Article 6: By State Order, after hearing the Nature Conservation Commission, it is determined which animal species belong to the "game species", to the "cage animal species" and to the "predominantly harmful animal species", for which hunting is authorized under certain conditions.

Article 9: The Director or the Head as his designated deputy may issue and grant special licenses to persons designated by him to act on behalf of a scientific, educational or other useful purpose, to be set by him conditions, for a specific time and for a specific area to kill or to collect, without a hunting license (jachtacte), on animal species designated by him in particular, belonging to the categories "game species" and "cage animal species", or collect eggs or nests of birds belonging to the categories "game species" and "cage animal species". With regard to the animals and / or objects thus obtained, the license holder will be allowed to have them in his possession, to transport them or to export them.

Article 1 [extract]: For the purposes of the provisions of or pursuant to this Act the following definitions apply:
a. Minister: the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries;
b. Director: the Director of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries; […]

Article 2:Without prejudice to Articles 4 and 5(a) and (c), it shall be prohibited to fish within Suriname other than with the rod or with the handline, unless a written authorization to be issued by or on behalf of the Director may be submitted.

Article 4: In the interest of protecting the fish stock, the Minister may lay down rules regarding the number and the species intended for fishing rods and / or hand lines, as well as the numbers of fish, to be determined separately for each species if necessary, which, may be captured or killed during a period open to fishing for such fish species.

Article 8: In addition to the officials referred to in Article 134 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the fisheries officials who fall under the Minister's responsibility, as well as natural persons appointed by or on behalf of the Minister, are responsible for tracing offenses punishable by or pursuant to this Act.
The investigating officers have free access at all times to all places that they reasonably consider necessary to enter for the performance of their duties.

Article 159:
The democratic order of the Republic of Suriname includes at the regional level lower government bodies, the function, organization, powers and working methods of which are regulated by law in accordance with the principles of participatory democracy and decentralization of governance and regulations.

Article 161:
1. At the regional level, there are two representative bodies, the district councils and the resort councils.
2. The district council is the highest political-administrative body of the district.
3. The resort council is the highest political-administrative body of the resort.

Article 164
The regional representative bodies and the regional governing bodies participate in the preparation, establishment and implementation of the district and resort plans. The other specific tasks are further regulated by law.

Article 169:
1. The district council is left to rule and manage the household of the district.
2. The district council shall make such district ordinances as it deems necessary in the interests of the district within the limits of the Constitution and the laws and regulations of the Government. By law, it is specified with regard to which subjects the district council has legislative authority.

Article 174:
1. In each district there is a district board. The district board is the executive body of the district.
2. The district board consists of the district commissioner and the representatives of the various ministries in the district.

Article 175:
The district board is in charge of the day-to-day management of the district.

Article 1 K [extract]:
[…] For the Ministry of Land Policy and Forest Management the special tasks are as follows
described:
Caring for:
(a) topography, mapping, geodesy, soil research and soil mapping;
(b) the land use, where necessary in an interdepartmental context;
(c) a targeted land issue, in cooperation with the appropriate ministries, where necessary in a departmental context;
(d) the land registry and public registers for mortgage canteen;
(e) the control of the lawful and efficient use of allocated land, where necessary in an interdepartmental context;
(f) monitoring compliance with rules and regulations relating to geodesy;
(g) the inventory, exploration, optimal exploitation and management of the forest resource, flora and fauna;
(h)responsible nature management and nature conservation, and
(i) monitoring compliance with rules and regulations relating to the production of wood and wood products, flora and fauna.

