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Maldives - Country Profiles

Constitution of Maldives.
Date of text: 2008

Policies

Maldives National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (NPOA-IUU).
Date of text: 01 July 2019
National Action Plan on Air Pollutants.
Date of text: 2019
Strategic Action Plan 2019 - 2023.
Date of text: 2019
National Food Safety Policy (2017-2026)
Date of text: 06 April 2017
National Healthcare Waste Management Strategic Plan.
Date of text: 23 February 2017
National Action Plan for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance 2017-2022.
Date of text: 2017
National Awareness Strategy for Water and Sewerage.
Date of text: 2017
National Water and Sewerage Policy.
Date of text: 2017
Maldives Clean Environment Project Environmental and Social Assessment and Management Framework (ESAMF) and Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF)
Date of text: 01 November 2016
Integrated National Nutrition Strategic Plan 2013-2017.
Date of text: 12 May 2016

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

No legislation available

Climate change

No legislation available

Cultivated plants

Plant Quarantine Regulation.
Date of text: 0000

Disaster risk management

Disaster Management Act 2006.
Date of text: 03 October 2007

Environment

Environmental Protection and Preservation Act of Maldives (Law No. 4/93).
Date of text: 1993
1st Amendment to Environment Protection and Preservation Act of Maldives.
Date of text: 2014
Regulation on the Preparation of Environmental Impact Assessment Report 2012 (No. 2012/R-27)
Date of text: 2012

Fisheries

Fisheries Act of the Maldives (No. 14/2019).
Date of text: 2019
Law No. 1/74 relating to Fishing in the lagoons of Maldives (enacted 1374 Hejira, amended by laws 19 of 1971 and 22 of 1975).
Date of text: 1975
General Fisheries Regulations.
Date of text: 1987
Regulations for Issuing the Licence to Fish in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Maldives.
Date of text: 0000

Food and nutrition

Export and Import Act (Act No. 31 of 1979).
Date of text: 15 September 1979
National Standard for Carbon Monoxide Treated Fish.
Date of text: 2017
National Standard for Labelling Prepackaged Food.
Date of text: 2014
General Regulation for Food Establishments and Services.
Date of text: 2007

Forestry

No legislation available

Land and soil

Maldivian Land Act (Act No. 1 of 2002).
Date of text: 2002

Livestock

No legislation available

Sea

Maritime Zones of Maldives Act (No. 6/96).
Date of text: 1996
Amendment of article 1 of the Constitution of Maldives.
Date of text: 15 April 1975

Water

Drainage and Plumbing Regulations 1996.
Date of text: 1996
Sewage Disposal Regulations 1996.
Date of text: 1996
Guidelines and Manual for Rainwater Harvesting in Maldives.
Date of text: 01 July 2009

Wild species and ecosystems

Protected Areas Regulation (No. 2018/R-78).
Date of text: 2018
Regulation on the Protection and Conservation of Environment in the Tourism Industry.
Date of text: 2006
General Fisheries Regulations.
Date of text: 1987

International Agreements

Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Maldives.
Date of text: 28 March 2004
Agreement between India and Maldives on Maritime Boundary in The Arabian Sea and Related Matters.
Date of text: 24 July 1978
Agreement between Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives on the Determination of Trijunction Point between the three Countries in the Gulf of Mannar.
Date of text: 31 July 1976