Decree No. 5.677 establishing the Interinstitutional Committee to prevent and combat drought and forest fires.

This Decree establishes the Interinstitutional Committee for preventing and combating drought and forest fires aimed to implement the Operation called 'Amapá Without Flames'. The Committee's objectives are: act as a management centre for critical situations; identify possible critical events by monitoring the hydrological conditions of the main water systems in the State; adopt preventive and mitigating measures against the effects of droughts and forest fires; constantly incorporate information from climate/forecast bulletins from the Amazon Protection System (SIPAM) and the Hydrometeorology Centre of the Amapá State Institute for Scientific and Technological Research (NHMET/IEPA); monitoring in vulnerable areas; carry out campaigns on the use of fires and draw up a calendar for monitoring the highest incidence of risk; carry out campaigns to prevent and combat fires and forest fires; organize and carry out integrated enforcement operations focusing on illegal activities associated with burning and deforestation.

巴西 · 2024-07-23