Article 14 [extract]:
[…] For the Ministry of Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries the special tasks are as follows
described:

- policy on agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries and beekeeping;
- monitoring of the proper use of land and waters issued for the agricultural sector;
- research and information in the sectors referred to in (a);
- identifying the need for and distribution of goods and services in the sectors referred to in (a);
- matters relating to the production, storage, processing and marketing of products produced in the sectors referred to in (a), where necessary in the interdepartmental context;
- the prevention and control of animal and plant diseases and pests;
- the establishment of quality standards for and the exercise of quality control on products of the sectors referred to in (a);
- the investment and credit policies of the sectors referred to in (a), in cooperation with the eligible ministries;
- promoting, coordinating, regulating and monitoring cooperatives and other organisations in the sectors referred to in (a), where necessary interdepartmental;
- monitoring compliance with the legislation relating to the sectors referred to in (a), where necessary in an interdepartmental context;

Article 3 [extract]: The general management of nature reserves rests with the Head of the Suriname Forest Service (LBB), who is seeking the advice of the Nature Conservation Commission. [...]

Article 4: The Head of the Suriname Forest Service can, on the advice of the Nature Conservation Commission, close a nature reserve to the public in whole or in part. It shall be prohibited to enter an area closed under the previous paragraph, except with written authorization from the Head of The Forest Management and subject to the conditions laid down therein.

Article 6: The prohibitions referred to in Articles 4 and 5 shall not apply to persons designated by the Head of the Suriname Forest Service, to whom a special authorization has been granted or ordered to carry out, subject to the conditions laid down by that Head, for the purposes of scientific, educational, cultural or other purposes.

Article 7: The Head of the Suriname Forest Service may grant written authorization to certain persons to exercise a holding in an unseeded part of a nature reserve in accordance with a plan approved by him, or to cooperate in the pursuit of a holding, subject to expressly reservations that no damage or harm to the reserve as such is caused by such persons or undertakings.
The Head of the Suriname Forest Service may grant written authorization to certain persons, in order to collect, graze or fish in certain areas of nature reserves, pastures or fishing under conditions he has designated.

Article 2
1. The regional bodies, as referred to in Articles 159 and 164 of the Constitution, are:
a. the regional representative bodies and
b. the regional governing bodies.
2. The regional representative bodies are the District Councils and the Resort Councils.
3. The regional governing bodies are the District Councils, the Resort Councils and District Boards

Article 12 (1)
1. The District Council is charged with the regulations and management of the household of the district, insofar as these are not reserved to other bodies by or pursuant to law.

Article 17 (1)
1. The Resort Council is the highest political-administrative body of the Resort.

Article 25 (1)
1.The Resort Council is charged with the supervision of the day-to-day management conducted by the District Board with regard to the district, insofar as this has not been entrusted to another body.

Article 29
1. The District Board is charged with the day-to-day management of the district.
2. It is accountable to the District Council.
3. It shall provide the District Council with the necessary information, which it shall required to perform its duties.

Article 30
1. The District Board is authorized to issue district decisions for the implementation of a provision of a district ordinance or for the ordination of a district related subject that is not exhaustively regulated by or pursuant to the law,to the extent that such authority is not vested in the District Council or any other body reserved.

Article 31
1. The head of the the District Board is the District Commissioner, who represents the government in the concerned district.
2. The District Commissioner shall exercise the powers conferred upon him by or pursuant to any granted by law, insofar as they do not conflict with the provisions of this law.

Article 50
1. The District Board is also responsible for:
a.to ensure that the residents of the district are as much as possible invloved in the preparation of resort and district plans;
b. to build a communication process towards the people, in the interest of making the governance public and contributing to the preparation of resort and district plans.
2. The District Board is responsible for making provisions in the civil service for the purpose of information and participation, as referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 51
1. Each year the Resort Council draws up a district plan for the coming year, which is presented to the District Council at the latest at the end of February of the current year.
2. When drawing up the district plan, the district plans submitted by the Resorts Councils are taken into account as much as possible.
3. The Resort Council may request to be represented in the deliberations on the adoption of the district plan by the District Council; the representatives of the Resorts Councils then have an advisory vote.

Article 52
1. Each year, the District Council prepares a district plan for the coming year that is appropriate within the framework of the national multi-year development plan, which is presented to the Minister at the latest at the end of March of the current year.
2. In drawing up the mutli annual development plan, the district plans submitted by the District Councils are taken into account as much as possible.
3. The District Council is authorized to be represented in the deliberations on the preparation of national plans by the National Development Body; the representatives of the District Councils then have an advisory vote.