This Decree, consisting of 17 articles, regulates CPRH procedures to issue authorization for controlled fires in rural lands through establishing precautionary rules in agro-pastoral and forestry practices within the State of Pernambuco. It regulates the above mentioned procedures as a production and management factor in areas of agro-pastoral activities, as well as with the purpose of scientific and technological research, to be performed in areas with pre-established physical limits. The use of controlled fires requires prior authorization issued by the CPRH.
Brazil · 2014-07-07