Act of 28 November 1989 creating the National Forest Commission
Annual Review of Population Law 16: 216
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0364-3417 PMID: 12344327 Document Number: 383291
This Act creates a National Forest Commission as an advisory body to coordinate activities in the Nicaragua National Forestry Sector, including use of soil, management of trees, and the exploitation, industrialization, and commercialization of forestry products. Among the functions of the Commission are the following: 1) to supervise the implementation of rules relating to protection, conservation, sustained management, study, and inventory of forests in accordance with the spirit of rational use of forestry resources; and 2) to make recommendations and proposals with respect to the technological protection, production, and transformation of the forest. Further provisions of the Act deal with the composition and finances of the Commission, among other things.