SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
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Soil conservation
Albania
- Guideline No.1 on modification of agricultural land categories and land resources categorization. Date of text: 20-02-2006
(National) - Law No. 8752 on the creation and operation of land protection and administration structures. Date of text: 26-03-2001
(National) - Law No. 9244 on agricultural land protection. Date of text: 17-06-2004
(National) - Regulation No. 80 on the establishment, functioning, tasks and responsibilities of the agricultural land protection authorities. Date of text: 28-01-2005
(National) - Albanian National Strategy on Waste Management. Date of text: 19-01-2011
(National)
Algeria
- Loi nş 84-12 du 23 juin 1984 portant régime général des foręts. Date of text: 23-06-1984
(National) - Loi relative a la protection de l'environnement dans le cadre du developpement durable, 2003 Date of text: 19-07-2003
(National) - Programme d'Action National sur la lutte contre la Desertification. Date of text: 01-01-2003
(National)
Antigua and Barbuda
- Environmental Protection and Management Act No. 10 of 2019. Date of text: 07-06-2019
(National)
Argentina
- Constitución de la Nación Argentina. Date of text: 01-05-1853
(National) - Decreto Nş 681/81 - Reglamenta la Ley Nş 22.428, Régimen legal para el fomento de la acción privada y pública tendiente a la conservación y recuperación de la capacidad productiva de los suelos. Date of text: 27-03-1981
(National) - Ley Nş 22.428 - Régimen legal para el fomento de la acción privada y pública tendiente a la conservación y recuperación de la capacidad productiva de los suelos. Date of text: 11-03-1981
(National) - Ley Nş 24.585 - Impacto ambiental de la actividad minera. Date of text: 30-11-1994
(National) - Ley Nş 5.804 - Expropriación de terrenos para la conservación del sistema ecológico. Date of text: 05-12-1991
(National) - Ley Nş 6.253 - Normas generales y metodología de aplicación para la defensa, conservación y mejoramiento del ambiente. Date of text: 01-01-1991
(National) - Ley Nş 11.723 - Protección, conservación, mejoramiento y restauración de los recursos naturales y del ambiente en general en el ámbito de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Date of text: 09-11-1995
(Buenos Aires) - Ley 2480 - Ley de conservación de los suelos. Date of text: 01-01-1972
(Catamarca) - Decreto Nş 1017/89 - Reglamenta Ley 3.035 de mantenimiento y restauración de la capacidad productiva de suelos. Date of text: 01-01-1992
(Chaco) - Ley Nş 4.361 – Ley de Conservación del suelo y recuperación de las tierras degradadas. Date of text: 28-09-1989
(Corrientes) - Decreto Nş 115/04 - Reglamentación parcial de la Ley Nş 8.936, Ley de conservación y protección de los suelos. Date of text: 08-03-2004
(Córdoba) - Ley Nş 7.343 - Principios rectores para la preservación, conservación, defensa y mejoramiento del ambiente. Date of text: 29-08-1985
(Córdoba) - Ley Nş 8.863 - Creación de los Consorcios de Conservación de Suelos. Date of text: 05-06-2000
(Córdoba) - Ley Nş 8.936 - Ley de conservación y protección de los suelos. Date of text: 14-06-2001
(Córdoba) - Ley Nş 1.060 - Ley de política ecológica y ambiental de la Provincia de Formosa. Date of text: 26-11-1993
(Formosa) - Ley Nş 1.314 - Código Rural. Date of text: 07-07-2000
(Formosa) - Ley Nş 5.063 - Ley general de medio ambiente. Date of text: 14-07-1998
(Jujuy) - Ley N° 2139/ 04 - Declaración de interés público del uso sustentable al recurso suelo. Date of text: 09-12-2004
(La Pampa) - Ley Nş 7.801 – Ley provincial del medio ambiente. Date of text: 14-12-2004
(La Rioja) - Ley XVI Nş 37 (Antes Ley 3231) - Ley de conservación de suelos. Date of text: 12-10-1995
(Misiones) - Ley Nş 7.070 - Ley de Protección del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 17-01-2000
(Salta) - Ley Nş 229 - Ley de conservación de suelos y aprovechamiento de los recursos naturales. Date of text: 01-01-1961
(Santa Cruz) - Decreto Nş 3445 - Reglamentación e la Ley 10552 de manejo y conservación de los suelos. Date of text: 25-11-1992
(Santa Fe) - Ley 10552 - Ley de conservación y manejo de suelos. Date of text: 22-11-1990
(Santa Fe) - Ley Nş 55 - Regula la preservación, conservación, defensa y mejoramiento del medio ambiente. Date of text: 01-01-1992
(Tierra del Fuego) - Ley 6.290 - Ley de conservación del suelo agrícola. Date of text: 21-10-1991
(Tucumán) - Ley Nş 3.778 - Declara Parques Provinciales, Monumentos Naturales y Reservas Provinciales las superficies del territorio de la Provincia de Tucumán que resulten necesarias para la protección y conservación de los Recursos Naturales Renovables. Date of text: 13-01-1972
(Tucumán) - Ley N° 10.650 - Modifica la Ley Nş 8.318 de manejo conservacionista del suelo (Ley de suelos). Date of text: 19-12-2018
(Entre Ríos) - Ley Nş 1552 - Programa de Ordenamiento Territorial de la provincia de Formosa (POT-For). Date of text: 27-05-2010
(Formosa) - Decreto Nş 968/97 - Complementa la Ley nacional Nş 24.585 sobre impacto ambiental de la actividad minera. Date of text: 02-05-1997
(Buenos Aires) - Ley 3.035 - Mantenimiento y restauración de la capacidad productiva de suelos. Date of text: 31-10-1984
(Chaco) - Ley Nş 8.318 - Ley de suelos. Date of text: 10-01-1990
(Entre Ríos) - Ley N° 2139 - Declaración de interés público del uso sustentable del recurso suelo. Date of text: 27-12-2004
(La Pampa) - Ley Nş 10.467 - Créase el "Plan Provincial Agroforestal". Date of text: 02-08-2017
(Córdoba)
Armenia
- Land Code (No. HO-185 of 2001) Date of text: 04-06-2001
(National) - Law No. HO-165-N Tax Code. Date of text: 01-03-2017
(National) - Law No. HO-36-N on Control over Use and Preservation of Land of Armenia. Date of text: 08-04-2008
(National) - Subsoil Code (Law No. HO-280-N) Date of text: 17-12-2011
(National) - Law No. HO-110-N, on Environmental Impact Assessment and Expertise Date of text: 21-06-2014
(National)
Australia
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Date of text: 16/07/1999
(National) - Environment Protection Act 1997 Date of text: 01/12/1997
(Australian Capital Territory ) - Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 Date of text: 19-12-1997
(New South Wales) - Soil Conservation Act 1938. Date of text: 13-10-1938
(New South Wales) - State Environmental Planning Policy (Primary Production and Rural Development) Date of text: 28-02-2019
(New South Wales) - Environment Protection Act 2019. Date of text: 09-10-2019
(Northern Territory) - NT Planning Act 1999 Date of text: 14-12-1999
(Northern Territory) - Soil Conservation and Land Utilisation Act. Date of text: 09-04-1970
(Northern Territory) - Planning Act 2016 Date of text: 25-05-2016
(Queensland) - Regional Planning Interests Act 2014 Date of text: 28-03-2014
(Queensland) - Soil Conservation Act, 1986 (Act No. 37). Date of text: 05-09-1986
(Queensland) - Vegetation Management Act 1999. Date of text: 21-12-1999
(Queensland) - Landscape South Australia Act 2019. Date of text: 19-12-2019
(South Australia) - Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989 Date of text: 07-09-1989
(South Australia) - Closer Settlement Act 1957. Date of text: 23-12-1959
(Tasmania) - Local Government Act 1993 Date of text: 23-12-1993
(Tasmania) - National Environment Protection Council (Tasmania) Act 1995 Date of text: 13-10-1995
(Tasmania) - National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 Date of text: 19-12-2002
(Tasmania) - Natural Resource Management Act 2002 Date of text: 14-11-2002
(Tasmania) - Nature Conservation Act 2002 Date of text: 19-12-2002
(Tasmania) - State Policies and Projects Act 1993. Date of text: 01-01-1994
(Tasmania) - Environmental Protection Act 1970 Date of text: 08/12/1999
(Victoria) - Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006. Date of text: 09-05-2006
(Victoria) - Planning and Environment Act 1987 Date of text: 27-05-1987
(Victoria) - Forest Management Plan 2014–2023. Date of text: 01-12-2013
(Western Australia) - Land Administration Act 1997 Date of text: 03-10-1997
(Western Australia) - Soil and Land Conservation Act 1945. Date of text: 09-01-1946
(Western Australia) - Soil and Land Conservation Regulation 1992 Date of text: 12-06-1992
(Western Australia) - National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure 1999. Date of text: 10-12-1999
(National) - Biosecurity Act 2015 Date of text: 22-09-2015
(New South Wales) - Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 Date of text: 17-12-1997
(New South Wales) - Environmental Protection Act 1994 Date of text: 01-12-1994
(Queensland) - Native Vegetation Act 1991 Date of text: 18-04-1991
(South Australia) - Forest Practices Act 1985 Date of text: 23-05-1985
(Tasmania) - Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 Date of text: 15-06-1994
(Victoria) - Environmental Protection Act 1986 Date of text: 10-12-1986
(Western Australia) - Planning and Development Act 2005 Date of text: 12-12-2005
(Western Australia)
Austria
- Federal Act on Environmental Impact Assessment. Date of text: 14-10-1993
(National) - Federal Forest Law Date of text: 03-07-1975
(National) - Plant Protection Products Ordinance Date of text: 25-07-2011
(National) - Burgenland Soil Protection Law Date of text: 18-06-1990
(Burgendland) - Soil Protection Law of lower Austria Date of text: 30-06-1988
(Lower Austria) - Salzburg Land Use Planning Law 2009. Date of text: 17-12-2008
(Salzburg) - Soil Protection Law of Salzburg Date of text: 04-07-2001
(Salzburg) - Styria Agricultural Soil Protection Act Date of text: 02-06-1987
(Styria) - Nature and Landscape Protection Law of Upper Austria Date of text: 14-12-2001
(Upper Austria) - Soil Protection Law of upper Austria Date of text: 03-07-1991
(Upper Austria) - Austrian Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change Date of text: 01-01-2012
(National) - Biodiversity Strategy Austria 2020+. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - Law on the protection of soil quality. Date of text: 11-06-2018
(Voralberg)
Azerbaijan
- Environmental Protection Law of 1999, No. 678–IQ. Date of text: 08-06-1999
(National) - Land Code of the Azerbaijan Republic, 1991. Date of text: 12-02-1992
(National) - Ministerial Decree ? 71 on expansion of green areas. Date of text: 28-02-2017
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 15 on state control over use and conservation of forest fund and forest restoration. Date of text: 03-02-2000
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 19 on approval of the Statute of Shahdag National Park. Date of text: 19-11-2008
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 226 on approval of the Charter of the Ministry of Agriculture. Date of text: 20-04-2005
(National) - Resolution No. 16-Q of the Ministry of Agriculture approving the Charter of the provincial administration of agriculture. Date of text: 30-03-2015
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 148 on approval of the Charter regarding Gara-Yaz State Reserve. Date of text: 03-08-2005
(National) - Law on soil fertility (1999). Date of text: 30-12-1999
(National) - Presidential Decree on implementation of Law on soil fertility (2000). Date of text: 06-03-2000
(National) - The National Strategy and Action Plan on conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Date of text: 24-03-2006
(National) - “Azerbaijan 2020: Look into the Future” Development Concept. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 1697 on approval of the Action Plan 2006-2013 to improve the ecological situation. Date of text: 28-09-2006
(National) - Land Code (Law No. 695-IQ). Date of text: 29-06-1999
(National)
Bahamas
- Soil Conservation (Scotland District) Act. Date of text: 01-02-1959
(National) - National Policy for the Adaptation to Climate Change. Date of text: 01-03-2005
(National)
Bahrain
- Resolution No. 3 of 2004 on the importation of plants provided with natural soil. Date of text: 29-12-2003
(National)
Bangladesh
Belarus
- Decree No. 1 of the Committee on Industrial and Nuclear Supervision regarding the protection of subsoil in the process of mining and extraction of solid minerals. Date of text: 15-02-2001
(National) - Order No. 01-4/78 of the Committee on Land Resources, Geodesy and Cartography validating the Regulation on removal, use and conservation of the fertile soil layer in the process of carrying out activities related to soil disturbance. Date of text: 24-05-1999
