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Resolution CONAMA No. 406 establishing technical parameters to be adopted for the preparation, presentation, technical assessment and enforcement of Sustainable Forestry Exploitation Plans (PMFS) related to the logging of native forests and following stages, within the Amazon biome.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Regulation
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Authorization/permit Environmental standards Sustainable use Timber extraction/logging Protection forest Ecosystem preservation Environmental planning Plant protection Forest management/forest conservation Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment
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, consisting of 21 articles, establishes technical parameters to be adopted for the preparation, presentation, technical assessment and enforcement of Sustainable Forestry Exploitation Plans (PMFS) related to the logging of native forests and following stages, within the Amazon biome. It must be enforced by the organs that compose the National Environment System (SISNAMA), on any level of competence. This Resolution does not apply to exotic or native planted forests. Other technical directives that may be adopted for the approval of PMFS will comply with the stipulations set by the competent environmental organ. The classification of the PMFS’s in relation to lumber extraction methods is divided in: I – PMFS’s that do not foresee the use of machines to drag logs; and II PMFS’s that foresee the use of machines to drag logs. The logging intensity proposed in the PMFS will be defined in order to allow for the regulation of forest production and will consider specific aspects.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.mma.gov.br