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Law No. 2.579/2023 on the recognition of the rights of the Rio Laje - Komi Memen in the municipality of Guajará-Mirim and its classification as a specially protected entity.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Rondônia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2023
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário Oficial dos Municípios do Estado de Rondônia, No. 3505, 29 June 2023.
Subject
Water, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Community management Traditional rights/customary rights Ecosystem preservation Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Protected area Institution Monitoring Cultural heritage Management/conservation Protection of habitats Wild fauna Wild flora
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 establishes the recognition of the intrinsic rights of the Laje-Komi Memen River - as a living entity and subject of rights, and of all other bodies of water and living beings that naturally exist in it or with whom it interrelates, including human beings, as they are interrelated in an interconnected, integrated and interdependent system. Among the rights of the Rio Laje and other related entities are recognized the rights to: I. Maintain its natural flow and in sufficient quantity to guarantee the health of the ecosystem; II. Nurture and be nourished by the riparian forest and the surrounding forests and by the endemic biodiversity; III. Exist with its physical-chemical conditions suitable for its ecological balance; IV. interrelate with human beings through bio-cultural identification, their spiritual practices, leisure, artisanal fishing, agroecology and culture. The Executive Power will create the committee to protect the interests of Rio Laje, the Guardian Committee, which will act as guardian of the rights established in this law, participating in all public decision-making processes.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
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