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 31 on intensification of liability for the infringement of land legislation. Date of text: 17-01-2006
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 348 regarding environmental fees. Date of text: 24-06-2008
(National) - Guidelines for environmental impact assessment of the projected economic activity. Date of text: 31-03-1993
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 386 validating the Regulation on land monitoring. Date of text: 28-03-2007
(National) - Decree No. 9 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Instruction on the modalities of performance of local environmental monitoring by legal persons performing economic and other activities causing negative environmental impact, including ecologically hazardous activities. Date of text: 01-02-2007
(National)
Belgium
- Code Bruxellois de l'Aménagement du Territoire (CoBAT). Date of text: 05-06-2004
(Brussels) - Ordinance on Environmental Permits Date of text: 05-06-1997
(Brussels) - Codified Decrees Flemish Codex Spatial Planning (Flemish Codex Spatial Planning, VCRO). Date of text: 15-05-2009
(Flanders) - Decision on Environmental Damage Date of text: 13-07-2013
(Flanders) - Decree on Environmental Damage Date of text: 21-12-2007
(Flanders) - Decree on Soil Remediation and Soil Protection Date of text: 27-10-2006
(Flanders) - Agricultural Code Date of text: 27-03-2014
(Wallonia) - Climate Decree (1) (M.B. 10.03.2014). Date of text: 20-02-2014
(Wallonia) - Decree Concerning Environmental Permits Date of text: 11-03-1999
(Wallonia) - Decree on the Management of Soils. Date of text: 01-03-2018
(Wallonia) - Environment Code. Date of text: 05-12-2008
(Wallonia) - Territorial Development Code. Date of text: 01-06-2017
(Wallonia) - Walloon Forest Code. Date of text: 15-07-2008
(Wallonia) - Decree on the General Provision on Environmental Policy Date of text: 05-04-1995
(Flanders) - Strategy for Sustainable Development (27/06/2013). Date of text: 27-06-2013
(Wallonia)
Belize
- Land Utilization Act. Date of text: 16-09-1981
(National)
Benin
- Note politique du Bénin sur les cibles et mesures neutralité de la dégradation des terres (NDT). Date of text: 01-08-2017
(National)
Bhutan
- Land Act of Bhutan 2007. Date of text: 27-06-2007
(National)
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
- Constitucion Politica del Estado Date of text: 25-01-2009
(National) - Ley Nş 1.122 - Ley de protección, rehabilitación y posterior conservación de tierras erosionadas. Date of text: 16-11-1989
(National) - Ley Nş 1.700 - Ley Forestal. Date of text: 12-06-1996
(National) - Ley Nş 31 – Ley Marco de Autonomías y Descentralización. Date of text: 17-07-2010
(National) - Ley Nş 650 - Agenda Patriótica 2025. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National) - Ley Nş 71 - Ley de derechos de la madre tierra. Date of text: 21-12-2010
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 2.453 - Establece el mecanismo de recuperación de áreas de suelos agropecuarios degradados de pequeńas propiedades y propiedades comunitarias o colectivas. Date of text: 15/07/2015
(National) - Ley Nş 144 - Ley de la revolución productiva comunitaria agropecuaria. Date of text: 26-06-2011
(National)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Law on organic production of the Republic of Srpska Date of text: 31-01-2013
(Br?ko District; Republika Srpska) - Strategic Plan for Rural Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018-2021). Date of text: 01-01-2018
(Br?ko District; Republika Srpska)
Botswana
- Agricultural Resources Conservation Act (Chapter 35:06). Date of text: 30-12-1972
(National) - National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National)
Brazil
- Decree No. 5.577 on the conservation and sustainable use of closed biome ecosystems. Date of text: 08-11-2005
(National) - Decree No. 8.235 establishing general rules to Environmental Adjustment Programmes of the States and the Federal District. Date of text: 05-05-2014
(National) - Decree of 15 September 2010 on the Action plan against deforestation and forest fires in the biome. Date of text: 15-09-2010
(National) - Environmental Policy Act No. 6.938. Date of text: 31-08-1981
(National) - Law No. 10.831 on organic farming and other provisions. Date of text: 23-12-2003
(National) - Law No. 11.952 concerning public lands. Date of text: 25-06-2009
(National) - Law No. 12.651 on the protection of Native Forests. Date of text: 25-05-2012
(National) - Law No. 13.153 of 30 July 2015 approving the National Policy to Fight Desertification and Mitigate the effects of Drought (CNDC) and creating the National Committee to Combat Desertification. Date of text: 30-07-2015
(National) - Law No. 4.504 regulating rights and obligations regarding rural real estates in order to implement the Agricultural Reform and to promote the Agricultural Policy. Date of text: 30-11-1964
(National) - Law No. 8.171 on agricultural policy. Date of text: 17-01-1991
(National) - Law No. 16.316 establishing the State Policy to Fight and Prevent Desertification. Date of text: 28-08-2008
(Goiás) - Decree No. 6.120/1985 regulating Law No. 8.014/1984 on agricultural soil preservation within the State of Paraná. Date of text: 13-08-1985
(Paraná) - Law No. 8.014/1984 providing for agricultural soil preservation within the State of Paraná. Date of text: 14-12-1984
(Paraná) - Law No. 5.887 providing for the State Environmental Policy. Date of text: 09-05-1995
(Pará) - Decree No. 52.751 creating the Water and Soil Conservation Policy. Date of text: 04-12-2015
(Rio Grande do Sul) - Law No. 6.317 providing for the Plan for the four-year 2018/2021. Date of text: 16-01-2018
(Rio de Janeiro) - Complementary Act No. 7 on the Environmental Protection Code of Roraima State. Date of text: 26-08-1994
(Roraima) - Law No. 13.577 providing for the guidelines and procedures for the protection of soil quality and management of contaminated areas. Date of text: 08-07-2009
(Săo Paulo) - Decree No. 3.420 creating the National Forestry Programme (PNF). Date of text: 05-06-2006
(National) - Sectorial Health Plan for the Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. Date of text: 01-06-2013
(National) - Sectorial Plan of Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change for the Consolidation of a Low Carbon Emission in Agriculture (Plan ABC). Date of text: 13-01-2012
(National) - Decision of Directorate CETESB No. 38 approving the "Procedures for Soil and Groundwater Quality Protection". Date of text: 07-02-2017
(Săo Paulo) - Decree No. 77.775 regulating Law No. 6.225 on environmental plans for soil erosion prevention. Date of text: 08-06-1976
(National) - Law No. 12.805 creating the National Policy for Livestock, Agro-forestry and Sylvo-pastoralism (ILPF). Date of text: 29-04-2013
(National) - Law No. 6.225 establishing environmental plans for soil erosion prevention. Date of text: 14-07-1975
(National) - Resolution CONAMA No. 238 approving the National Policy for the Control of Desertification. Date of text: 22-12-1997
(National)
Bulgaria
- Environmental Protection Act. Date of text: 25-09-2002
(National) - Law for Preservation of the Agricultural Lands Date of text: 24-04-1996
(National) - Law on plant protection. Date of text: 25-07-2014
(National) - National Action Programme for Sustainable Land Management and Combating Desertification Date of text: 01-06-2014
(National) - Regulation No. 26 for Reclamation of Damaged Terrains, Improvement of Low Productive Soils, Removal and Utilization of the Humus Layer Date of text: 22-10-1996
(National) - Soil Act Date of text: 06-11-2007
(National) - Liability for Prevention and Remedying of Environmental Damage Act Date of text: 29-04-2008
(National)
Burkina Faso
- Loi n°006-2013/AN portant Code de l’Environnement du Burkina Faso. Date of text: 02-04-2013
(National)
Burundi
- Décret du 26 novembre 1958 sur la conservation et utilisation des sols. Date of text: 26-11-1958
(National) - Décret nş 100/086 portant réorganisation du ministčre de l'aménagement du territoire et de l'environnement. Date of text: 09-10-1998
(National) - Plan d’Action National d’Adaptation aux Changements Climatiques « PANA » Date of text: 01-01-2007
(National) - Programme d'Action National de Lutte Contre la Dégradation des Terres. Date of text: 01-01-2005
(National)
Cabo Verde
- Decree Law establishing the legal regime of the management of protected areas Date of text: 24-02-2003
(National) - Decree regulating the National Park Serra Malagueta. Date of text: 31-12-2007
(National) - Decree regulating the Natural Park of Monte Gordo. Date of text: 03-09-2007
(National) - Decree-Law No. 40/2003 ruling on the Natural Park “Santa Luzia”. Date of text: 20-10-2003
(National) - Decree-Law No. 44/2006 amending Decree-Law No. 3/2003 on Protected areas management. Date of text: 28-08-2006
(National) - Resolution No. 20/2010 approving the Management Plan of the Fogo Natural Park, within the island of Fogo. Date of text: 19-04-2010
(National) - Law No. 86/IV/93 establishing the Environmental Policy. Date of text: 26-06-1993
(National) - Legislative Decree No. 14/97 regulating specific situations provided for the Basic Legislation on the Environmental Policy. Date of text: 01-07-1997
(National) - Decree-Law No. 27/2020 approving the Legal Framework for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Date of text: 19-03-2020
(National) - Decree-Law No. 69/97 prohibiting sand extraction from beaches, dunes and inland waters. Date of text: 03-11-1997
(National) - Law No. 48/V/98 regulating forestry activity. Date of text: 06-04-1998
(National) - Resolution no. 14/2005 ruling on the Environmental Action Plan from 2004 to 2014. Date of text: 25-04-2005
(National)
Cambodia
- Sub-Decree No. 05/ANK/BK/2000 on Forest Concessions Management. Date of text: 07-02-2000
(National) - Agricultural extension policy in Cambodia. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - National Environment Strategy and Action Plan (NESAP) 2016-2023. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National)
Cameroon
- Loi nş 96-12 portant loi-cadre relative ŕ la gestion de l'environnement. Date of text: 05-08-1996
(National) - Stratégie Nationale de Gestion Durable des Eaux et des Sols dans l’Espace Agro-Sylvo-Pastoral Au Cameroun 2007. Date of text: 01-01-2007
(National)
Canada
- Soil Conservation Notice Regulation (Alta Reg. 272/98) Date of text: 01/01/1998
(Alberta) - Code of practice for exploration operations. Date of text: 01-01-2005
(Alberta) - Environmental Management Act ([SBC 2003] Chapter 53). Date of text: 23-10-2003
(British Columbia) - Environmental Protection and Management Regulation (B.C. Reg. 200/2010). Date of text: 25-06-2010
(British Columbia) - Private Managed Forest Land Council Regulation, 2007 (B.C. Reg. 182/2007). Date of text: 20-06-2007
(British Columbia) - Mining Act (S.N.B. 1985, c. M-14.1). Date of text: 27-06-1985
(New Brunswick) - Act respecting the preservation of agricultural land and agricultural activities (R.S.Q., c. P-41.1). Date of text: 01-01-1978
(Québec) - Preservation of Agricultural Land and Agricultural Activities Regulation (c. P-41.1, r. 1). Date of text: 01-01-1984
(Québec) - Regulation respecting contaminated soil storage and contaminated soil transfer stations (R.Q. c. Q-2, r.46). Date of text: 01-01-1997
(Québec) - Conservation Easements Act (S.S. 1996, c. C-27.01). Date of text: 01-01-1996
(Saskatchewan) - Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. P-17). Date of text: 01-01-1985
(National) - Northern Pipeline Socio-Economic and Environmental Terms and Conditions for Northern British Columbia (SI/81-22). Date of text: 01-01-1981
(National) - Northern Pipeline Socio-Economic and Environmental Terms and Conditions for the Province of Alberta (SI/80-127). Date of text: 01-01-1980
(National) - Northern Pipeline Socio-Economic and Environmental Terms and Conditions for the Province of Saskatchewan (SI/81-23). Date of text: 01-01-1981
(National) - The Endangered Species and Ecosystems Act (C.C.S.M. c. E111) Date of text: 15-03-1990
(Manitoba) - General Regulation - Topsoil Preservation Act (N.B. Reg. 95-66). Date of text: 01-05-1995
(New Brunswick) - Topsoil Preservation Act (R.S.N.B. 2011, c. 230). Date of text: 13-05-2011
(New Brunswick) - Regulation respecting the burial of contaminated soils (c. Q-2, r. 18). Date of text: 01-01-2001
(Québec) - Ontario Regulation 406/19 On-Site and Excess Soil Management. Date of text: 12-06-2020
(Ontario) - Environment Quality Act (R.S.Q., c. Q-2).
Date of text: 01-01-1972
(Québec) - Land Protection and Rehabilitation Regulation (c. Q-2, r.37). Date of text: 01-01-2003
(Québec) - Land Rehabilitation Act (C.C.S.M. c. L50). Date of text: 01-01-1996
(Manitoba)
Chile
- Decreto Nş 82 - Reglamento de suelos, aguas y humedales. Date of text: 20/07/2010
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 656 y Decreto con fuerza de Ley Nş 265 - Texto definitivo de la Ley de Bosques. Date of text: 31-05-2002
(National) - Decreto Nş 19 - Aprueba Política Nacional de Desarrollo Rural Date of text: 20-02-2020
(National) - Decreto Nş 51 – Fija Reglamento de la Ley Nş 20.412 que establece un sistema de incentivos para la sustentabilidad agroambiental de los suelos agropecuarios. Date of text: 24-10-2011
(National) - Decreto Nş 52 - Modifica el Decreto Nş 193, Reglamento General del Decreto Nş 701 de 1974, sobre fomento forestal. Date of text: 07-02-2001
(National) - Ley Nş 19.561 - Modifica el Decreto Ley Nş 701 sobre fomento forestal. Date of text: 09-04-1998
(National) - Resolución Nş 3.266 - Operatoria para la aplicación del Decreto Nş 24 de 1997, Reglamento de ejecución del Plan para la recuperación de la productividad de suelos. Date of text: 28-10-1997
(National) - Decreto Nş 83 - Reglamenta el Decreto Nş 235 de 1999, que establece sistema de incentivos para la recuperación de suelos degradados. Date of text: 05/12/2005
(National) - Decreto Nş 154 - Norma técnica NCh2297/1.Of98: Calidad del suelo. Date of text: 01-08-2000
(National) - Decreto Nş 3 - Reglamento para el manejo de lodos provenientes de plantas de tratamiento de efluentes de la industria procesadora de frutas y hortalizas. Date of text: 08-02-2012
(National) - Decreto Nş 466 - Modifica el Decreto Nş 24, Reglamento de ejecución del Plan para la recuperación de la productividad de suelos. Date of text: 19-12-1997
(National)
China
- Administrative Measures for collection and use of compensation fees for water and soil conservation. Date of text: 29-01-2014
(National) - Grassland Law of the People's Republic of China 2002 (Order of the President No.82). Date of text: 18-06-1985
(National) - Provisions on the protection of the geological environment of mines. Date of text: 03-02-2009
(National) - Regulations of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone on Conservation of Water and Soil. Date of text: 26-02-1997
(National) - The Decree No. 120 of the State Council promulgating the Implementing Regulations of the Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China. Date of text: 01-08-1993
(National) - Water and Soil Conservation Regulation of Fujian Province. Date of text: 22-05-2014
(Fujian) - Measures of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for the implementation of the Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People's Republic of China. Date of text: 02-04-1994
(Guangxi) - Water and Soil Conservation Regulation of Guizhou Province of the People’s Republic of China. Date of text: 29-11-2012
(Guizhou) - Water and Soil Conservation Regulation of Liaoning Province. Date of text: 26-09-2014
(Liaoning) - Measures of Tianjin Municipality for implementing the Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China. Date of text: 18-01-1995
(Tianjin) - Measures of the Tibet autonomous region for implementing the Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China. Date of text: 29-03-1997
(Tibet) - Measures of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for implementation of the Soil and Water Conservation Law. Date of text: 27-09-1994
(Xinjiang) - Water and Soil Conservation Regulation of Zhejiang Province. Date of text: 26-09-2014
(Zhejiang) - Soil Pollution and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Fund Revenues and Expenditures, Safekeeping, and Utilization Regulations. Date of text: 11-06-2001
(Taiwan) - Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China. Date of text: 31/08/2018
(National) - Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China. Date of text: 29-06-1991
(National)
Colombia
- Decreto Nş 1.180 - Reglamenta parcialmente la Ley Nş 99, en lo relativo a las licencias ambientales. Date of text: 10/05/2003
(National) - Constitucion Politica de Colombia (1991) Date of text: 04/07/1991
(National) - Decreto Nş 1.449 - Reglamenta parcialmente la Ley Nş 135 de 1961, en lo relativo a la conservación de los recursos naturales renovables por parte de los propietarios de predios rurales. Date of text: 27/06/1977
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 2811 - Aprueba el Código nacional de recursos naturales renovables y de protección del medio ambiente. Texto consolidado. Date of text: 18/12/1974
(National) - Decreto Nş 1.383 - Medidas para la defensa y aprovechamiento de bosques. Date of text: 17-07-1940
(National) - Decreto Nş 1076 - Decreto Único Reglamentario del Sector Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible. Date of text: 26-05-2015
(National) - Decreto Nş 284 - Aprovechamiento de productos forestales en montes públicos. Date of text: 31-01-1946
(National) - Decreto Nş 321 - Asignación integral de asistencia e incentivos directos para apoyar subproyectos productivos sostenibles. Date of text: 28-02-2002
(National) - Ley Nş 2 - Economía forestal y conservación de recursos naturales renovables. Date of text: 16-12-1959
(National) - Ley Nş 388 - Ley de Ordenamiento Territorial que modifica las Normas sobre planes de desarrollo municipal, compraventa y expropiación de bienes. Date of text: 17-07-1997
(National) - Política para la gestión sostenible del suelo. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National) - Ley Nş 99 - Crea el Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, reordena el Sector Público encargado de la gestión y conservación del medio ambiente y los recursos naturales renovables, organiza el Sistema Nacional Ambiental (SINA). Texto consolidado. Date of text: 22-12-1993
(National)
Comoros
- Décret nş 06-019 PR du 21 février 2006 relatif ŕ l’exploitation des carričres. Date of text: 21-02-2006
(National) - Loi n°95-007 du 19 juin 1995 portant modification de certaines dispositions de la loi n°94-018/AF du 22 juin 1994 relative ŕ l’Environnement. Date of text: 19-06-1995
(National) - Loi-cadre nş 94-018 relative ŕ l'environnement. Date of text: 22-06-1994
(National) - Plan d’Action National pour la Lutte Contre la Désertification aux Comores PAN/LCD. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National)
Congo
- Loi nş 003/91 sur la protection de l'environnement. Date of text: 23-04-1991
(National) - Programme d’Action National de Lutte Contre la Désertification. Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National)
Costa Rica
- Decreto Nş 29.375/MAG/MINAE/S/MOPT - Reglamento a la Ley sobre uso, manejo y conservación de suelos. Date of text: 08/12/1999
(National) - Constitución Política de la República de Costa Rica. Date of text: 07/11/1949
(National) - Decreto Nş 33.959/MINAE - Manual de instrumentos técnicos para el proceso de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental (Manual de EIA) - Parte V, para los movimientos de tierras. Date of text: 14-08-2007
(National) - Decreto Nş 35216-MINAET-MAG ? Programa de Acción Nacional de Lucha contra la Degradación de la Tierra en Costa Rica. Date of text: 11-03-2009
(National) - Ley Nş 1540 - Ley de conservación de los recursos naturales renovables. Date of text: 07-03-1953
(National) - Ley Nş 7554 - Ley Orgánica del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 04-10-1995
(National) - Ley Nş 7575 - Ley Forestal. Date of text: 13-02-1996
(National) - Ley Nş 7779 - Ley sobre uso, manejo y conservación de suelos. Date of text: 30-04-1998
(National) - Ley Nş 7788 - Ley de biodiversidad. Date of text: 23-04-1998
(National)
Croatia
- Environmental Protection Act Date of text: 21-06-2013
(National) - Nature Protection Act Date of text: 21-06-2013
(National) - Strategy on the spatial development of the Republic of Croatia. Date of text: 13-10-2017
(National) - Ordinance on the Method of Monitoring of Degradation of the Forest Ecosystems (Official Gazette 76/2013). Date of text: 12-06-2013
(National) - Ordinance on the Protection of Agricultural Land against Pollution (Official Gazette 9/2014). Date of text: 17-06-2019
(National) - Regulation on the methodology for monitoring the state of agricultural land. Date of text: 15-09-2019
(National)
Cuba
- DECRETO-LEY No. 50 SOBRE LA CONSERVACIÓN, MEJORAMIENTO Y MANEJO SOSTENIBLE DE LOS SUELOS Y EL USO DE LOS FERTILIZANTES Date of text: 22/01/2022
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 201 - Sistema Nacional de Areas Protegidas. Date of text: 23-12-1999
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 212 - Gestión de la zona costera. Date of text: 08-08-2000
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 300 - Entrega de tierras estatales ociosas en usufructo. Date of text: 20-09-2012
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 358 - Ley sobre la entrega de tierras estatales ociosas en usufructo. Date of text: 09-04-2018
(National) - Decreto Nş 179 - Protección, uso y conservación de los suelos y sus contravenciones. Date of text: 02-02-1993
(National) - Decreto Nş 350/2018 - Establece el Regulamento del Decreto Ley Nş 358 sobre la entrega de tierras estatales ociosas en usufructo. Date of text: 29-07-2018
(National) - Ley Nş 76 - Ley de Minas. Date of text: 21-12-1994
(National) - Ley Nş 81 - Ley del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 11-07-1997
(National) - Ley Nş 85 - Ley Forestal. Date of text: 21-06-1998
(National) - Resolución Conjunta Nş 1/12 - Procedimiento para la construcción, reconstrucción, remodelación y legalización de las bienhechurías en tierras entregadas en usufructo. Date of text: 19-10-2012
(National) - Resolución Nş 74/14 - Procedimiento para la Localización de Inversiones. Date of text: 10-10-2014
(National) - Resolución Nş 99/02 - Normas de funcionamiento del Fondo Nacional del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 26-09-2002
(National) - Programa Nacional sobre la Diversidad Biológica 2016-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National) - Resolución Nş 810/00 - Protección del medio ambiente en la construcción. Date of text: 02-08-2000
(National) - Resolución Nş 223/14 - Reglamento del control administrativo de fuentes contaminantes generadoras de residuales líquidos y sólidos. Date of text: 30-10-2014
(National)
Cyprus
- Forest Law Date of text: 01-01-1967
(National) - Nature and Wildlife Protection and Management Law Date of text: 03-10-2003
(National) - Town and Country Planning Law Date of text: 08-12-1972
(National)
Czechia
- Act Concerning the Protection of Agricultural Soil Date of text: 12-05-1992
(National) - Nature Protection Act Date of text: 19-02-1992
(National)
Côte d'Ivoire
- Loi n° 2015-537 du 20 juillet 2015 d'orientation agricole de Côte d'Ivoire. Date of text: 20-07-2015
(National) - Loi-cadre nş 96-766 portant Code de l'environnement. Date of text: 03-10-1996
(National) - Plan National de Developpement (PND) 2016-2020 Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National) - Programme National d’Investissement Agricole de deuxičme génération (PNIA II, 2017-2025). Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National) - Loi nş 98-750 relative au domaine foncier rural. Date of text: 23-12-1998
(National)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Decree No. 290 on Agricultural Law. Date of text: 18-12-1998
(National)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Décret du 26 novembre 1958 portant Conservation et utilisation . Date of text: 26-11-1958
(National) - Loi n° 11-009 du 09 juillet 2009 portant Principes Fondamentaux relatifs ŕ la Protection de l’Environnement. Date of text: 09-07-2011
(National) - Loi n° 11/022 du 24 décembre 2011 portant principes fondamentaux relatifs a l’agriculture. Date of text: 24-12-2011
(National)
Denmark
- Act on Management of Agricultural Land Date of text: 09-06-2004
(National) - Act on animal husbandry and use of manure and related matters (No. 338 of 2019). Date of text: 01-05-2019
(National) - Law on Watercourses Date of text: 19-05-1992
(National) - Nature Protection Act Date of text: 03-01-1992
(National) - Order No. 1459 on ban of field burning of straw. Date of text: 07-12-2015
(National) - Ochre Act (No. 934 of 2009). Date of text: 01-01-2009
(Jutland) - Executive Order on the use of waste for agricultural purposes. Date of text: 27-06-2018
(National) - Act on Soil Contamination Date of text: 04-12-2009
(National)
Djibouti
- Stratégie et Plan d’Action pour la mise en śuvre de la Grande Muraille Verte ŕ Djibouti (SGMVD), 2011. Date of text: 01-01-2011
(National)
Dominican Republic
- Ley Nş 1/12 - Establece la Estrategia Nacional de Desarrollo 2030. Date of text: 26-01-2012
(National) - Norma NA-RS-001-03 para la gestión ambiental de residuos sólidos no peligrosos. Date of text: 01/01/2003
(National) - Ley Nş 176-07 - Ley del Distrito Nacional y los Municipios. Date of text: 17-07-2007
(National) - Ley Nş 6 - Crea el Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidráulicos (INDRHI). Date of text: 09-09-1965
(National) - Ley Nş 64/00 - General sobre Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. Date of text: 18-08-2000
(National) - Ley Nş 208 - Crea el Instituto Geográfico Nacional José Joaquín Hungría Morell. Date of text: 03/06/2014
(National)
Ecuador
- Acuerdo Nş 45 - Normas de la Autoridad Ambiental Nacional de Desertificación, Degradación de Tierras y Sequía. Date of text: 01-04-2014
(National) - Constitution of Ecuador. Date of text: 28-09-2008
(National) - Decreto Nş 3.399 - Expide el Texto Unificado de la Legislación Secundaria del Ministerio del Ambiente. Date of text: 28-11-2002
(National) - Acuerdo Nş 155 - Normas Técnicas Ambientales para la prevención y control de la contaminación ambiental para los sectores eléctrico, telecomunicaciones y transporte. Date of text: 12-12-2006
(National) - Decreto Nş 3.609 - Reglamento general de la Ley de Desarrollo Agrario (Libro I, Título I del Texto Unificado de la Legislación Secundaria del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería). Date of text: 20-03-2003
(National) - Acuerdo Nş 97/A - Norma de calidad ambiental del recurso suelo y criterios de remediación para suelos contaminados (Anexo 2, Libro VI de la Calidad Ambiental, del Texto Unificado de la Legislación Secundaria del Ministerio del Ambiente). Date of text: 30-07-2015
(National) - Resolución Nş 169 - NTE INEN 2642 sobre el método de ensayo para determinar la biodegradación anaeróbica en el suelo de los materiales plásticos o de materiales plásticos residuales después de compostaje. Date of text: 24-07-2012
(National)
Egypt
- Decree No. 338 of 1995 issuing the Implementing Regulation of Environment Law No. 4 of 1994. Date of text: 18-02-1995
