Resolution of Council of Ministers No. 118/2000 establishing regional forestry planning. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 212/2000 (I-B), 13 September 2000, pp. 4837-4839. Subject Forestry Keyword Institution Forest management/forest conservation Policy/planning Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Abstract This Resolution of Council of Ministers establishes regional forestry plans which must be drawn up within two years from the date of publication of the Official Gazette. The objectives of these plans are: a) to carry out a permanent control on regional forests; b) to establish national forestry policy within regional context according to a sustainable development; c) to establish a connection with other territorial management instruments and landscape protection programme (combating desertification, water resources conservation, etc.); d) to define regional forestry legislations and to classify forestry areas according to their capacity and restrictions; e) to develope forestry sector and related resources,(ecosystem conservation, etc.). Full text Portuguese References - Legislation Implements Decree-Law No. 204/99 regulating forestry regional plans (PROF). Legislation | Portugal | 1999 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Afforestation/reforestation, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX