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Decree No 10.142 creating the Executive Committee for the Control of Illegal Deforestation and Recovery of Native Vegetation.

Country
Type of law
Regulation
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Abstract
This Decree, composed of 12 articles, creates the Executive Committee for the Control of Illegal Deforestation and Recovery of Native Vegetation. It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Committee entitled to propose plans, articulate and integrate strategic actions for the prevention and control of illegal deforestation and recovery of native vegetation; coordinate and monitor the implementation of action plans for the prevention and control of illegal deforestation in the biomes referred to in art. 6 of Law No. 12.187 of 29 December 2009; coordinate and monitor the implementation of the National Native Vegetation Recovery Policy and the National Native Vegetation Recovery Plan; coordinate the development and implementation of initiatives related to the forestry sector within the scope of Brazil's Nationally Determined Contributions; propose priorities for the application of resources aimed at reducing illegal deforestation and increasing areas with native vegetation; to propose measures to strengthen the performance of the Public Power in strategic actions to achieve the objectives established in the policies and plans dealt with in items II and III; propose partnerships between agencies and entities of the federal, state and municipal public administration, private entities and civil society; and promote joint actions to produce, harmonize and make available official information related to deforestation, land cover and use and fires.
Date of text
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force on the date of its publication.
Notes
This Decree repeals the following: Decree of 3 July 2003; Decree of 15 March 2004; and arts. 7 and 8 of Decree No. 8.972 of 23 January 2017.
Repealed
Yes
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Decreto n. 10.142 - Institui a Comissão Executiva para Controle do Desmatamento Ilegal e Recuperação da Vegetação Nativa.