Source: portalangop.co.ao

Luanda – The completion of the programme of legislative package on forests, wild fauna and areas of conservation and sustainable management of forest resources topped the actions implemented by the Institute for Forestry Development (IDF) in 2008.

In statements made Thursday to Angop, in Luanda, aimed at assessing the activities carried out in 2008, the Institution’s director-general, Tomás Pedro Caetano, said that his institution concluded in 2008 the Forest Policy and Law Forestry, Wildlife and Conservation Areas.

The official also referred to the conclusion of necessary regulations for the application of these legal instruments, which in the legislative package of the Ministry of Agriculture will be submitted soon to the Cabinet Council for their approval.

Started two years ago, the programme on the legislative package on Forestry, Wildlife and Conservation Areas was funded by the Netherlands and had the support of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Tomas Caetano also explained that the IDF actions, last year, focussed on the forestation programmes in combating desertification, in the reorganization and development of forestry in promoting beekeeping, construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure and strengthening the capacity for monitoring forest and fauna.

To reverse the situation, he said, the IDF decided to extend the project in 2008 to combat desertification in the provinces of Benguela, Kwanza Sul, Luanda and Bengo.

The participation of staff and specialists of the Institute for Forestry Development in the meetings, workshops and other international activities organised by FAO and SADC on forests and fauna, were among the top activities implemented by the institution in 2008.

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