(National) - Resolution No. 486 of 2007 defining requirements and rules for the estimation of the leasing value of the agricultural mud. Date of text: 31-07-2007
(National) - Sustainable Agricultural Development Strategy towards 2030. Date of text: 01-01-2009
(National) - Ministerial Resolution No. 918 of 1996 defining all sectors involved in agricultural activity. Date of text: 11-08-1996
(National)
El Salvador
- Decreto Legislativo Nş 233 - Ley del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 24-04-1998
(National) - Decreto Legislativo Nş 732 - Ley de desarrollo y ordenamiento territorial del área metropolitana de San Salvador y de los municipios aledańos. Date of text: 08-12-1993
(National) - Plan Nacional de Cambio Climático de El Salvador. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - Plan Nacional de Cambio Climático y Gestión de Riesgos Agroclimáticos para el Sector Agropecuario, Forestal, Pesquero y Acuícola. Date of text: 01-03-2017
(National)
Equatorial Guinea
- Ley reguladora del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 27-11-2003
(National)
Estonia
- Earth’s Crust Act Date of text: 27-10-2016
(National) - Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management System Act Date of text: 22-02-2005
(National) - Environmental Liability Act Date of text: 14-11-2007
(National) - Nature Conservation Act Date of text: 21-04-2004
(National) - Planning Act Date of text: 28-01-2015
(National) - Estonian Environmental Strategy 2030 Date of text: 14-02-2007
(National) - National Strategy on Sustainable Development Date of text: 14-09-2005
(National) - Building Code. Date of text: 11/02/2015
(National) - Regulation No. 256 of 2003 of Estonian Government on Procedure for Compiling Land Quality and Assessment Map. Date of text: 09-10-2003
(National)
Eswatini
- Natural Resources Act 1951 (No. 71 of 1951). Date of text: 07/12/1951
(National)
Ethiopia
- Afar National Regional State Rural Lands Administration and Use Proclamation No. 49/2009. Date of text: 03-06-2011
(Afar) - Rural Land Administration and Use System Implementation, Council of Regional Government Regulation No. 51/2007. Date of text: 11-05-2007
(Amhara) - Benishangul Gumz Regional State Rural Land Administration and Use Proclamation No. 85/2010. Date of text: 01-02-2010
(Benishangul-Gumuz) - Oromia Rural Land Use and Administration Proclamation (No. 130 /2007). Date of text: 01-01-2007
(Oromia) - Rural Land Administration and Use Regulation (No. 66/2007). Date of text: 24-12-2007
(Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region) - Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional state Rural Land Administration and Utilization Proclamation (No. 110/2007). Date of text: 01-01-2007
(Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region) - Afar National Regional State Rural Land Use and Administration Policy. Date of text: 01-06-2008
(Afar) - Oromiya Regional National State Rural Land Administration and Use Regulation (No.151/2012). Date of text: 07-12-2012
(Oromia) - Environmental Policy of Ethiopia. Date of text: 02-04-1997
(National)
European Union
- Environmental Impact Assessment Directive Date of text: 13-12-2011
(National) - Habitat Directive Date of text: 21-05-1992
(National) - Regulation (EU) No. 1293/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 614/2007. Date of text: 11-12-2013
(National) - Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive Date of text: 27-06-2001
(National) - Decision No. 1386/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’. Date of text: 20-11-2013
(National) - Annexes to the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) Date of text: 05/07/2023
(Europe) - LULUCF Decision Date of text: 21-05-2013
(National) - Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) Date of text: 05/07/2023
(Europe)
Fiji
- Rural Land Use Policy for Fiji. Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National)
Finland
- Environmental Protection Act Date of text: 27-06-2014
(National) - Land Extraction Act. Date of text: 24-07-1981
(National) - Nature Conservation Act Date of text: 20-12-1996
(National) - Temporary law on financing sustainable forestry (No. 34 of 2015). Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - Act on Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure Date of text: 05-05-2017
(National) - National Forest Strategy 2025 Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National)
France
- Code Forestier partie législative (nouveau). Date of text: 26-01-2012
(National) - Code de l’environnement (Partie législative). Date of text: 18-11-2000
(National) - Code rural et de la pęche maritime (Partie législative). Date of text: 01-01-1979
(National) - Décret n° 2005-117 relatif ŕ la prévention de l'érosion et modifiant le code rural. Date of text: 07-02-2005
(National)
Gabon
- Loi n° 007/2014 du 01 aoűt 2014 relative ŕ la protection de l'environnement en République gabonaise. Date of text: 01/08/2014
(National) - Loi n°023/2008 du 10 décembre 2008 portant politique de développement agricole durable. Date of text: 10-12-2008
(National) - Loi n°14/63 fixant la composition du domaine de l’Etat et les rčgles qui en déterminent les modes de gestion et d’aliénation Date of text: 08-05-1963
(National) - Loi n°16/2001 du 31 décembre 2001 portant Code forestier Date of text: 31-12-2001
(National)
Gambia
- Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides Control and Management Act (No. 12 of 1994). Date of text: 24-05-1994
(National)
Georgia
- Law of Georgia on Soil Protection (No. 490–IIS of 1994) Date of text: 12/05/1994
(National) - Law of Georgia on Soil Conservation and Restoration-Improvement of Soil Fertility (No. 2260-IIS of 2003) Date of text: 08-05-2003
(National) - Order No 297/N of 2001 of Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia on Environmental Quality Requirements Date of text: 16-08-2001
(National) - Resolution No 415 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Charter for Determining Level of Fertility of Soil and Charter for Soil Conservation and Fertility Monitoring Date of text: 31-12-2013
(National) - Resolution No 54 of 2014 of Georgian Government on Methodology for Determining (Calculating) Damage to Environment Date of text: 14-01-2014
(National) - Rural Development Strategy of Georgia 2017-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National) - Second National Action Programme to Combat Desertification Date of text: 29-12-2014
(National) - Resolution No. 424 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Removing Fertile Layer of Soil, Storing, Using and Re-cultivating Date of text: 31-12-2013
(National)
Germany
- Agricultural Soil Evaluation Act. Date of text: 20-12-2007
(National) - Environmental Liability Act Date of text: 10-12-1990
(National) - Federal Nature Conservation Act Date of text: 29-07-2009
(National) - Federal Soil Protection Act Date of text: 17-03-1998
(National) - Plant Protection Act Date of text: 06-02-2012
(National) - Spatial Planning Act Date of text: 22-12-2008
(National) - Federal Mining Act. Date of text: 13-08-1980
(National)
Ghana
- Forestry Development Master Plan 2016 – 2036. Date of text: 01-09-2016
(National) - Land Planning and Soil Conservation Act. Date of text: 11-08-1953
(National) - National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Date of text: 01-11-2016
(National) - Ghana – Vision 2020. Date of text: 06-01-1995
(National) - National Action Programme to Combat Drought and Desertification. Date of text: 01-04-2002
(National)
Greece
- Law No. 4014 on the environmental licensing of works and activities, regulation of illegal constructions in connection with environmental stability and other provisions falling under the competence of the Ministry of Environment. Date of text: 20-09-2011
(National) - Law for the Protection of the Environment Date of text: 01-01-1986
(National) - Law on Conservation of Biodiversity Date of text: 29-03-2011
(National) - Law on the Protection and Management of Water Resources Date of text: 09-12-2003
(National) - Ministerial Joint Decree No. 107017 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment in compliance with Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Date of text: 28-08-2006
(National) - Joint Ministerial Decision on Criteria for Agricultural Land Quality. Date of text: 07/09/2010
(National) - Law No. 2508 On Sustainable Urban Planning. Date of text: 13/06/1997
(National) - Ministerial Decision No. 80568/4225/91 on Methods, Conditions and Restrictions for the use in agriculture of sludge from domestic and municipal waste water treatment. Date of text: 22-03-1991
(National)
Grenada
- Forest, Soil and Water Conservation Act (Cap. 116). Date of text: 01-01-1984
(National) - Land and Marine Management Strategy for Grenada. Date of text: 01-10-2011
(National) - National Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique 2017 – 2021. Date of text: 01-10-2017
(National) - Aligned National Action Programme for Grenada’s Commitment under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and Drought Date of text: 01-05-2015
(National)
Guam
- Soil Water Conservation Programs - Article 5 of Chapter 63 of Title 5 CGA “Fish, Game, Forestry Conservation”. Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National)
Guatemala
- Constitución Política de la República de Guatemala. Date of text: 31-05-1985
(National) - Decreto Nş 101/96 - Ley Forestal. Date of text: 02-12-1996
(National) - Decreto Nş 2-2015: Ley de fomento al establecimiento, recuperación, restauración, manejo, producción y protección de bosques en Guatemala – PROBOSQUE. Date of text: 24-09-2015
(National) - Decreto Nş 4/89 - Ley de áreas protegidas. Date of text: 07-02-1989
(National) - Decreto Nş 51-2010: Ley de Incentivos Forestales para Poseedores de Pequeńas Extensiones de Tierra de Vocación Forestal o Agroforestal. Date of text: 13-02-2010
(National) - Decreto Nş 68/86 - Ley de protección y mejoramiento del medio ambiente. Date of text: 05-12-1986
(National) - Pacto Ambiental en Guatemala 2016-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National) - Plan Nacional de Desarrollo K’atun: nuestra Guatemala 2032. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - Política Agropecuaria (2016 - 2020). Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National) - Acuerdo Nş 236/06 - Reglamento de las descargas y reusos de aguas residuales y de la disposición de lodos. Date of text: 05-05-2006
(National) - Programa nacional de lucha contra la degradación de tierras, la desertificación y la sequía. Date of text: 01-01-2001
(National)
Guinea
- Programme d’Action National de Lutte Contre la Désertification (PAN/LCD) Juin 2006. Date of text: 01/01/2006
(National) - Plan d’Action National d’Adaptation aux Changements Climatiques (PANA) Date of text: 01-01-2008
(National)
Guyana
- Revised National Forest Policy Statement 2018. Date of text: 01-01-2018
(National) - Guyana National Forest Plan. Date of text: 01-01-2011
(National) - National Strategy for Agriculture in Guyana 2013-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National)
Haiti
- Décret du 20 novembre 1972 créant une Commission nationale dénommée: "Commission Nationale d'Aménagement du Territoire" (CONAT). Date of text: 20-11-1972
(National) - Loi décrétant "Zone sous protection" le bassin hydrographique Morne l'Hôpital. Date of text: 27-08-1963
(National) - Décret-loi du 29 septembre 1944 coordonnant les activités relatives ŕ la réalisation d'un programme de reboisement, de conservation de sol, d'irrigation et de drainage de nos plaines et nos montagnes et créant le Service des Eaux et Foręts. Date of text: 29-09-1944
(National) - Loi du 19 septembre 1958 protégeant le sol contre l'érosion, déterminant l'étendue des zones et réglementant l'exploitation forestičre en Haiti. Date of text: 19-09-1958
(National)
Honduras
- Acuerdo Nş 21-2015 ? Reglamento Especial para la Implementación de Mecanismos de Compensación por Bienes y Servicios Ecosistémicos. Date of text: 10-03-2016
(National) - Acuerdo Nş 94/97 - Reglamento general de salud ambiental. Date of text: 11-06-1997
(National) - Constitución Política de Honduras. Date of text: 11-01-1982
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 170/74 - Ley de Reforma Agraria. Date of text: 30-12-1974
(National) - Decreto Nş 104/93 - Ley General del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 08-06-1993
(National) - Decreto Nş 180/03 - Ley de ordenamiento territorial. Date of text: 28-11-2003
(National) - Decreto Nş 31/92 - Ley para la modernización y el desarrollo del sector agrícola. Date of text: 19-03-1992
(National) - Decreto Nş 98-2007 ? Ley Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre. Date of text: 26-02-2008
(National) - Programa Nacional Forestal (PRONAFOR). Date of text: 01-09-2004
(National) - Plan de Acción Nacional de Lucha Contra la Desertificación y Sequía (PAN-LCD) 2014-2022. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National)
Hungary
- Act No. CXXIX of 2007 on the protection of arable land. Date of text: 30-11-2007
(National) - Act No. LIII of 1995 on the General Rules of Environmental Protection. Date of text: 22-06-1995
(National) - Act No. LV of 1994 on Cultivated Soil. Date of text: 27-06-1994
(National) - Decree No. 2 of 2005 (I. 11.) Korm. of the Government on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment. Date of text: 11-01-2005
(National) - Decree No. 219 of 2004 (VII. 21.) Korm. of the Government on the protection of underground waters. Date of text: 21-07-2004
(National) - Decree No. 6/2009. (IV. 14.) on Protection of Geological Medium and Groundwater against Pollution. Date of text: 01-01-2009
(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) - Governmental Decree No. 314/2005 (XII.25.) regarding the procedures of environmental impact assessment and the single procedure of authorization of utilization of the environment. Date of text: 25-12-2005
(National)
Iceland
- Sanitary and Environmental Pollution Control Act. Date of text: 12-03-1998
(National)
India
- Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (No. 29 of 1986). Date of text: 23-05-1986
(National) - Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000. Date of text: 25-09-2000
(National) - Kerala Land Development Act, 1964 (Act No. 17 of 1964). Date of text: 20-06-1964
(Kerala)
Indonesia
- Government Regulation of the R.I. No. 150 of 2000 on the Control of Soil Damage in Biomass Production. Date of text: 23-12-2000
(National) - Law No. 37 of the Republic of Indonesia No. 37 of 2014 concerning Soil and Water Conservation. Date of text: 17-10-2014
(National) - Law on environmental protection and management, 2009 Date of text: 03-10-2009
(National) - Presidential Regulation of the R.I. No. 1 of 2016 Concerning the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG). Date of text: 06-01-2016
