Lubango — Angolan minister of Environment, Fátima Jardim, said over the weekend, in southern Huila province, that the Government will create the legal instruments ruling the exploration of forest resources and fauna.

The minister said the action will focus mainly at airports, ports and border posts, to arrest illegal import and export of animals and forest resources.

The minister was speaking at the opening of the seminar on international trade of species of the fauna and wild flora threatened with extinction that is going under the motto "Safe environment, better future".

Fátima Jardim said the publicising of the instruments on animals and species of the flora threatened with extinction will determine and maintain a control of how much animals and plants in the country are imported and exported.

She on the occasion recommended the airports, ports and border posts controlling officers to arrest individuals who do not have documents licensing them to exercise the trade of animals.

Fátima Jardim also mentioned poaching and indiscriminated cutting of trees in the forests as another concern of the Ministry.

She informed that there are in the country animals threatened with extinction, due to poaching and habitat adaptation problems.

The minister said the Government will take strict action on individuals who insist in poaching, wildfires, illegal cutting of trees in prohibited zones.

For two days, the seminar will tackle such topics as protected species in Angola, legal procedures on export and import of wild animals, regulation on trade of threatened species, role of administrative and scientific authorities.

National legislation, customs duties, tourism and craftsmanship and its culture, Huila province's experience in the control of trade of species, are some of the other topics being dealt with at the seminar.