The National Director of Forests, Imede Falume, says that the draft Forestry Law that is being debated throughout the country is intended to ensure that the sustainable management of the forest heritage in its diversity is deepened and to make the different services associated with forest exploitation viable.

Imede Falume, quoted by Domingo newspaper, pointed out that in the environmental dimension, the new law should cover the delimitation of permanent forest heritage, integrated forest management, environmental services of forests, protected species, closure, forest management framed in the territorial planning and respective management plans. "In the socio-cultural dimension we intend to strengthen participatory management and monitoring of resources, sharing of benefits and highlighting the social services of forests," said Falume.

Another prism that is intended to be reached refers to the economic dimension in which the need to maintain a public-private dialogue and increase forest production through plantations to diversify the obtainment of timber and non-timber products, alternative and complementary to the sustainable management of native forests, is highlighted.

According to Imede Falume, the creation of commercial warehouses, industrial poles, and the aggregation of added value at a national level is also encouraged.

He also mentioned that the new law is expected to fit constitutional principles, practices, experiences, and local knowledge, and to be in harmony, not only with the Forest Policy and its Implementation Strategy, but also with the International Conventions and Treaties to which the country is a signatory.