CONAMA RESOLUTION 300, March 20, 2002
Published in Official Gazette 81 on April 29, 2002, Section 1, page 174
Correlations:
· Complements and changes CONAMA Resolution 278/01 (changes art. 2)
Complements cases awaiting licenses for cutting/logging foreseen in art. 20 of Resolution 278 from May 24, 2001.
THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL – CONAMA, in accordance with the power bestowed upon the Council by Law 6.938 from August 31, 1981, regulated by Decree 99.274 from June 6, 1990, and in accordance with the provisions of its Internal Regulations, and
Considering the need to complement cases that may be granted logging licenses for the exploitation of native flora specimens threatened with extinction, foreseen in art. 2 of CONAMA Resolution 278 from May 24, 2001, decides:
Art. 1 The text of art. 2 of CONAMA Resolution 278 from May 24, 2001 will, from this date onwards, have the following text:
“Art. 2 The occasional exploitation, without direct commercial objectives, of native flora species threatened with extinction for the consumption within rural properties of by indigenous peoples and traditional populations can be authorized when there is no other possibility to use other species and in accordance with the following directives:
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§ 2 The authorization will be issued after a professional inspection by the competent environmental organ and will be valid during a sixty day period and can be extended, in exceptional cases by a further thirty days, if duly justifiable.
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Art. 2 The logging of native flora specimens threatened with extinction can be authorized, apart from cases that are the subject of the previous article, in the following cases:
I – when life or patrimony is at risk, proved by a professional report issued by the competent environmental or forestry organ;
II – specimens located in consolidated urban areas through a granted license and when other alternatives do not exist;
III – they are needed for scientific research;
IV – for public convenience.
Art. 3 Cases foreseen by articles 1 and 2 of this Resolution are conditioned to licenses for the logging and transportation, issued by the competent environmental or forestry organ, as well as to the obligation to replace the species after the presentation of proof of the environmental regularity of the property and integral compliance with all current environmental and forestry legislation.
Art. 4 This Resolution shall enter into effect on the date of its publication.
Art. 5 Art. 2 of CONAMA Resolution 278 from 2001 is hereby revoked.
JOSÉ CARLOS CARVALHO – Council President
This text does not substitute the text published in the Official Gazette on April 29, 2002.
