This Resolution regulates Resolution CONAMA No. 278 preventing the logging and the exploitation of Atlantic Forestry flora species threatened with extinction. It establishes that the criteria necessary for genetic conservation and sustainability of the exploitation of endangered species of flora in the Atlantic Forest should be embodied in State Conservation and Use Plans based on technical and scientific studies. These Plans will be elaborated according to the ecosystem and will contemplate at least the following aspects: Diagnosis of forest remnants of ecosystems, with priority being given to endangered and endemic species of flora and fauna; Typological characterization of forest formations, considering species threatened with extinction; identification of priority areas for conservation; Zoning for conservation, recovery and sustainable use of forest resources, including specific technical and scientific criteria for species threatened with extinction; Criteria and norms by species for conservation, conversion and selective exploitation contemplating.
Brasil · 2002-12-04