(National) - Regulation of the Head of the Peatland Restoration Agency No. P.1/BRG-KB/2017 on Technical Guidelines for Government Assistance to Local Government or Community Management of the Peatland Restoration Agency. Date of text: 09-03-2017
(National)
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Amendment of the Regulation on Preparation and Combating the Harmful Effects of the Phenomenon of Dust in the Country. Date of text: 29-04-2012
(National) - Law on Protection and Exploitation of Forests and Meadows. Date of text: 16-08-1967
(National) - Regulation on Combating Dust. Date of text: 16-07-2016
(National) - Environmental Protection Law. Date of text: 02-06-1974
(National) - Sixth Social, Economic and Cultural Development Plan 2017-2021 Date of text: 04-03-2017
(National)
Iraq
- Law No.8 of 2008 Environmental Protection and Improvement in Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Date of text: 24-07-2008
(Kurdistan Region)
Ireland
- Birds and Habitats Regulations 2011 Date of text: 21-09-2011
(National) - Coastal Protection Act, 1963 Date of text: 20-05-1963
(National) - Environmental Impact Assessment Date of text: 08-09-2011
(National) - Environmental Protection Agency Act Date of text: 23-04-1992
(National) - Forestry Act Date of text: 26-10-2014
(National) - Food Wise 2025 Strategy Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 605 of 2017). Date of text: 20-12-2017
(National)
Italy
- Consolidation Act on forests and forestry sectors Date of text: 03-04-2018
(National) - Environmental Code Date of text: 03-04-2006
(National) - National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change Date of text: 16-06-2015
(National) - Decree on Sewage Sludge Date of text: 27-01-1992
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 185 laying down technical standards on wastewater recycling in compliance with article 26, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree No. 152 of 11 May 1999. Date of text: 12-06-2003
(National) - Decree on Landfills Date of text: 13-01-2003
(National) - Ministerial Decree concerning the criteria and general technical standards for the regional regulation of the agronomic use of livestock manure and waste water, and for the production and use of agronomy of digestate. Date of text: 25-02-2016
(National)
Jamaica
- Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act, 1991. Date of text: 05/07/1991
(National) - Agricultural Small Holdings Regulations. Date of text: 01-01-1946
(National) - Land Valuation Act. Date of text: 18-01-1957
(National) - Wildlife Protection Act. Date of text: 20-09-1945
(National) - Forest Policy for Jamaica 2017. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National) - Forest Policy. Date of text: 01-04-2001
(National) - National Land Policy. Date of text: 01-01-1997
(National) - Operational Plan 2014 – 2015 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Date of text: 18-05-2014
(National) - Land Development and Utilization Act. Date of text: 01-12-1966
(National) - Watershed Protection Act. Date of text: 01-04-1963
(National)
Japan
- Basic Environmental Law (Law No. 91 of 1993). Date of text: 19-10-1993
(National)
Jordan
- Soil Protection Regulation No. 25 of 2005. Date of text: 01-01-2005
(National) - National Strategy for Agricultural Development 2016-2025. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National) - The Aligned National Action Plan (NAP) to Combat Desertification in Jordan 2015-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - Directive No. Z/32 of 2003 defining requirements and conditions for fertilizers and plant growing regulators. Date of text: 01-01-2003
(National) - National Strategy and Action Plan to Combat Desertification. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - National Environment Strategy for Jordan - A Resource Book of Information and Guidelines for Action. Date of text: 01-01-1991
(National)
Kazakhstan
- Ministerial Decree No. 993 validating Regulation on soil conservation. Date of text: 29/09/2003
(National) - Order No. 185 of the Ministry of Agriculture validating the Methodology of performance of measures to combat degradation and desertification of pastures, including arid ones. Date of text: 27/04/2017
(National)
Kenya
- Agriculture (Basic Land Usage) Rules (L.N.26/1965). Date of text: 01-01-1965
(National) - Agriculture (Farm Forestry) Rules, 2009 (Cap. 318). Date of text: 27-10-2009
(National) - Agriculture (Sugar Settlement Organization) Rules (Cap. 318). Date of text: 01-01-1968
(National) - Agriculture Act (Cap. 318). Date of text: 01-07-1955
(National) - Forest Policy, 2014. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - National Land Policy (Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2009). Date of text: 01-08-2009
(National) - National Land Use Policy 2017. Date of text: 01-10-2017
(National)
Kiribati
- Kiribati Integrated Environment Policy. Date of text: 01-06-2013
(National)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Land Law (No. 04/NA). Date of text: 21/10/2003
(National) - Basic guiding manual on initial land and forest allocation in Luang Prabang Province for Leading Committee and Technical Staff. Date of text: 01-01-1995
(National) - Forestry Strategy to the Year 2020. Date of text: 01-01-2005
(National) - Strategy on Climate Change of the LAO PDR. Date of text: 01-01-2010
(National)
Latvia
- Land Management Law Date of text: 30-10-2014
(National) - Law on Compensation for Restrictions on Economic Activities in Protected Territories (2013). Date of text: 04-04-2013
(National) - Law on Amelioration Date of text: 14-01-2010
(National)
Lebanon
- Law No.444 of 2002 on environmental protection. Date of text: 29/07/2002
(National) - Law No. 10 creating a protected area in the region of Alyammuna. Date of text: 20-02-1999
(National) - Law No. 11 of 1999 creating a protected area in the region of Bintai'l. Date of text: 20-02-1999
(National) - Law No. 690 of 2005 regulating the Ministry of Environment and defining its tasks and competences. Date of text: 26-08-2005
(National) - Law No. 708 of 1998 creating a natural protected area in the zone of Jeftlik Ras Alain-Tyre. Date of text: 05-11-1998
(National) - Law No. 9 of 1999 creating a protected area in the cedar forest of Tannoorin. Date of text: 20-02-1999
(National) - Resolution No. 27/1 of 1994 creating a centre for afforestation experiments and nurseries for afforestation layers in Shtura-Beqa. Date of text: 15-07-1994
(National) - Resolution No. 62/2T of 2004 establishing a cooperative for organic cultivation in the Province of Albeqa. Date of text: 26-03-2004
(National) - Technical Cooperation Agreement on protected cultivations between Lebanon and the Arab Centre for the Study of Dried and Arid Areas. Date of text: 19-09-2001
(National) - Law on the protection of the environment against pollution from hazardous waste disposal and substances Date of text: 12-08-1988
(National)
Lesotho
- Environment Act 2008 (No. 10 of 2008). Date of text: 01-01-2008
(National) - National Environmental Policy. Date of text: 01-01-1998
(National) - Lesotho Vision 2020 Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National) - National Range Resources Management Policy. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National)
Liberia
- National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan-II 2017-2025. Date of text: 01-03-2017
(National) - National Environmental Policy 2002. Date of text: 26-11-2002
(National) - Environment Protection and Management Law. Date of text: 26-11-2002
(National)
Lithuania
- Environmental Protection Law Date of text: 21-01-1992
(National) - Joint Order No. D1-367/3D-342 of the Minister of Environment and of the Minister Agriculture validating Requirements for Manure and Slurry Management. Date of text: 14-07-2005
(National) - Law No. I-1495 “On environmental impact assessment of planned economic activities.”. Date of text: 15-08-1996
(National) - Law on Forests Date of text: 22-11-1994
(National) - Law on Land Date of text: 26-04-1994
(National) - National Strategy on Sustainable Development Date of text: 16-09-2009
(National) - Governmental Decree No. 1244 validating State Control Regulation on Land Use. Date of text: 12-12-1994
(National) - Law on Environmental Monitoring Date of text: 20-11-1997
(National) - Order No. D1-436 of the Minister of Environment validating General Regulation on municipal environmental monitoring. Date of text: 16-08-2004
(National) - Ruling No. 1128 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania validating the Regulation on monitoring of land resources use. Date of text: 21-10-2005
(National)
Luxembourg
- Law on the Protection of Nature and Natural Resources Date of text: 18-07-2018
(National) - Master Programme for Spatial Planning. Date of text: 27-03-2003
(National)
Madagascar
- Décret n° 2017-757 du 05 septembre 2017 portant engagement national en matičre de neutralité de la dégradation des terres. Date of text: 05-09-2017
(National) - Décret nş 63-057 portant organisation de la direction des eaux et foręts et de la conservation des sols. Date of text: 30-01-1963
(National) - Programme Environnement III. Date of text: 01-01-2001
(National) - Stratégie Nationale pour le Développement de l’Utilisation de l’Engrais ŕ Madagascar (SNE) Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National) - Stratégie nationale sur la restauration des paysages forestiers et des infrastructures vertes ŕ Madagascar, 2017. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National) - Plan d’Action National de la Lutte Contre la Désertification. Date of text: 01-01-1997
(National)
Malawi
- Environment Management Act, 2017 (No. 19 of 2017). Date of text: 30/04/2017
(National) - Food Security Policy. Date of text: 01-08-2006
(National) - Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) III - Building a Productive, Competitive and Resilient Nation. Date of text: 16-08-2017
(National) - National Environmental Policy. Date of text: 01-06-2004
(National) - National Action Programme for Malawi for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Date of text: 01-01-2005
(National)
Malaysia
- Land Conservation Act, 1960 (Act No. 3 of 1960). Date of text: 23-04-1960
(National) - National Environmental Policy 2002. Date of text: 02-10-2002
(National)
Maldives
- Maldives Clean Environment Project Environmental and Social Assessment and Management Framework (ESAMF) and Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) Date of text: 01-11-2016
(National)
Malta
- Strategic Environmental Assessment Regulations Date of text: 01-01-2010
(National) - Strategic Plan for Environment and Development Date of text: 01-07-2015
(National) - Malta's National Action Plan for Sustainable Use of Pesticides Date of text: 01/12/1999
(National)
Marshall Islands
- National Environmental Protection Act, 1984 Date of text: 01-01-1984
(National) - Environmental Impact Assessemnt Regulations, 1994 Date of text: 06-01-1994
(National)
Mauritius
- Environment Protection (Amendment) Act 2008 (No. 6 of 2008). Date of text: 08/05/2008
(National) - Environment Protection (Standards for Effluent for use in Irrigation) Regulations 2003 Date of text: 05/02/2003
(National) - Environment Protection (Standards for effluent discharge) Regulations 2003 (G.N. No. 44 of 2003). Date of text: 05/02/2003
(National) - Environment Protection (Effluent Limitations for the Sugar Industry) Regulations 1997 Date of text: 10/03/1997
(National)
Mexico
- Acuerdo que expide las reglas de operación del Programa de Conservación y Restauración de Ecosistemas Forestales. Date of text: 01-03-2004
(National) - Aprueba el Programa Forestal y de Suelo 1995-2000. Date of text: 27-03-1996
(National) - Ley Agraria, 1992. Date of text: 23-02-1992
(National) - Ley General de Cambio Climático. Date of text: 04-06-2012
(National) - Ley General de Desarrollo Forestal Sustentable. Date of text: 26-04-2018
(National) - Ley General de Vida Silvestre. Date of text: 28-06-2000
(National) - Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente. Date of text: 23-12-1987
(National) - Ley de Desarrollo Rural Sustentable. Date of text: 13-11-2001
(National) - NOM-020-RECNAT-2001: Lineamientos para la rehabilitación y conservación de los terrenos forestales de pastoreo. Date of text: 12-11-2001
(National) - NOM-060-ECOL-1994: Especificaciones para mitigar los efectos adversos ocasionados en los suelos y cuerpos de agua por el aprovechamiento forestal. Date of text: 28-04-1994
(National) - NOM-150-SEMARNAT-2006: Especificaciones técnicas de protección ambiental que deben observarse en las actividades de construcción y evaluación preliminar de pozos geotérmicos para exploración. Date of text: 10-11-2006
(National) - Reforma la Ley Forestal. Date of text: 29-04-1997
(National) - Reglamento de la Ley General de Desarrollo Forestal Sustentable. Date of text: 16-02-2005
(National) - Ley Ambiental del Distrito Federal. Date of text: 01-07-1996
(Distrito Federal) - Ley ambiental de protección a la tierra en el Distrito Federal. Date of text: 31-12-1999
(Distrito Federal) - Ley para la retribución por la protección de los servicios ambientales del suelo de conservación del Distrito Federal. Date of text: 27-04-2006
(Distrito Federal) - Ley de Gestión Ambiental Sustentable para el Estado de Durango. Date of text: 15-06-2010
(Durango) - Decreto Nş 229 - Ley para la protección y preservación del ambiente del Estado de Guanajuato. Date of text: 08-02-2000
(Guanajuato) - Ley de Desarrollo Forestal Sustentable para el Estado de Hidalgo. Date of text: 24-07-2006
(Hidalgo) - Decreto Nş 111 - Ley Ambiental para el Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo. Date of text: 07-02-2013
(Michoacán de Ocampo) - Decreto Nş 223 - Ley para la Conservación y Restauración de Tierras del Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo. Date of text: 30-08-2007
(Michoacán de Ocampo) - Decreto Nş 183 - Código para la Biodiversidad del Estado de México. Date of text: 03-05-2006
(México) - Reglamento del Libro Segundo del Código para la Biodiversidad del Estado de México. Date of text: 09-02-2007
(México) - Ley de desarrollo forestal sustentable para el Estado de Nayarit. Date of text: 17-05-2005
(Nayarit) - Ley de equilibrio ecológico y protección del ambiente del Estado de Quintana Roo. Date of text: 26-06-2001
(Quintana Roo) - Código para el Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Tamaulipas. Date of text: 02-06-2008
(Tamaulipas) - Ley de desarrollo forestal sustentable para el Estado de Tlaxcala. Date of text: 16-08-2004
(Tlaxcala) - Ley de protección al medio ambiente del Estado de Yucatán. Date of text: 25-08-2010
(Yucatán) - Estrategia Nacional De Suelo Para La Agricultura Sostenible Date of text: 28/07/2022
(National) - Programa Estratégico Forestal para México 2025. Date of text: 01-01-2001
(National) - Programa Institucional 2007-2012 de la Comisión Nacional Forestal. Date of text: 01-01-2007
