Next month Honduras will have a new Forest and Wildlife Law, approved by National Congress and setting up to 15 years in prison for wood smuggling.
COHDEFOR Former Manager Rigoberto Sandoval indicated that no law has been so widely discussed as this one, from which came more than 15 different versions and at least five reports over eight years.
The new Institute of Forest Sciences will replace the Honduran Forest Development Corporation (COHDEFOR).
Congress President Roberto Micheletti celebrated the consensus reached and said all the country will benefit from this.
