Decree No. 2.959 establishing measures to be applied to combat forest fires. Pays/Territoire Brésil Type du document Règlement Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Forêts, Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes Mot clé Mesures de protection des forêts Feux de forêts Service forestier/agents forestiers Éco-audit Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Aire géographique Amazone, Amériques, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Atlantique Nord, Amérique du Sud, Atlantique Sud Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force on the date of publication. Résumé This Decree establishes protective measures to be applied within Amazones for the control, prevention and environmental education in order to avoid and to combat forest fires. It consists of 7 articles establishing the Programme on Forest Fires Prevention and Control within Amazones, which is aimed to: localize and carry out research on areas with high risk of fires on the bases of controls and weather reports; to control forest fire authorization; to aware rural producers of forest fire risk; to train specialized personnel to combat big extension fires, etc. Texte intégral Portugais Site web www.senado.gov.br