Law No. 5.067 creating the Economic Ecological Zoning of the State of Rio de Janeiro and regulating agro-forestry activities. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Rio de Janeiro Document type Legislation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Forestry Keyword Land-use planning Zoning Agro-forestry Forest management/forest conservation 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 5 Chapters, creates the Economic Ecological Zoning of the State of Rio de Janeiro (ZEE/RJ) and regulates agro-forestry activities. ZEE/RJ is an Environmental State Policy Tool, which objectives are to manage plans, programmes, activities and decisions of public and private sectors which are engaged in using natural resources (including silvo-pastoralism activities), in view of the protection of the local ecosystem. It regulates also planning and implementation of public policies and concessions of natural resources use. Full text Portuguese Website www.soleis.adv.br