Regional Decree No. 1/99/M approving the Statute of the Forestry Guard. Country/Territory Portugal Territorial subdivision Madeira Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Institution Forest fires Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Southern Europe Abstract This Regional Decree creates the Forestry Guard and approves its Statute, which is composed by 6 chapters and 2 Annexes. This Statute specifies competencies, duties and composition of the aforesaid authority, which purposes are the promotion and control on the forestry sector, particularly on hunting, inland water fishing, sylvo-pastoralism and fires detection. This Regional Decree is divided as follows: Definition (chap. 1); Competencies and duties (chap. 2); Financial aspects (chap. 3); Type o Full text Portuguese