Medium-sized artisanal forestry activities (i.e. up to 500 hectares) are reserved to majority-owned Congolese enterprises.
"CHAPTER 2: TIMBER LOGGING REGIME
Section 1'": Operating modes
Item 3 ...
The exploitation governed by this Order is aimed at the production of timber, including in particular the activities of felling the said timber, their shaping, hauling, evacuation, sawing and transport.
It operates in two ways: industrial exploitation and artisanal exploitation.
Article 4.-.
The industrial exploitation of timber is that operated by industrial companies, under a forest concession contract and a forest management plan. [...]
Article 5.·.
Artisanal exploitation of timber is that carried out outside a forest concession, according to one of the following categories:
1. First-category artisanal mining: is that which is operated by a natural person, of Congolese nationality, on a cutting area whose area may not exceed fifty (50) hectares. It is characterized by the use of a machete, axe, pitsaw, hard shot or chainsaw;
2. Artisanal logging of the second category: is that which is practiced in an artisanal forestry unit, in accordance with the regulations in force in the matter, by a natural person of Congolese nationality or a company governed by Congolese law whose share capital consists of majority national participation. It is characterized by the use of specific logging equipment consisting mainly of a chainsaw and/or a mobile saw, with the exception of wheeled or caterpillar machines, as defined in Article 11, point 2. below, it covers a cutting area ranging from one hundred (100) to five hundred (500) hectares.[...]" (Ministerial Order 84/CAB/MIN/ECN-DD/CJ/00 /RBM/2016 of October 29, 2016 on the conditions and rules for the exploitation of timber [google translation])
Ministerial Order 84/CAB/MIN/ECN-DD/CJ/00 /RBM/2016 of October 29, 2016 on the conditions and rules for the exploitation of timber [google translation]
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