Decree No. 89/2017 regulating the Law on Protection, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity.

This Decree regulates Law No. 16/2014 on Protection, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity. The Regulation is applicable to the set of values ​​and natural resources existing in the national territory and in waters under national jurisdiction, covering all public or private entities that may directly or indirectly influence the national system of the country's conservation areas, competing to the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC). Protection zones are classified to guarantee the representative conservation of ecosystems and species and the coexistence of local communities with other interests and values to conserve. Protection zones are classified into: a) Total conservation areas; b) Conservation areas for sustainable use. In addition, it regulates the creation, modification and extinction of conservation areas, the administration and management of conservation areas, the management plans and closure programme, the permitted and prohibited activities in conservation areas (including hunting activities), the exercise of activities in the conservation areas, including the environmental license, the recovery, restoration or rehabilitation of biodiversity, the mechanisms for compensating the conservation effort, the conservation of the natural habitat, and the protection and inspection of biodiversity, setting the sanctioning regime.