(National) - Decreto por el que se declara Área Natural Protegida, con el carácter de reserva de la biosfera, la región conocida como Sierra deTamaulipas, localizada en los municipios de Aldama, Casas, González, Llera y Soto La Marina, en el Estado de Tamaulipas. Date of text: 05-12-2016
(National) - Modifica la Ley general del equilibrio ecológico y la protección al ambiente. Date of text: 23-12-1987
(National) - Ley para la protección al ambiente natural y el desarrollo sustentable del Estado de Puebla. Date of text: 10-07-2014
(Puebla) - Ley general para la prevención y gestión integral de los residuos. Date of text: 03-10-2003
(National) - Reglamento de la Ley General para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de los Residuos. Date of text: 29-11-2006
(National) - Ley de prevención y gestión integral de residuos para el Estado de Baja California. Date of text: 12-09-2007
(Baja California) - Ley para la prevención y gestión integral de residuos para el Estado de Coahuila de Zaragoza. Date of text: 15-11-2005
(Coahuila de Zaragoza) - Decreto Nş 333 - Ley de residuos sólidos del Estado de Colima. Date of text: 03-04-2006
(Colima) - Ley para la prevención y gestión integral de residuos del Estado de Durango. Date of text: 15-06-2007
(Durango) - Decreto Nş 178 - Ley para la gestión integral de residuos del Estado y los Municipios de Guanajuato. Date of text: 10-05-2005
(Guanajuato) - Ley de Prevención y Gestión Integral de Residuos del Estado de Hidalgo. Date of text: 14-01-2011
(Hidalgo) - Ley de gestión integral de los residuos del Estado de Jalisco. Date of text: 31-01-2007
(Jalisco) - Decreto Nş 225 - Ley para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de Residuos en el Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo. Date of text: 24-08-2010
(Michoacán de Ocampo) - Ley de residuos sólidos para el Estado de Morelos. Date of text: 08-10-2007
(Morelos) - Reglamento del Libro Cuarto del Código para la Biodiversidad del Estado de México. Date of text: 09-02-2007
(México) - Ley del equilibrio ecológico del Estado de Oaxaca. Date of text: 30-07-1998
(Oaxaca) - Ley para la prevención y gestión integral de los residuos sólidos. Date of text: 04-06-2009
(Oaxaca) - Ley para la prevención y gestión integral de los residuos sólidos urbanos y de manejo especial para el Estado de Puebla. Date of text: 11-12-2006
(Puebla) - Ley de Prevención y Gestión Integral de Residuos del Estado de Querétaro. Date of text: 19-02-2004
(Querétaro de Arteaga) - Ley para la prevención y la gestión integral de residuos del Estado de Quintana Roo. Date of text: 13-12-2007
(Quintana Roo) - Reglamento de la Ley para la prevención y la gestión integral de residuos del Estado de Quintana Roo. Date of text: 25-10-2010
(Quintana Roo) - Ley ambiental para el desarrollo sustentable del Estado de Sinaloa. Date of text: 21-03-2013
(Sinaloa) - Ley de prevención y gestión integral de residuos sólidos urbanos y de manejo especial para el Estado de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave. Date of text: 09-06-2004
(Veracruz-Llave)
Mongolia
- Soil Protection and Desertification Prevention Law. Date of text: 17/05/2012
(National) - Law on land. Date of text: 07-07-2002
(National)
Morocco
- Dahir nş 1-69-170 sur la défense et la restauration des sols. Date of text: 25-07-1969
(National) - Le Programme d’Action National de Lutte Contre la Désertification 2001 Date of text: 01-01-2001
(National) - Le Programme d’Action National de Lutte Contre la Désertification au Maroc. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National) - Plan d’Action du Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Foręts et ŕ la Lutte Contre la Désertification. Date of text: 01-12-2007
(National)
Myanmar
- Environmental Conservation Law, 2012 Date of text: 30-03-2012
(National) - Fertilizer Law (No. 7/2002). Date of text: 01-10-2002
(National)
Namibia
- Soil Conservation Act. Date of text: 13-06-1969
(National) - National Policy on Subdivision and Consolidation of Agricultural Land. Date of text: 01-03-2018
(National)
Nauru
- Framework for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction. Date of text: 01/01/2015
(National)
Nepal
- Soil and Watershed Conservation Act 1982. Date of text: 21-11-1982
(National) - Forestry Sector Policy. Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National) - National Agricultural Policy, 2004. Date of text: 01-01-2004
(National) - Priority Framework for Action Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in Agriculture. Date of text: 01-04-2011
(National)
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Act containing provisions concerning general matters of environmental hygiene (Environment Management Act). Date of text: 13-06-1979
(National) - Soil Protection Act Date of text: 03-07-1986
(National) - Decree No. 233 of 1993 containing Rules relative to Infiltration of Surface Water into the Soil. Date of text: 20/04/1993
(National)
New Zealand
- Resource Management Act 1991 (No. 69 of 1991). Date of text: 22-07-1991
(National) - Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Acts 1941 (No. 12 of 1941). Date of text: 29-09-1941
(National)
Nicaragua
- Ley Nş 217 - Ley General del medio ambiente y los recursos naturales. Texto refundido. Date of text: 06-05-1996
(National) - Ley Nş 693 - Ley de soberanía y seguridad alimentaria y nutricional. Texto refundido. Date of text: 18-06-2009
(National) - Ley de Fomento A La Produccion Agroecologica U Organica (2011) Date of text: 21-06-2011
(National) - Política de Seguridad y Soberanía Alimentaria y Nutricional desde el Sector Público Agropecuario y Rural. Date of text: 01-05-2009
(National)
Niger
- Programme d’Action National Pour l’Adaptation aux Changements Climatique Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National)
North Macedonia
- Law on the consolidation of agricultural land. Date of text: 27-12-2013
(National)
Norway
- Decree relative to incentives for alternative treatment of the soil. Date of text: 02-07-1999
(National) - Decree relative to investment incentives for environment enhancement measures (No. 558 of 1998). Date of text: 22-05-1998
(National)
Oman
- Royal Decree No. 114/2001 issuing the Law on Conservation of Environment and Prevention of Pollution. Date of text: 14-11-2001
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 128 of 2010 issuing the Regulations for the Law on fertilizers and soil improvers. Date of text: 17-07-2010
(National)
Pakistan
- Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900 (Punjab Act II of 1900). Date of text: 10-10-1900
(Punjab)
Panama
- Resolución Nş 328 - Se declara Día Nacional de la Conservación de Suelos. Date of text: 07/07/2006
(National) - Constitucion Politica de Panama. Date of text: 11-12-1972
(National) - Ley Nş 1 - Ley Forestal de la República de Panamá. Date of text: 03-02-1994
(National) - Ley Nş 55 - Código Agrario de la República de Panamá. Date of text: 23-05-2011
(National) - Resolución Nş 153 - Guía de buenas prácticas ambientales para la construcción y ensanche de carreteras y la rehabilitación de caminos rurales. Date of text: 23-03-2007
(National) - Resolución Nş 4 - Procedimiento para la tramitación de solicitudes relacionadas con el ordenamiento territorial para el desarrollo urbano. Date of text: 20-01-2009
(National) - Decreto Nş 275 - Normas sanitarias de los rellenos sanitarios de residuos sólidos no peligrosos con capacidad mayor o igual a trescientas toneladas métricas por día. Date of text: 21-07-2004
(National) - Ley Nş 41 - Texto Único de la Ley General de Ambiente. Texto refundido. Date of text: 01-07-1998
(National)
Paraguay
- Constitución de la República de Paraguay. Date of text: 20-06-1992
(National) - Ley Nş 1.561/00 - Crea el Sistema Nacional del Ambiente, el Consejo Nacional del Ambiente y la Secretaría del Ambiente. Date of text: 29-05-2000
(National) - Ley Nş 1.863/02 - Establece el Estatuto Agrario. Date of text: 30-01-2002
(National) - Ley Nş 81/92 - Estructura orgánica y funcional del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería. Date of text: 22-11-1992
(National) - Ley Nş 970/96 – Que aprueba la Convención de las Naciones Unidas de Lucha contra la Desertificación, en los países efectados por la sequía grave o desertificación, en particular en África. Date of text: 07-11-1996
(National) - Resolución Nş 246/15 - Por la cual se establece el Plan de Gestión Ambiental Genérico para Planes de Manejo Forestal, Forestación y Reforestaciones en el marco de la Ley Nş 294/93 de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental. Date of text: 24-06-2015
(National) - Resolución Nş 996/00 - Crea la Unidad de Gestión de los Recursos Naturales Renovables. Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National) - Decreto Nş 18.831/86 - Normas de protección del medio ambiente. Date of text: 16-12-1986
(National) - Ley Nş 542/93 - Ley de los recursos forestales. Date of text: 23-03-1995
(National)
Peru
- Constitución Política del Perú. Date of text: 29-12-1993
(National) - Decreto Legislativo Nş 653 - Ley de promoción de las inversiones en el sector agrario. Date of text: 30-07-1991
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 002-2016-MINAGRI ? Política Nacional Agraria. Date of text: 17-03-2016
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 014/00/AG - Se declara de interés nacional el aprovechamiento sostenible y la transformación con fines industriales y comerciales de la castańa. Date of text: 05-05-2000
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 019/12/AG - Reglamento de Gestión Ambiental del Sector Agrario. Date of text: 13-11-2012
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 042-2017-EM ? Reglamento de Protección Ambiental para las Actividades de Exploración Minera. Date of text: 21-12-2017
(National) - Ley Nş 26821 - Ley Orgánica para el aprovechamiento sostenible de los recursos naturales. Date of text: 25-06-1997
(National) - Ley Nş 28611 - Ley General del Ambiente. Date of text: 13-10-2005
(National) - Ley Nş 29763 - Ley Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre y sus Reglamentos. Date of text: 21-07-2011
(National) - Resolución Nş 005-2018-OEFA ? Tipifica infracciones administrativas y establecen escala de sanciones aplicable al incumplimiento de las obligaciones vinculadas a la Remediación de Sitios Impactados por Actividades de Hidrocarburos. Date of text: 15-02-2018
(National) - Resolución Nş 034-2015-MINAM ? Guía para la elaboración de estudios de Evaluación de Riesgos a la Salud y el Ambiente. Date of text: 24-02-2015
(National) - Resolución Nş 043/01/AG - Crea la Comisión Técnica de Aguas y Suelos. Date of text: 08-02-2001
(National) - Ley Nş 30321 - Ley de creación del Fondo de Contingencia para Remediación Ambiental. Date of text: 23/12/2016
(National) - Resolución Nş 136/10/MEM - Convenios de remediación voluntaria de pasivos ambientales de la actividad minera. Date of text: 25/03/2010
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 056/00/AG - Declara en situación de urgencia reforestación y pasturas de alturas. Date of text: 27/09/2000
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 011-2017-MINAM ? Estándares de Calidad Ambiental (ECA) para Suelo. Date of text: 01-12-2017
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 013-2010-AG ? Reglamento para la ejecución de levantamiento de suelos. Date of text: 19-11-2010
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 017-2009-AG ? Reglamento de calificación de tierras por su capacidad de uso mayor. Date of text: 01-09-2009
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 008-2016-MINAM ? Estrategia Nacional de Lucha contra la Desertificación y la Sequía 2016-2030. Date of text: 20/06/2016
(National) - Resolución Nş 194-2017-MINAGRI ? Lineamientos para la ejecución del proceso de evaluación agrológica de las tierras de las comunidades nativas y la clasificación por su capacidad de uso mayor a nivel de grupo, con fines de titulación. Date of text: 24-05-2017
(National)
Philippines
- Agricultural Extension Act (Republic Act No. 680). Date of text: 24-04-1952
(National) - Executive Order No. 116 reorganising the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Date of text: 30-01-1987
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 1152 - Philippine Environment Code. Date of text: 06-06-1977
(National) - Updated Philippine National Action Plan to Combat Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) 2010-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2010
(National)
Poland
- Act on Protection of Agricultural and Forest Land Date of text: 03-02-1995
(National) - Act on providing information on the environment and environmental protection, public participation in environmental protection and on environmental impact assessment. Date of text: 03-10-2008
(National) - Environmental Protection Law Date of text: 27-04-2001
(National) - Nature Conservation Act Date of text: 16-04-2004
(National)
Portugal
- Decree-Law No. 199/2015 amending Decree-Law No. 73/2009 on the legal regime of the National Agricultural Reserve (RAN). Date of text: 16-09-2015
(National) - Decree-Law No. 276/2009 establishing the regime for the use of sewage sludge in agricultural soils, in order to avoid harmful effects for human beings, water, soil, plants and animals, promoting its correct use, transposing for the National legal order the Council Directive No. 86/278/EEC. Date of text: 02-10-2009
(National) - Decree-Law No. 86/2002 updating the legal regime for agricultural waterworks, approved by Decree-Law No. 269/82. Date of text: 06-04-2002
(National) - Law on the Assessment and Management of Flood Risks Date of text: 22'-10-2010
(National) - Legal Regime for Nature Conservation and Biodiversity Date of text: 24-07-2008
(National) - Legal Regime on Environmental Impact Assessment of the Significant Effects of Certain Public and Private Projects Date of text: 31-10-2013
(National) - Water Law Date of text: 29-12-2005
(National) - Decree-Law No. 235/97 on protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources. Date of text: 03-09-1997
(National) - Decree No. 15/2015 establishing the criteria for the classification and reclassification of soil, as well as the criteria for qualification and the categories of rustic soil and urban soil according to the prevalent use, applicable to the whole national territory. Date of text: 19-08-2015
(National) - Decree-Law No. 86/2010 establishing the mandatory inspection regime for equipment aimed to the application of plant protection products authorized for professional use. Date of text: 15-07-2010
(National) - General Framework for Waste Management Date of text: 05-09-2006
(National) - Industrial Emissions Legal Regime Date of text: 30-08-2013
(National) - Law No. 26/2013 regulating distribution, selling and application of pesticide products for professional use. Date of text: 11-04-2013
(National) - Law No. 31/2014 establishing the general basis for public policies on soils, land use and urbanism. Date of text: 30-05-2014
