Regional Decree No. 1/99/M approving the Statute of the Forestry Guard. Country/Territory Madeira Islands (Portugal) Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 18/99 (I-B), 22 January 1999, pp. 389-392 Subject Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Institution Forest fires 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 of work (chap. 4); Salary and rewards (chap. 5); Final provisions (chap. 6). Full text Portuguese