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.
Brazil · 2009-02-02