(National) - Legal Regime on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Programmes on the Environment Date of text: 15-06-2007
(National) - National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National) - Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 78/2014 approving the New National Policy to Combat Desertification (PANCD). Date of text: 11-12-2014
(National)
Qatar
- Law No. 1 of 1993 on the protection from agricultural land leveling and sand beaches dredging. Date of text: 03-01-1993
(National)
Republic of Korea
- Act on Liability for Environmental Damage and Relief Thereof. Date of text: 31-12-2014
(National) - Enforcement Decree of the Soil Environment Conservation Act. Date of text: 29-12-1995
(National) - Farmland Act. Date of text: 11-04-2007
(National) - Soil Environment Conservation Act. Date of text: 05-01-1995
(National) - Act On The Promotion Of Environment-Friendly Agriculture And Fisheries And The Management Of And Support For Organic Foods, Etc. Date of text: 01-06-2012
(National) - Enforcement Rules of the Mining Damage Prevention and Restoration Act. Date of text: 03-03-2008
(National) - Mining Damage Prevention and Restoration Act. Date of text: 28-01-2015
(National)
Republic of Moldova
- Environmental Strategy for the years 2014-2023. Date of text: 24-04-2014
(National) - Government Decree No. 691 validating the Regulation on the conditions and the procedures for the performance of activities for land reclamation, protection, conservation and improvement of soil fertility. Date of text: 11-07-2018
(National) - Order No. 79 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food industry validating the Requirements for the application of the System of conservative agriculture. Date of text: 05-04-2016
(National) - Decree No. 381 of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on evaluation of environmental damage. Date of text: 16-08-2004
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 1307 validating Regulation on the state testing and approbation of phytosanitary means of soil improvement for agriculture and forestry. Date of text: 25-04-2018
(National)
Romania
- Emergency Ordinance no. 195 of 22 December 2005 on environmental protection. Date of text: 22-12-2005
(National) - Decision no. 964 of 13 October 2000 on the approval of the Action Plan for the protection of waters against nitrogen pollution from agricultural sources. Date of text: 13-10-2000
(National) - Decision no. 1,076 of 8 July 2004 on establishing the procedure for carrying out the environmental assessment for plans and programmes. Date of text: 08-07-2004
(National) - National Plan of 29 January 2009 for the protection of groundwater against pollution and damage. Date of text: 29-01-2009
(National)
Russian Federation
- Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. Date of text: 24-07-2002
(National) - Governmental Decree No. 1 validating the Regulation on state land supervision. Date of text: 02-01-2015
(National) - Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). Date of text: 25-10-2001
(National) - Decree No. 141 of the Regional Government “On regional protected area “Natural park Bureisky”. Date of text: 03-04-2015
(Amur) - Regional Ministerial Decree No.421 validating Regulation on the modalities of determination and collection of environmental fees. Date of text: 01-12-1992
(Chuvashia) - Regional Law No. 1736 “Land Code”. Date of text: 10-07-1998
(Tatarstan) - Federal Law FZ - 101 on state regulation of securing fertility of agricultural land. Date of text: 16-07-1998
(National) - Regional Law No. 58 “On state regulation for ensuring soil fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 29-11-2007
(Dagestan) - Regional Law No. 66-OZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 17-06-2008
(Ivanovo) - Regional Law No. 56-RZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 02-12-1999
(Kabardino-Balkaria) - Regional Law No. 631-4-ZKO “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 22-06-2010
(Kostroma) - Regional Law No. 725-KZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 07-06-2004
(Krasnodar) - Regional Law No. 2-434 “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 20-06-2012
(Krasnoyarsk) - Regional Law No. 41-oz “On soil fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 12-07-1999
(Leningrad) - Regional Law No. 212/2006-OZ “On ensuring agricultural land fertility.”. Date of text: 02-12-2006
(Moscow) - Regional Law No. 92-Z “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 30-06-2015
(Nizhni Novgorod) - Regional Law No. 802-OZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 08-09-2008
(Orel) - Regional Law No. 2728/480-III-OZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 21-11-2005
(Orenburg) - Regional Law No. 82-KZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 02-03-2000
(Primorie) - Regional Law No. 858-ZS “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 14-01-2008
(Rostov) - Regional Law No. 53-OZ “On regulation for ensuring agricultural land fertility”. Date of text: 01-06-2005
(Ryazan) - Regional Law No. 31-kz “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 15-05-2006
(Stavropol) - Regional Law No. 1097 VH-I “On soil fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 29-12-2004
(Tuva) - Regional Law No. 170-OZ-2 “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 20-09-2001
(Tver) - Regional Law No. 52-OD “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 16-05-2012
(Volgograd) - Regional Law No. 1294-OZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 06-06-2005
(Vologda) - Regional Law No. 7-OZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 25-02-2010
(Voronezh) - Regional Law No. 53-z “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 03-07-2002
(Yaroslavl) - Federal Law No. 4-FZ on land reclamation. Date of text: 10-01-1996
(National) - Regional Law No. 33 amending Regional Law No. 16 “On land protection and improvement of soil fertility”. Date of text: 18-06-2016
(Chuvashia)
Rwanda
- Loi n°48/2018 du 13/08/2018 sur l’environnement. Date of text: 13-08-2018
(National) - Politique Nationale Foncičre. Date of text: 01-01-2004
(National) - National Forestry Policy. Date of text: 01-01-2010
(National)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- National Conservation and Environment Protection Act, 1987 (Act No. 5). Date of text: 27-04-1987
(National)
Saint Lucia
- Forest, Soil and Water Conservation (Declaration of Forest Reserves) Order (S.I. No. 53 of 1984). Date of text: 13-10-1984
(National) - Hazard Mitigation Policy 2006. Date of text: 25-05-2006
(National) - National Land Policy. Date of text: 01-05-2007
(National) - Saint Lucia National Climate Change Adaptation Policy 2003. Date of text: 27-07-2003
(National)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Agriculture Act No. 23 of 1951. Date of text: 21-06-1951
(National) - Forest Resource Conservation Act, 1992 (No. 47 of 1992). Date of text: 15-07-1992
(National) - Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Strategy and Action Plan. Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National) - Food and Nutrition Security Policy and Action Plan Date of text: 01-04-2014
(National) - National Economic and Social Development Plan 2013-2025. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National)
Samoa
- Lands, Surveys and Environment Act 1989. Date of text: 05-11-2015
(National) - National Adaptation Programme of Action of Samoa. Date of text: 01-01-2005
(National)
Saudi Arabia
- Strategy and National Plan for Pastures in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia until the year 2033. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National)
Senegal
- 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) - Arręté ministériel n° 14242 en date du 15 décembre 2011 portant organisation et fonctionnement de la Direction de la Conservation des Sols. Date of text: 15-12-2011
(National) - Stratégie nationale initiale de mise en śuvre (SNMO) de la Convention cadre des Nations Unies sur les Changements Climatiques (CCNUCC). Date of text: 01-01-1999
(National)
Serbia
- Law on soil protection Date of text: 01/01/2015
(National) - Environmental Protection Law Date of text: 21/12/2004
(National) - Law on Agricultural Land Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National)
Seychelles
- Environment Protection Act 2016 (No. 18 of 2016). Date of text: 26-08-2016
(National)
Sierra Leone
- Constitution of Sierra Leone. Date of text: 01-07-1991
(National) - National Land Policy of Sierra Leone. Date of text: 01-08-2015
(National)
Slovenia
- Environmental Protection Act Date of text: 31-03-2004
(National) - Nature Conservation Act Date of text: 30-06-1999
(National)
Solomon Islands
- National Adaptation Programmes of Action. Date of text: 01-11-2008
(National)
South Africa
- Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act. Date of text: 21-04-1983
(National) - Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act: Establishment of a Flood Relief Scheme (G.N.R. No. 1046 of 1984). Date of text: 25-05-1984
(National) - Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act: Establishment of a Soil Conservation Scheme (G.N.R. No. 1047 of 1984). Date of text: 25-05-1984
(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 Environmental Management Act, 1998 Date of text: 19-11-1998
(National)
Spain
- Law 26/2007 of Environmental Liability Date of text: 23-10-2007
(National) - Law of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Date of text: 13-12-2007
(National) - Law for Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Date of text: 16-12-2016
(National)
Sri Lanka
- Soil Conservation Act 1951 (No. 25 of 1951). Date of text: 13-08-1951
(National)
Sweden
- The Swedish Environmental Code Date of text: 11-06-1998
(National) - Act on Sustainability Criteria for Biofuels and Liquid Biofuels Date of text: 10-06-2010
(National)
Switzerland
- Federal Act on the Protection of the Environment. Date of text: 07-10-1983
(National) - Ordonnance sur les atteintes portées aux sols (OSol). Date of text: 01-07-1998
(National) - Environment Protection Law – Basel-Landschaft. Date of text: 27-02-1991
(Basel-Landschaft) - Ordonnance sur la protection des sols. Date of text: 20-08-2002
(Fribourg) - Ordonnance sur la protection des sols. Date of text: 11-12-2007
(Jura) - Environment Protection Ordinance. Date of text: 15-12-1998
(Luzern) - Law on water, soil and waste (Water, Soil, Waste Law). Date of text: 04-03-2009
(Solothurn) - Ordinance implementing the federal environmental legislation. Date of text: 13-12-2011
(St. Gallen) - Loi sur la protection de l'environnement (LcPE). Date of text: 18-11-2010
(Valais)
Syrian Arab Republic
- National Plan to Combat Desertification in the Syrian Arab Republic. Date of text: 01-01-1997
(National)
Tajikistan
- Law No. 555 “On soil protection”. Date of text: 16-10-2009
(National)
Thailand
- Enhancement and Conservation of National Environmental Quality Act, 1992 Date of text: 29-03-1992
(National) - Land Development Act, B.E 2526. Date of text: 01-10-1983
(National)
Timor-Leste
- Ministerial Order No. 10/2016 establishing and regulating the functional structure of the General Directorate for Forests, Coffee and Industrial Plants (DGFCPI) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAP). Date of text: 03-02-2016
(National)
Togo
- Loi nş 2008-005 du 30 mai 2008 portant loi-cadre sur l'environnement. Date of text: 30-05-2008
(National) - Décret n° 2017-040/PR du 23 mars 2017 fixant la procédure des études d'impact environnemental et social. Date of text: 27-03-2017
(National)
Trinidad and Tobago
- National Forest Policy 2011. Date of text: 01-01-2011
(National) - Agricultural Fires (Cap. 63:02). Date of text: 24-11-1965
(National) - National Environmental Policy. Date of text: 07-04-2006
(National) - National Food Production Action Plan 2012-2015 Date of text: 01-01-2012
(National)
Tunisia
- Décret nş 73-477 instituant le Grand Prix du Président de la République pour le reboisement et la protection des sols. Date of text: 10-10-1973
(National) - Loi nş 95-70 relative ŕ la conservation des eaux et du sol. Date of text: 17-07-1995
(National) - Five-year Development Plan 2016 – 2020 for the Agricultural, Marine Fisheries and Natural Resources Sectors. Date of text: 01-08-2016
(National) - Programme d’Action National de Lutte contre la Désertification 2000. Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National)
Tuvalu
- National Action Plan to Combat Land Degradation and Drought. Date of text: 01-07-2006
(National)
Türkiye
- Decree No. 2016/9620 on declaration of protected areas for specific meadows. Date of text: 12-12-2016
(National) - Land consolidation rule. Date of text: 25-11-1979
(National) - Law No. 5403 on Soil Preservation and Land Utilization. Date of text: 03-07-2005
(National) - Law No. 6537 amending the Law No. 5403 on Soil Preservation and Land Utilization. Date of text: 15-05-2014
(National) - Law amending the Law on Soil Preservation and Land Utilization and the Law on pastures. Date of text: 26-03-2008
(National) - National Environmental Action Plan 1999. Date of text: 01-01-1999
(National) - Notification No. 2016/9 on supporting producers joining the program regarding conservation of agricultural land. Date of text: 31-03-2016
(National) - Regulation No. 23445 on non-agricultural use of agricultural areas. Date of text: 26-08-1998
(National) - Regulation on conservation, use and planning of agricultural land. Date of text: 09-12-2017
(National) - Strategic Plan of General Directorate of Forestry 2017-2021. Date of text: 01/12/1999
(National) - Land Degradation Neutrality National Report 2016 - 2030. Date of text: 01-09-2016
(National) - Turkish National Forestry Programme 2004-2023. Date of text: 21-10-2004
(National) - Strategic Plan 2017–2021 of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National) - Turkey’s National Action Program on Combating Desertification. Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National) - Regulation on forestation. Date of text: 28-11-1994
(National)
Uganda
- National Environment Act, 2019 Date of text: 24/02/2019
(National) - National Environment (Mountainous and Hilly Areas Management) Regulations, 2000 (No. 3 of 2000). Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National) - Guidelines on the management of hilly and mountainous areas. Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National) - National Agricultural Extension Strategy 2016. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National) - National Forest Plan 2002. Date of text: 01-01-2002
(National) - Soil Conservation Measures and Guidelines. Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National) - Uganda Forestry Policy 2001. Date of text: 01-01-2001
