Norm CPRH No. 8 regulating CPRH procedures to issue authorization for controlled fires in rural lands through establishing precautionary rules in agro-pastoral and forestry practices within the State of Pernambuco.

This Decree, consisting of 17 articles, regulates CPRH procedures to issue authorization for controlled fires in rural lands through establishing precautionary rules in agro-pastoral and forestry practices within the State of Pernambuco. It regulates the above mentioned procedures as a production and management factor in areas of agro-pastoral activities, as well as with the purpose of scientific and technological research, to be performed in areas with pre-established physical limits. The use of controlled fires requires prior authorization issued by the CPRH.