Decree No. 7.008 creating the "Arco Verde" Programme for Amazone forests control and protection. Pays/Territoire Brésil Sous-division territoriale Amazonas Type du document Règlement Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Forêts, Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes Mot clé Planification environnementale Normes environnementales Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Mesures de protection des forêts Politique/planification Normes Protection de l’environnement Feux de forêts Forêt de protection Aire protégée Protection de l'habitat 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 day of its publication. Résumé This Decree composed of 10 articles, creates the "Arco Verde" Programme for the Legal Amazon forests control and protection (as mentioned by art. 3A of Decree of 3 July 2003). This Programme aims at the promotion of sustainable productive models within the municipalities considered as priority, in order to control and reduce the deforestation in the Legal Amazon. This Programme will be implemented by Federal Government organs, entitled to execute actions aimed to the maintenance of the environmental quality standards, land regulation, technical assistance and rural extension, research on agriculture, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture. Texte intégral Portugais Site web www.agricultura.gov.br