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Sudan - Country Profiles

Constitutional Charter for the 2019 Transitional Period.
Date of text: 04 August 2019

Policies

Sudan’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2025-2030.
Date of text: 2025
Sudan's Updated First Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
Date of text: 31 May 2021
National REDD+ Strategy and Action Plan.
Date of text: 01 March 2021
Sudan National Drought Plan.
Date of text: 21 November 2018
Sudan Drinking Water Safety Strategic Framework (SDWSSF).
Date of text: 05 December 2017

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

National Biosafety Law No.15 of 2010.
Date of text: 29 June 2010
Gezira Scheme Act 2005.
Date of text: 03 July 2005
Sudanese Agricultural Council Law of 2004.
Date of text: 27 March 2004
Law of 2004 for the National Fund to ward off the effects of agricultural risk and support agricultural insurance.
Date of text: 13 January 2004
Law of 1950 on the protection of farmers.
Date of text: 31 December 1950

Cultivated plants

Federal Seeds and Species Protection Act No.14 of 2010.
Date of text: 28 June 2010
Law of 1994 on pesticides and pests control products.
Date of text: 30 July 1994
Seeds Law of 1990.
Date of text: 28 July 1990
National Biosafety Law No.15 of 2010.
Date of text: 29 June 2010
Regulations Governing Procedures for Accessing Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge for the Year 2025.
Date of text: 24 November 2025

Disaster risk management

Act No.1 of 1998 on Emergency and Protection of Public Safety of 1997.
Date of text: 24 December 1997

Environment

National Biosafety Law No.15 of 2010.
Date of text: 29 June 2010
Environment Health Act No. 1 of 2009.
Date of text: 17 February 2009
Miscellaneous Amendments Law - (Unification of Environment Councils) of 2020 - Legislation No.3 of 2020.
Date of text: 22 April 2020
Combat Desertification Law of 2009.
Date of text: 20 July 2009
Environmental Protection Act of 2001.
Date of text: 05 June 2001

Fisheries and aquaculture

Freshwater Fisheries Act of 1954.
Date of text: 10 December 1954
Marine Fisheries Ordinance of 1937.
Date of text: 1937
Marine Fisheries Regulations.
Date of text: 30 November 1960

Food and nutrition

National Biosafety Law No.15 of 2010.
Date of text: 29 June 2010
Presidential Decree No.287 of 2015 to form the Higher Council for Food Security and Nutrition.
Date of text: 2015
Ordinance of the Council of Ministers No. 5 of 2007 establishing the General Authority for Goods Strategic Reserve.
Date of text: 18 February 2007
Law No.35 of 2004 on Veterinary Quarantine for import and export of live Animals and Meat.
Date of text: 29 December 2004
Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1974.
Date of text: 07 January 1974

Forestry

Forests and Renewable Natural Resources Act for the year 2002 (Act No.11 of 2002).
Date of text: 06 November 2002

Land and soil

Land Resettlement and Registration Act (LRRA) of 1925.
Date of text: 1925
Rangelands and Forages Resources Development (Rationalization) Act of 2015.
Date of text: 04 March 2015
Urban Planning and Land Disposal Act of 1994.
Date of text: 16 April 1994
Civil Transactions Act of 1984
Date of text: 14 February 1984
Ard Al-Jazeera Law of 1927.
Date of text: 15 July 1927

Livestock

Rangelands and Forages Resources Development (Rationalization) Act of 2015.
Date of text: 04 March 2015
Animal (Lenience and Welfare) Act of 2015.
Date of text: 2015
Ordinance of the Council of Ministers No. 4 of 2007 establishing the General Authority for Veterinary Supply.
Date of text: 2007
Law No.35 of 2004 on Veterinary Quarantine for import and export of live Animals and Meat.
Date of text: 29 December 2004
Epidemic Diseases of Animal Act of 2001.
Date of text: 05 June 2001

Mineral resources and energy

Mineral Wealth and Mining (Development) Act, 2015.
Date of text: 2015

Sea

Sea Ports Authority Law of 2019.
Date of text: 22 January 2019
Shipping Act of 2010.
Date of text: 02 February 2010
Decree of the President of the Republic of Sudan No. 148 of 2017 concerning the baselines of the maritime zones of the Republic of Sudan.
Date of text: 02 March 2017
Territorial Waters and Continental Shelf Act of 1970.
Date of text: 1970

Water

Water Resources Act of 1995.
Date of text: 22 July 1995
Irrigation and Drainage Act of 1990.
Date of text: 28 May 1990
Ordinance of the Council of Ministers No. 3 of 2007 establishing the General Authority for Water.
Date of text: 25 February 2007
Law on inland waters navigation of 1993.
Date of text: 04 July 1993
Regulation of the Water Users' Associations of 2006 under the Gezira Scheme Act.
Date of text: 20 April 2006

Wild species and ecosystems

Wildlife and National Parks Protection Act of 1986.
Date of text: 31 January 1986
Regulations Governing Procedures for Accessing Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge for the Year 2025.
Date of text: 24 November 2025
Ordinance for the preservation of wild animals No. 5 of 1935.
Date of text: 01 December 1936
National Parks, Sanctuaries and Reserves Regulations No. 23 of 1939.
Date of text: 1939
Game Regulations No. 35 of 1935.
Date of text: 01 January 1936

Miscellaneous

Investment Act No.11 of 2021.
Date of text: 19 April 2021
Labour Act 1997 (Act No.20- 1997).
Date of text: 22 June 1997
Anti-Corruption and Public Funds Recovery Commission Law of 2021.
Date of text: 24 April 2021
National Public Health Act of 2008.
Date of text: 27 July 2008
Public-Private Partnership Law No.10 of 2021.
Date of text: 19 April 2021

International Agreements

African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised version).
Date of text: 11 July 2003
African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption.
Date of text: 11 July 2003
Treaty establishing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
Date of text: 05 November 1993

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