Decree No. 38.566 on the Environmental Regularization Programme for rural properties and possessions within the State of Maranhão (PRA/MA).

This Decree establishes the Environmental Regularization Programme for rural properties and possessions within the State of Maranhão (PRA/MA). The PRA/MA aims to promote the environmental regularization of rural possessions and properties in which the existence of environmental liabilities has been found. The PRA/MA will respect and integrate, where appropriate, with existing State environmental policies. The State of Maranhão will adopt the Rural Environmental Registration System (SICAR), with the following objectives: Receive, manage and integrate CAR data in the State; register and control information on rural properties, regarding their area and location, native vegetation, areas of social interest, public utility, Permanent Preservation Areas, Restricted Use Areas, consolidated areas and Legal Reserves; Monitor the maintenance of native vegetation in Permanent Preservation Areas, Restricted Use Areas and Legal Reserve Areas, within rural properties; Promote environmental and economic planning for land use and environmental conservation in the State territory; and allow information on rural properties in the State territory.