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Law No. 718 providing for the Preservation and Protection of Cultural Heritage of the State of Roraima.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Roraima
Document type
Legislation
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Cultural heritage Indigenous peoples Traditional rights/customary rights Protection of environment Protection of habitats Ecosystem preservation
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 48 articles divided into seven Chapters, provides for the Preservation and Protection of Cultural Heritage of the State of Roraima. Cultural heritage of the State is considered both of material or immaterial nature and related to the identity, action, and memory of the different local groups that make up Roraima society, among which include: 1. forms of expression; 2. ways of creating, doing and living; 3. scientific, artistic and technological creations; 4. works, objects, documents, buildings and other spaces destined to artistic-cultural exhibitions; 5. cities, buildings, urban settlements and sites of historical, architectural, landscape, artistic, archaeological, paleontological, ecological, scientific and relevant narratives of its cultural history; 6. indigenous culture taken separately and together; and 7. cultural landscape.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.tjrr.jus.br