This Law creates the State Policy to Combat and Prevent Desertification within the State of Rio Grande do Norte. The Policy has the following objectives: Promote environmental controls in areas undergoing desertification, by encouraging the sustainable use of natural resources, conservation and preservation of the environment and fostering agro-ecological practices adapted to the State's environmental conditions; Prevent the desertification process in susceptible areas; Encourage and supervise actions aimed at recovering areas impacted by desertification; Create mechanisms for the protection, conservation and recovery of flora, fauna and degraded soils, in areas at risk or impacted by desertification; Stimulate a natural resource management policy that ensures actions to prevent and combat desertification, through resource sustainable use; Develop scientific and technological research aimed at the sustainable use of natural resources; Stimulate research and the expansion of knowledge about the desertification process and the occurrence of droughts in the State and the Northeast Region; Promote family farming and food security in areas at risk of or affected by desertification; Contribute to improving agricultural productivity and production in areas susceptible to drought and desertification; Promote environmental education for affected communities and different sectors of the population living with drought; Contribute to reducing vulnerability and improving the quality of life of populations living in areas susceptible to drought and desertification; Contribute to improving the local population's ability to cope with desertification and drought, etc.
Brazil · 2017-02-21