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This Ordinance provides for the protection of indigenous and non-indigenous fauna and flora and the establishment of protected nature areas. It establishes a Commission for the protection of fauna and flora, which shall provide advice to the Minister. The Ordinance requires the declaration, by State Decree, of protected plant and animal species and of nature protection areas. The Ordinance places restrictions on the capturing or killing of protected animals and places restrictions on the trade i