Law No. 3.686 creating the Environmental Licensing System of the State of Rondônia. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Rondônia Document type Legislation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Financing Pollution control Protection forest Transport/storage Authorization/permit Ecosystem preservation Forest management/forest conservation Forest service/forest officers Forestry protection measures Timber extraction/logging Wild fauna Wild flora Wildlife products 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, consisting of 12 Chapters and 35 Annexes, creates the Environmental Licensing System of the State of Rondônia. It establishes that activities using environmental resources, considered actually or potentially polluting and causing environmental degradation are subject to different kind of environmental licensing. The Environmental Agency may issue the Environmental Licence to small-scale enterprises and activities considered low pollution potential, that meet the criteria laid down by regulation, whether set out in Annex I of this Act. The projects and activities subject to environmental licensing are listed in Annex I of this Act, without prejudice to other required by law or regulation. Environmental licensing applies to: execution of emergency works due to disaster; suppression of native vegetation; intervention in Permanent Preservation Area; selective logging; controlled fires; wildlife management, including the survey, collection, harvest, capture and monitoring; research and scientific collecting of flora within state conservation units; collectin eggs and larvae destined to breeding and scientific research; exposure and transport of products and by-products of wildlife in captivity; sustainable forest management plan of exploitation for commercial purposes; chemical weeding use, etc. Full text Portuguese Website www.normasbrasil.com.br References - Legislation Amended by Law No. 3.769 amending Law No. 3.686 on the Environmental Licensing System of the State of Rondônia. Legislation | Brazil | 2016 Keyword: Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Financing, Pollution control, Protection forest, Transport/storage, Authorization/permit, Ecosystem preservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX