Law No. 1.300 regulating the commercial exploitation of submerged wood in dammed waters in the state territory. Country/Territory Brazil Document type Legislation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Timber extraction/logging Forest management/forest conservation International trade Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Law deals with the commercial exploitation of submerged wood in dammed waters within the state territory. The State Executive Branch is authorized, through the State Foundation for the Environment and Renewable Water Resources (FEMARH), to register companies aiming to exploit submerged woods in dammed state waters. Trees that are not removed before the closure of the floodgates and are still submerged may be cut and removed from the bottom of the water using specific techniques and the wood, when benefited, may be destined for marketing. The State Executive Branch, after hearing the competent state organs, shall issue a normative instrument regulating the present law, on the economic exploitation of the logging activity in the aquatic environment in which the trees are submerged. Full text Portuguese Website www.tjrr.jus.br