Law No. 6/17 on Forest and Wildlife Basic Legislation.

This Law approves the Forest and Wildlife Basic Legislation, which establishes the norms that aim to guarantee the conservation and rational and sustainable use of forests and wildlife within the national territory, as well as the general bases for the exercise of activities related to them. This Law applies also to biological diversity and related activities, but does not apply to aquatic biological resources, genetic resources and conservation areas that are governed by special legislation. The Law has the following purposes: establishing the general principles and rules for the protection and management of forest and wildlife resources and their ecosystems; ensuring their sustainable, integrated and responsible use; ensuring the contribution of forests and wildlife, as well as related activities, to food security, meeting basic needs, generating income, employment and gradually improving the quality of life of the current generations; establishing general principles and criteria for access to forest and wildlife resources and their sustainable management and development; contributing to the exploitation, transformation and use of forest and wildlife products, to promote Angolan companies and companies to create employment at local level; promoting scientific and technological research on forests and wildlife, as well as the dissemination of knowledge, including traditional knowledge.
This Forest and Wildlife Basic Legislation, consisting of 198 articles divided into six Titles and is divided as follows: General Provisions (Title I); Sustainable Management of Forests (Title II); Sustainable Management of Wildlife (Title III); Institutional Resource Management System (Title IV); Responsibilities (Title V); Final Provisions (Title VI). The holder of a title, whether by virtue of occupation or through authorized request, to the right to use and make improvements on land does not necessarily have a licence to exploit the forest and wildlife resources in the respective area, save in those cases where such exploitation is undertaken solely for subsistence purposes. It defines different types of protected areas. Any illegal activity (such as forest fires, crop field, woodland).