The aim of this Institutional Coordination of the above mentioned Plan is to integrate public policies within the Western Region of the State, in particular to promote the environmental harmonization of rural infrastructures, increasing the alternative use of soil, monitoring the deforestation increasing the conservation of biodiversity, associated to the organization and promotion of agro-forestry sector and also to the rehabilitation of Riparian forests. Full text Portuguese Website www.mpba.mp.br