local governments or by private stakeholders, the exploitation of which is supervised by Governmental bodies. 351. Bushfires are prohibited and the offender faces a severe sanction when the fire destroys artificial plantations or covers a land surface area greater than 500 ha. Watchdog committees have been created in the rural communities as part of combating bushfires. 352. Every year, the Minister of Environment issues an Order on the organization of logging in forests and products subject to quota, which comprise all partially-protected tree species used in the production of wooden furniture, in construction and in industry. 138 (5) Rational management of chemical products : 353. It concerns: -chemical products and persistent organic pollutants; -management of solid wastes as a means of ensuring cleanliness of the living environment: it is determined by a National Plan for the management of hazardous waste adopted in 1999 including various regulations. These regulations are: -Law No 65-32 of 19 May 1965 on seaports policy; -Law No 83-71 of 5 July 1983 on the Code of Hygiene; - Decree No 74-338 of 10 April 1974 relating to domestic waste; -Ministerial Order No 852 of 8 February 2002 on the establishment of the National Chemical Products Management Committee. (6) Combating Coastal Erosion : 354. Coastal erosion is a threat to the sea and coastal environment, leading to inconveniences to the population and economic operators located in the coastal region. To combat this phenomenon, the Government of Senegal, in partnership with the various stakeholders139, took measures designed to protect the sea and coastal environment. 355. This step assisted in consolidating 750 metres of coastline in 2011 (as against 600 metres in 2010) in the Saly-Portudal zone on the « Petite Côte », against a national target of 500 metres to build a sea defence wall on the entire coastal region by 2015. 138 Example, Ministerial Order No 431 MEPNBRLA-DEFCCS of 18 January 2008 outlining the modalities for the organisation of logging in forests. 139 One can mention Land-use Development Company at the Petite Côte (SAPCO), the communes, the Military Engineers, the Directorate of Environment and Classified Institutions and the Climate Change Integration and Adaptation Project under Sustainable Development (INTAC). 81