(National) - National Environment (Minimum Standards for Management of Soil Quality) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 59 of 2001). Date of text: 02-11-2001
(National) - Uganda Strategic Investment Framework for Sustainable Land Management 2010 - 2020. Date of text: 01-01-2010
(National)
Ukraine
- Code of Ukraine about subsoil, No. 132/94-??. Date of text: 24-07-1994
(National) - Constitution of Ukraine. Date of text: 28-06-1996
(National) - Decree No. 963 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Methodology for calculation of the amount of damage caused by unauthorized occupation of land plots, not for intended purposeful use thereof, and removal of soil cover (fertile soil layer) without special authorization. Date of text: 25-07-2007
(National) - Decree No. 998 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for collecting, using, disseminating information on desertification and land degradation. Date of text: 19-07-2006
(National) - Land Code (No. 2768-III of 2001). Date of text: 20-10-2001
(National) - Law No. 1264-XII on environmental protection. Date of text: 25-06-1991
(National) - Law No. 1378-IV on land valuation. Date of text: 11-12-2003
(National) - Law No. 1389-XIV on land reclamation. Date of text: 14-01-2000
(National) - Law No. 1708-VI amending Law No. 963-IV on state control over land tenure and protection of land. Date of text: 05-11-2009
(National) - Law No. 187/98-BP on waste. Date of text: 05-03-1998
(National) - Law No. 1877-IV on land protection. Date of text: 19-06-2003
(National) - Law No. 1947-III validating the National Program on toxic waste management. Date of text: 14-09-2000
(National) - Law No. 2341-III Criminal Code of Ukraine. Date of text: 05-04-2001
(National) - Law No. 2480-VI On Lands for Energy Sector and the Legal Regime of Special Zones for Energy Objects. Date of text: 09-07-2010
(National) - Law No. 2806-IV on permit system in the sphere of management. Date of text: 06-09-2005
(National) - Law No. 3613-VI "On state land cadastre". Date of text: 07-07-211
(National) - Law No. 61-IV On Ukraine's accession to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa. Date of text: 04-07-2002
(National) - Law No. 858-IV on land use planning. Date of text: 22-05-2003
(National) - Law No. 962-IV “On land protection”. Date of text: 19-06-2003
(National) - Law No. 963-IV on state control over land tenure and protection of land. Date of text: 19-06-2003
(National) - Main principles (strategy) of the state environmental policy of Ukraine for the period up to 2030. Date of text: 28-02-2019
(National) - Order No. 264 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection validating the Instruction on the modalities of legalization of the materials regarding administrative offences by the bodies of the Ministry. Date of text: 05-07-2004
(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) - Order No. 725-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Concept of agroforestry reclamation in Ukraine. Date of text: 18-09-2013
(National) - Ordinance No. 1024-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Concept to combat land degradation and desertification. Date of text: 22-10-2014
(National) - Resolution No. 271-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the National Action Plan for combating land degradation and desertification. Date of text: 30-03-2016
(National) - Decree No. 320 of the Council of Ministers validating the Regulation on urgent measures for soil protection against wind and water erosion. Date of text: 16-05-1967
(National) - Decree No. 681 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the modalities of carrying out environmental, agricultural, ecological, economic and erosion-preventive zoning. Date of text: 26-05-2004
(National) - Forest Code of Ukraine No. 3852-XII. Date of text: 21-01-1994
(National) - Law No. 1808-IV. on state examination of land (cadaster) documents. Date of text: 17-06-2004
(National) - Order No. 1 of the State Committee of Land Resources validating the Regulation on the modalities of issue and cancellation of special permits for removal and transfer of the fertile soil layer of the plots of land. Date of text: 04-01-2005
(National) - Ukraine 2050 Low Emission Development Strategy. Date of text: 01-11-2017
(National) - Decree No. 284 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Procedure for calculation and compensation of losses to land owners and land tenants. Date of text: 19-04-1993
(National) - Decree No. 970 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Procedure (detailed rules) for organic production and circulation of organic products. Date of text: 23-10-2019
(National) - Law No. 161-XIV on land lease. Date of text: 06-10-1998
(National) - Law No. 2059-VIII “On environmental impact assessment”. Date of text: 23-05-2017
(National) - Law No. 3268-VI, 21.04.2011 on approval of the National program for the development of the mineral resource base of Ukraine for the period up to 2030. Date of text: 21-04-2011
(National) - Law No. 4004-XII on ensuring sanitary and epidemic safety of the population. Date of text: 24-02-1994
(National) - Law No. 742-?V on a personal peasant farm. Date of text: 15-05-2003
(National) - Law No. 86/95-?? on pesticides and agrochemicals. Date of text: 02-03-1995
(National) - Law No. 973-IV on farming. Date of text: 19-06-2003
(National) - Law No.791a-XII of 1991 on legal status of the territories exposed to radioactive contamination as a result of Chernobyl disaster. Date of text: 27-02-1991
(National) - Order No. 536 of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food validating the Regulation on the procedure for managing of agrochemical certificate of a field and a land plot. Date of text: 11-10-2011
(National)
United Arab Emirates
- Federal Law No. 24 of 1999 on the environment protection and development. Date of text: 17-10-1999
(National)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations Date of text: 30-10-2017
(National) - Forestry Act Date of text: 22-03-1967
(National) - Agricultural Land (Removal of Surface Soil) Act, 1953 (Ch. 10). Date of text: 06-05-1953
(England, Wales and Scotland) - Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Date of text: 21-03-2016
(Wales) - Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (2015 anaw 2). Date of text: 29-04-2015
(Wales) - Safeguarding our Soils – A Strategy for England Date of text: 01-09-2009
(England) - Land Use Strategy for Scotland 2016 - 2021. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(Scotland) - The Scottish Soil Framework Date of text: 01-03-2009
(Scotland) - Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 (S.I. 1633 of 2004) Date of text: 02-06-2004
(National) - Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. No. 280 of 204). Date of text: 01-07-2004
(Northern Ireland) - Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 (2005 asp 15). Date of text: 14-12-2005
(Scotland) - Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 1656 (W.170) of 2004). Date of text: 29-06-2004
(Wales)
United Republic of Tanzania
- Land (Conditions of Rights of Occupancy) Regulations, 2001 (L.N. No. 77 of 2001). Date of text: 03-05-2001
(National) - Ngorongoro Conservation Area Ordinance (No. 14 of 1959). Date of text: 01-01-1959
(National) - National Environmental Policy 1997. Date of text: 01-12-1997
(National)
United States of America
- Agricultural Act of 2014. Date of text: 13-01-2014
(National) - Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1935 (16 USC Ch. 3B, §§590a-590q–3). Date of text: 22-05-2008
(National) - Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 (16 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.). Date of text: 01-01-1977
(National) - Soil and Water Conservation (Florida Statutes: Title XXXV Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animal Industry; Chapter 582; ss. 582.01-582.32) Date of text: 01-01-1941
(Florida) - Soil and Water Conservation (Agriculture Code: Title 7, Chapter 171). Date of text: 01-09-1981
(Texas) - Preservation of Farm and Forest Lands (Code of Virginia: Title 3.2. Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food; Chapter 2; secs. 3.2-200 through 3.2-206) Date of text: 01-01-1950
(Virginia) - Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 2081) Date of text: 23-12-1985
(National) - Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) Date of text: 03-12-2003
(National) - Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation (7 CFR 12.1-12.33). Date of text: 02-02-2012
(National) - Resource Conservation (16 USC Ch. 54). Date of text: 01-01-1981
(National) - United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization. Date of text: 01-11-2016
(National) - Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) Date of text: 19-12-1970
(National) - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (P.L. 83-566). Date of text: 04-08-1954
(National) - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Date of text: 11-12-1980
(National)
Uruguay
- Decreto Nş 405/008 – Uso responsable y sostenible de los suelos. Date of text: 21/08/2008
(National) - Decreto Nş 126/992 - Créase la Comisión Nacional Honoraria de Conservación de Suelos y Aguas. Date of text: 24-03-1992
(National) - Decreto Nş 333/004 - Establece los criterios técnicos básicos a aplicar en el manejo y conservación de suelos y aguas. Date of text: 16-09-2004
(National) - Decreto Nş 404/001 - Reglamentario de la Ley Nş 16.858, que declara de interés general el riego con destino agrario, sin perjuicio de otros usos legítimos. Date of text: 11-10-2001
(National) - Ley Nş 15.239 - Declara de interés nacional el uso y la conservación de los suelos y de las aguas superficiales destinadas a fines agropecuarios. Date of text: 23-12-1981
(National) - Ley Nş 15.939 - Ley Forestal. Date of text: 28-12-1987
(National) - Ley Nş 16.858 - Declara de interés general el riego con destino agrario, sin perjuicio de otros usos legítimos. Date of text: 03-09-1997
(National) - Ley Nş 17.283 - Declara de interés general la protección del medio ambiente. Date of text: 28-11-2000
(National) - Ley Nş 18.564 - Díctanse normas relacionadas con la conservación, el uso y el manejo adecuado de los suelos y de las aguas. Date of text: 11-09-2009
(National)
Uzbekistan
- Government Resolution No. 273 of August 23, 2016 on Approval of the environmental monitoring program in the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2016-2020". Date of text: 23-08-2016
(National) - Law No. 602-I on peasant farm. Date of text: 30-04-1998
(National) - Law No. 770-1 on forest. Date of text: 15-04-1999
(National) - Law of RU "On State Land Cadastre", August 28, 1998, No. 666-I. (Changes in National legislative database, 25.07.2018, No. 03/18/487/1569) Date of text: 28-08-1998
(National) - Law No. 538 on Pastures. Date of text: 20-05-2019
(National) - Presidential Decree on measures to strengthen control over the protection and rational use of land, improve geodezic and cartographic activities, and regulate the maintenance of State cadastres. Date of text: 31-05-2017
(National) - Strategy for the transition of the Republic of Uzbekistan to a Green economy in the period of 2019-2030. Date of text: 04-01-00
(National) - Law on Dekhkan economy" No.604-I. Date of text: 30-04-1998
(National) - President Decree on Measures to radically improve the system for the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of farmers, dekhkan farms and owners of farmland and the effective use of agricultural areas under crop (No. 5199) Date of text: 09-10-2017
(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. UP-5503 on Measures to further ensure food security of the country. Date of text: 16-01-2018
(National) - Presidential Decree No. UP-5853 validating Agriculture Development Strategy of Uzbekistan for 2020-2030. Date of text: 23-10-2019
(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)
Vanuatu
- Forest Policy 2013 – 2023. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National)
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
- Constitución de Venezuela. Date of text: 20-12-1999
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 1.546/01 - Ley de tierras y desarrollo agrario. Texto consolidado. Date of text: 09-11-2001
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 6.129/08 - Ley de Salud Agrícola Integral. Date of text: 03-06-2008
(National) - Decreto Nş 1.333 - Reglamento de la Ley forestal, de suelos y de aguas. Date of text: 11-12-1969
(National) - Decreto Nş 2.177 - Reforma parcial del Reglamento de la Ley forestal, de suelos y de aguas. Date of text: 12-04-1977
(National) - Decreto Nş 2.212 - Normas sobre Movimientos de Tierra y Conservación Ambiental. Date of text: 23-04-1992
(National) - Decreto Nş 5.171 - Plan de desarrollo económico y social para la construcción y mantenimiento de la vialidad agrícola, de los sistemas de riego, el saneamiento de tierras y la construcción de servicios básicos en el sector rural. Date of text: 07-02-2007
(National) - Ley Orgánica del Ambiente. Date of text: 22-12-2006
(National) - Ley de Bosques. Date of text: 06-08-2013
(National) - Ley de reforma parcial del Decreto Ley Nş 1.546/01, Ley de tierras y desarrollo agrario. Date of text: 28-04-2005
(National) - Ley forestal, de suelos y de aguas. Date of text: 30-12-1965
(National) - Ley orgánica derogatoria de la Ley orgánica para la planificación y gestión de la ordenación del territorio. Date of text: 27-02-2007
(National) - Decreto Nş 1.221 - Reglamento sobre guardería ambiental. Date of text: 02-11-1990
(National) - Ley de Semillas. Date of text: 28-12-2015
(National) - Ley de gestión de la diversidad biológica. Date of text: 28-11-2008
(National)
Viet Nam
- Law on Environmental Protection No. 55/2014/QH13. Date of text: 23/06/2014
(National) - Decision No. 1154/QD-TTg approving adjustments to the master plan on socio-economic development of Yen Bai province through 2020. Date of text: 28-08-2012
(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) - Decree No. 15/2017/ND-CP defining the functions, tasks and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Date of text: 17-02-2017
(National) - Law No. 33/2013/QH13 on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. Date of text: 19-06-2013
(National) - Decision No. 319/QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Gia Lai province through 2020. Date of text: 16-03-2012
(National)
Yemen
- Law No. 26 of 1995 on the environment protection. Date of text: 29/10/1995
(National) - Law No. 20 of 1998 on seeds and agricultural fertilizers. Date of text: 25-07-1998
(National) - Resolution No. 10 of 2002 issuing the Implementing Regulation of Law No. 25 of 1999 regulating the trade, circulation and handling of plant pesticides. Date of text: 01-02-2002
(National)
Zambia
- National Climate Change Response Strategy. Date of text: 01-12-2010
(National)
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