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The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA) published in the Federal Official Gazette, last Monday (1/9), the resolution that defines technical criteria for the implementation of prevention and preparation measures to forest fires in rural real estate, established in.
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Approved in the beginning of August, the measure seeks to reduce irregular or illegal ignitions that may cause forest fires, as well as encouraging planning, implementation of prevention actions and joining joint actions to reduce the occurrence and impacts caused by forest fires.
Resolution prohibits the use of fire in pasture, agricultural areas or forest management areas without prior and formal authorization of the responsible environmental agency. It also determines as a preventive measure the use of monitoring, communication and alert systems and devices for the activation of private local brigades or military fire brigade.
All rural properties, with the exception of family farmers, should elaborate and implement the measures of the National Fire Management Policy (PMIF) or the Operative Plan for Forest Fire Prevention and Combat.
The standard establishes mandatory measures and recommendations according to the classification of rural property, being considered small those with up to four fiscal modules, medium those that have between four and fifteen fiscal modules, and large ones that exceed fifteen fiscal modules.
Rural real estate owners will have two years to implement the actions.
