Law No. 11.241 regulating the gradual elimination of the practice of burning sugar cane straw. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision São Paulo Document type Legislation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário Oficial, v.112, n.180, 20 September 2002. Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Authorization/permit Crops/grasses Farming Agricultural development Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Abstract This Law, composed of 15 articles, regulates the gradual elimination of fire as method for removing straw from sugar cane for its cleaving. In particular, it provides technical norms for eliminating sugar cane straw and defines the exceptions to such veto. Moreover, it defines authorization procedures and the competent authorities. Full text Portuguese Website www.imesp.com.br