Luanda – The Economic Commission of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday in Luanda approved a memorandum that describes the national forestry sector, highlighting aspects related to the main areas of activity, namely its potential and management model.
The relevant institutions, the legal policy framework, human, financial and asset resources, forestry, inspection, as well as the circulation and sale of forestry products, are part of the memorandum being considered at the fourth ordinary meeting of the commission, headed by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço.
The document addresses the progress of the sector over the years, portraying the pressure that the exploitation and export of wood exerts on national forests, a situation that requires the implementation of short, medium and long term measures, with the aim of strengthening the actions underway under the Plan of Measures to Improve Management of Forest Resources.
Amongst the short term measures are the maintenance of the ban on export of roundwood, in order to encourage its local transformation with the creation of added value and more jobs, the approval of the Special Career Regime for Forest, Wildlife and Apiculture Surveillance and respective Remuneration Statute, to value this staff, according to the communiqué from the meeting.
Source: Angola Press News Agency