SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
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Salinisation/sodification
- Ley Nş 5.063 - Ley general de medio ambiente. Date of text: 14-07-1998
(Jujuy)
- National Policy for the Adaptation to Climate Change. Date of text: 01-03-2005
(National)
- Perspective Plan of Bangladesh 2010-2021. Date of text: 01-04-2012
(National)
- Standards and Administration Regulation (Alta Reg 267/2001). Date of text: 01-01-2001
(Alberta) - The Irrigation Act, 2019 (S.S. 2019, c. I-14.2). Date of text: 15-05-2019
(Saskatchewan) - Irrigation Regulations (R.R.S. c. I-14.2 Reg. 1). Date of text: 27-03-2020
(Saskatchewan) - Environmental Management and Protection Act, 2010 (S.S. 2010, c. E-10.22). Date of text: 01-01-2010
(Saskatchewan) - Water Security Agency Act (S.S. 2005, c. W-8.1). Date of text: 01-01-2005
(Saskatchewan)
- Resolución Nş 2.370 - Prohíbe el acopio y utilización de guano directo al suelo en el proceso de mejoramiento de suelo agrícola. Date of text: 21-10-2005
(National)
- Plan de Acción Nacional de Lucha contra la Desertificación y la Sequía en Colombia. Date of text: 01-01-2005
(National)
- Plan d’Action National pour la Lutte Contre la Désertification aux Comores PAN/LCD. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National) - Programme d’Action National d’Adaptation aux changements climatiques (PANA) Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National)
- Loi nş 4/98 fixant les obbligations des sociétés pétroličres en matičre de démantčlement des installations de production des hydrocarbures et de réhabilitation des sites. Date of text: 28-08-1998
(National)
- Sustainable Development Strategy Date of text: 20-02-2009
(National)
- Programme d’Action National de Lutte contre la Désertification (PAN). Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National)
- Afar National Regional State Rural Land Use and Administration Policy. Date of text: 01-06-2008
(Afar)
- First National Action Programme to Combat Desertification Date of text: 02-04-2003
(National)
- Law for the Protection of the Environment Date of text: 01-01-1986
(National) - National Action Plan for Combating Desertification Date of text: 01-01-2001
(National)
- Decree No. 37/2006. (V. 18.) FVM on the placing on the market and control of fertilizers marked "EC fertilizer". Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National) - Rules about Authorization, Storage, Marketing and Utilization of Fertilising Products Date of text: 18-05-2006
(National) - Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture No. 90/2008. (VII. 18.) on detailed rules for drawing up the soil protection plan. Date of text: 01-01-2008
(National) - National Framework Strategy on Sustainable Development 2012-2024. Date of text: 01-03-2012
(National)
- Programme Environnement III. Date of text: 01-01-2001
(National)
- Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) III - Building a Productive, Competitive and Resilient Nation. Date of text: 16-08-2017
(National)
- Water Policy Framework Regulations Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National)
- NOM-021-RECNAT-2000: Especificaciones de fertilidad, salinidad y clasificación de suelos. Date of text: 28-10-2002
(National)
- Law On sanitation. Date of text: 07-05-1998
(National)
- Soil Protection Act Date of text: 03-07-1986
(National)
- National Irrigation and Drainage Policy and Strategy. Date of text: 01-03-2015
(National)
- Saint Lucia National Climate Change Adaptation Policy 2003. Date of text: 27-07-2003
(National)
- Arręté Ministériel N°8079 MEPN/DCS du 1er aoűt 2011 portant création et organisation du Comité conjoint de Coordination du Projet de Renforcement des Capacités pour le Contrôle de la Dégradation des Terres et la Promotion de leur Valorisation dans les zones de sols dégradés. Date of text: 01-08-2011
(National)
- Regulation on systematic monitoring of the condition and quality of soil Date of text: 18/06/2020
(National) - Rulebook on permitted quantities of hazardous and harmful substances in soil and water for irrigation and methods of their testing Date of text: 18/03/1994
(National)
- National Rural land Use Policy 2015-2020. Date of text: 01-04-2015
(National)
- Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act: Establishment of an Irrigation Improvement Scheme (G.N. R. 1487 of 1995). Date of text: 29-09-1995
(National) - Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act: Regulations: Declared Weeds and Invader Plants (G.N.R. No. 1048 of 1984). Date of text: 25-05-1984
(National)
- National Integrated Water Resources Management Policy 2017. Date of text: 01-03-2017
(National)
- Regulation No. 23445 on non-agricultural use of agricultural areas. Date of text: 26-08-1998
(National)
- Water Code (No.213/95-VR of 1995). Date of text: 06-06-1995
(National) - Law No. 1389-XIV on land reclamation. Date of text: 14-01-2000
(National) - Order No. 688-? of 14.08.2019 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating Strategy of irrigation and drainage in Ukraine in 2030 Date of text: 14-08-2019
(National)
- Programme of Complex Measures on Development of Irrigation, Improvement of Reclamation State of Irrigated Land and Rational Use of Water Resources for 2018-2019". (No. PP-3405) Date of text: 27-11-2017
(National) - Presidential Decree No 1958 of April 19, 2013 "On measures to further improve the ameliorative condition of irrigated lands and rational use of water resources for the period 2013-2017" Date of text: 19-04-2013
(National) - Presidential Decree No 718 of 31 October 2007 on Establishment of the Fund for the Reclamation of Irrigated Land under the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan. Date of text: 31-10-2007
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 3932 on Measures to radically improve the land reclamation system. Date of text: 29-10-2007
(National) - Presidential Resolution on Measures to improve the system of agrochemical analysis of soils in agriculture, increasing soil fertility of cultivated lands. Date of text: 18-06-2019
(National) - State Program No 2731 of January 1, 2017 on Development of the Aral sea region on 2017-2021. Date of text: 18-01-2017
(National)
- Decision No. 204/2006/QD-TTg promulgating the national action program to combat desertification in the 2006-2010 period and orientations toward 2020. Date of text: 02-09-2006
(National)
- Law No. 41 of 2006 amending some articles of Water Law No. 33 of 2002. 2006-12-28 Date of text: 28-12-2006
(National) - Water Law No. 33 of 2002 Date of text: 31-08-2002
(National)
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