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The "Terra Ranka" Plan provides for capacity building for the Directorate General of Forests and Hunting and in particular its capacities for guidance and planning of forest exploitation. The PNIA envisages the adjustment of forest taxes as well as taxes on wildlife exploitation; revision of the forestry code to improve forest resource management on a community basis; and the introduction of a wood charcoal tax as part of the reorganization of the wood and charcoal industry.

In 2011 the Government adopted a new Forestry Law No. 5/2011 to govern felling and reforestation (currently being revised). The Law includes a provision aimed at promoting local value added by a ban on all exports of unworked wood. To obtain a licence, operators must undertake to carry out an environmental and social impact study and establish a reforestation plan. The number of licences granted in 2014 was 61, compared with 15 in 2012-2013.

In conformity with the CITES and following the intensification of wood trafficking in the wake of the coup d'Etat, Guinea-Bissau has banned exports of some wood species. In order to curb the extinction of a rare species (Pterocarpus erinaceus, a West African rosewood species) that is present in Guinea-Bissau, in April 2015 the Government decided to impose a five-year ban on the felling and export of all wood, in particular the threatened species. The existing stock of felled wood should suffice for local demand according to the authorities.

In addition to the community provisions, the country imposes taxes according to the species, wood quality (two classes are recognized) and cubic volume. They range from US$25/m3 to US$100/m3 (for Pterocarpus erinaceus) for first-class wood; and US$20/m3 for all second-class wood. In addition, taxes of 25% and 5% of the f.o.b. price are applied respectively to exports of wood planks and panels; and a "special" tax of 6% of the f.o.b. value per cubic metre has also been applied since 2014.

The Ministry responsible for fisheries implements government policy on: development and exploitation of aquatic natural resources; control and surveillance of fisheries in waters under national sovereignty and jurisdiction; scientific marine research; negotiation of fisheries agreements in cooperation with the Ministry responsible for foreign affairs; and the issuing of access licences for fishery resources. Decree Law No. 10/2011 (Table 4.3) and its implementing regulations of 2011 define the arrangements for access to and management of fishery resources under national jurisdiction. Investments in the fisheries industry are governed by the General Investment Code.

Table 4.3 Fisheries legislation
Legislation Subject
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Protocol of agreement Partnership agreement for sustainable fisheries with the European Union https://publications.europa.eu/fr/publication-detail/-/publication/ef861c6c-5a73-11e4-a0cb-01aa75ed71a1/language-fr
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The Government considers the industry as strategic for the country's development and, in addition to the "Terra Ranka" Plan, has adopted a Fisheries Development Strategic Plan (2015 2020). The two Plans cover maritime fiscalization, research and development of maritime and small-scale fisheries, and aquaculture. [26] (...)

[26] An annual fisheries resources management plan for 2015 has also been adopted. Secretaria de Estado das Pescas e Economia Marítima (2014), Plano de Gestão das Pescas para o Ano 2015, December.

The vessels covered by the Order must also pay a contribution to a Fisheries Resources Conservation and Protection Management Fund. These contributions range from CFAF 12,000/GT/year to CFAF 123,990/GT/year for shrimps, cephalopod, demersal and pelagic fishing vessels; and CFAF 456,103 per tuna vessel per year. Finally, there is also a charge on fisheries-related operations, ranging from CFAF 60,000/GT/year for transport of fuel for fishing vessels; CFAF 30,600/GT/year for the transport of fisheries products; CFAF 23,000/GT/year for the transport of fishing equipment and provisions; and CFAF 50,000/GT/year for fishing vessels.

Bearing the title of Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) , this Protocol authorizes up to 40 European Union vessels to fish for tuna, shrimps, cephalopods and demersal species in Guinea-Bissau's territorial waters against annual compensation (right of access for vessels to the EEZ, and support for sustainable fisheries and compliance with sanitary standards) of €9.2 million over the period 2014-2017. A laboratory has been built and equipped with EU financing, but it still lacks the equipment for microbiological analysis. In addition, Guinea Bissau receives a levy based on the gross registered tonnage (GRT) of the authorized vessels , and on the total tonnage of the fleet authorized to operate.

(…) The price of the fishing licence to be paid to the public treasury rose from €8,000 to €12,000/year/vessel, and the contribution to the Fisheries Resources Management Fund, paid to the Ministry of Fisheries, was increased from €6,500 to €7,000/year/vessel. (...)