| THE GOVERNMENT ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ---------- |
| No. 32/2006/ND-CP | Hanoi, March 30, 2006 |
DECREE
ON MANAGEMENT OF ENDANGERED, PRECIOUS AND RARE FOREST PLANTS AND ANIMALS
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the December 3, 2004 Law on Forest Protection and Development;
At the proposal of the Agriculture and Rural Development Minister,
DECREES:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation and subjects of application
1. Scope of regulation: This Decree provides for the management and the list of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals from Vietnam's forests.
2. Subjects of application: State agencies, organizations, households and individuals at home, overseas Vietnamese, foreign organizations and individuals that conduct activities related to management of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals in the Vietnamese territory defined in this Decree.
Where treaties which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has signed or acceded to contain provisions different from those of this Decree, the provisions of such treaties shall apply.
Article 2.- Grouping of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals:
1. Interpretation of terms:
Endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals mean plant and animal species of special economic, scientific or environmental value, surviving in small populations in nature or in danger of extinction, and on the list of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals promulgated by the Government.
2. Endangered, specious and rare forest plants and animals are divided into the following two groups (see the list enclosed herewith):
a/ Group I, which consists of those strictly banned from exploitation and use for commercial purposes, including forest plants and animals of scientific or environmental value or high economic value, with very small populations in nature or in high danger of extinction.
Forest plants and animals of group I are divided into:
Group I A, which consists of forest plants.
Group I B, which consists of forest animals.
b/ Group II, which consists of those restricted from exploitation or use for commercial purposes, including forest plants and animals of scientific or environmental value or high economic value, with small populations in nature or in danger of extinction.
Forest plants and animals of group II are divided into:
Group II A, which consists of forest plants.
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