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Resolution CONAMA No. 278 establishing provisions to prevent the logging and the exploitation of Atlantic Forest flora species threatened with extinction.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001 (2002)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Protection forest Authorization/permit Forest management/forest conservation Ecosystem preservation Biodiversity Forest species Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Protection of habitats Wild flora Endangered species Protection of species
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Resolution enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Resolution requires the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) to suspend all licenses granted through delegation of authority to other organs of the National Environment System (SISNAMA), allowing the logging and exploitation of species threatened with extinction, according to the official IBAMA list, of natural species of the Biome of the Atlantic Forest, until further professional criteria can be established, based on scientific research, which can safeguard the sustainability of exploitation and the genetic conservation of exploitable species. Single paragraph. CONAMA will present, within one year, extendable by an equal period, a proposal for technical and scientific criteria for each species, referred to in the heading of this article.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.mma.gov.br

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Resolution CONAMA No. 317 regulating Resolution CONAMA No. 278 preventing the logging and the exploitation of Atlantic Forest flora species threatened with extinction.

Legislation | Brazil | 2002

Keyword: Forestry protection measures, Authorization/permit, Forest management/forest conservation, Ecosystem preservation, Biodiversity, Forest species, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Protection forest, Protection of habitats, Wild flora, Endangered species, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX