FAOLEX Database

Policies

China: Outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China.
Date of text: 13 March 2026
Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan: 2026–2030
Date of text: 27 February 2026
Belarus: Resolution No. 24 of the Cabinet of Ministers the Water Resources Management Strategy until 2040.
Date of text: 16 January 2026
Kazakhstan: Government Resolution No. 1201 validating the Concept for managing all types of waste for 2026–2030.
Date of text: 31 December 2025
Kazakhstan: Government Resolution No. 1206 validating the Concept for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for 2026–2035.
Date of text: 31 December 2025
Kazakhstan: Government Resolution No. 1185 validating the Concept of Investment Policy until 2030.
Date of text: 31 December 2025
Belarus: Decision No. 1 of the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly validating the Program of socio-economic development for 2026–2030.
Date of text: 19 December 2025
Kazakhstan: Government Resolution No. 1081 validating the Concept of Migration Policy until 2030.
Date of text: 15 December 2025
China: Opinions of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on Promoting Green and Low-Carbon Transformation and Strengthening the Construction of the National Carbon Market.
Date of text: 2025
Russian Federation: Presidential Decree No. 896 validating the Strategy for the Development of Healthcare in the Russian Federation until 2030.
Date of text: 08 December 2025

Agricultural and rural development

Cameroon: Loi No. 2025/013 du 17 DEC 2025 régissant la production biologique au Cameroun.
Date of text: 17 December 2025
Slovenia: Agriculture Act.
Date of text: 21 November 2025
Colombia: Ley Nº 2462 de 2025 por medio de la cual se modifica la ley 731 de 2002 y se adoptan medidas afirmativas, con el fin de garantizar la igualdad de oportunidades de las mujeres rurales, campesinas y de la pesca; y se dictan otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 18 June 2025
Brazil: Law No. 4.708 creating the State Policy for the valorization of Rural Women.
Date of text: 27 May 2025. Territorial Subdivision: Tocantins
Cuba: Decreto Nº 128/2025 sobre la Agroecología.
Date of text: 05 May 2025
Panama: Ley 465 de 31 de marzo de 2025 Que establece el marco legal para fomento de la agricultura urbana en Panamá.
Date of text: 31 March 2025
France: Loi n°2025-268 du 24 mars 2025 d’orientation pour la souveraineté alimentaire et le renouvellement des générations en agriculture.
Date of text: 24 March 2025
Poland: Act on the EU Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN).
Date of text: 07 March 2025
Tajikistan: Law “On organic production”.
Date of text: 11 February 2025
Brazil: Law No. 15.070 on the production, import, export, registration, marketing, use, inspection, supervision, research, experimentation, packaging, labelling, advertising, transport, storage, fees, provision of services, disposal of waste and packaging and incentives for the production of bio-inputs for agricultural, livestock, aquaculture and forestry use.
Date of text: 23 December 2024

Climate change

Armenia: Law of the Republic of Armenia No. HO-17-N on Climate.
Date of text: 20 January 2026
Slovenia: Climate Law.
Date of text: 15 July 2025
Türkiye: Climate Law (No. 7552).
Date of text: 02 July 2025
Austria: Vienna Climate Act (Wr. KG).
Date of text: 17 April 2025. Territorial Subdivision: Wien
Brazil: Complementary Law No. 169 creating the Code of Socio-Environmental Governance, Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Climate Change of the State of Amapá.
Date of text: 25 January 2025. Territorial Subdivision: Amapá
Zambia: Green Economy and Climate Change Act, 2024 (No. 18 of 2024).
Date of text: 20 December 2024
Brazil: Law No. 15.042 creating the Brazilian Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System (SBCE).
Date of text: 11 December 2024
Uganda: The National Climate Change (Climate Change Mechanisms) Regulations, 2025.
Date of text: 07 November 2024
Ukraine: Law № 3991-IX “On the basic principles of state climate policy”.
Date of text: 08 October 2024
Indonesia: Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Indonesia no. 12 of 2024 concerning the implementation of Nationally Determined Contribution in handling climate change.
Date of text: 30 August 2024

Cultivated plants

United Arab Emirates: Federal Law No.7 of 2025 regarding Agricultural Quarantine.
Date of text: 26 December 2025
United Arab Emirates: Federal Law No.8 of 2025 regarding the Protection of New Plant Varieties.
Date of text: 26 December 2025
Sudan: Regulations Governing Procedures for Accessing Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge for the Year 2025.
Date of text: 24 November 2025
Serbia: Law on seeds and planting material of agricultural and ornamental plants.
Date of text: 01 October 2025
Poland: Act on special solutions for the storage of natural fertilizers.
Date of text: 25 July 2025
Albania: Law No. 40/2025 on Plant Health.
Date of text: 26 June 2025
Malaysia: Agriculture Fertilizer Enactment 2025 (No. 4 of 2025).
Date of text: 01 June 2025. Territorial Subdivision: Sabah
El Salvador: Decreto N.º 282 – Ley de Protección a la Sanidad Vegetal, Salud Animal e Inocuidad de los Alimentos no Procesados de Origen Vegetal o Animal.
Date of text: 24 April 2025
Zambia: Plant Health Act 2025 (No. 1 of 2025).
Date of text: 15 April 2025
Mexico: Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de los artículos 4o. y 27 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de conservación y protección de los maíces nativos.
Date of text: 17 March 2025

Disaster risk management

Armenia: Law No. HO-89-N on Risk Management of Disasters and Protection of the Population.
Date of text: 18 April 2025
Austria: Salzburg Disaster Relief and Management Act 2024 (S.KHMG 2024).
Date of text: 03 July 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Salzburg
Algeria: Loi n° 24-04 du 16 Chaâbane 1445 correspondant au 26 février 2024 portant les règles de prévention, d’intervention et de réduction des risques de catastrophes dans le cadre du développement durable.
Date of text: 26 February 2024
Republic of Korea: Special Act on National Resources Security (No. 20196).
Date of text: 06 February 2024
Ecuador: Ley Orgánica para la Gestión Integral del Riesgo de Desastres.
Date of text: 23 January 2024
Viet Nam: Law No. 18/2023/QH15 on Civil Defence.
Date of text: 20 June 2023
Malawi: Disaster Risk Management Act, 2023 (No. 27 of 2023).
Date of text: 07 June 2023
Grenada: Disaster Management Act (No. 2 of 2023).
Date of text: 09 May 2023
Republic of Korea: Act No. 19213 on Management of Disaster Management Resources.
Date of text: 17 January 2023
Marshall Islands: Disaster Risk Management Act, 2023 (Public Law 2023-91).
Date of text: 2023

Environment

Mexico: Ley General de Economía Circular.
Date of text: 14 January 2026
Zambia: Environmental Management (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 2025.
Date of text: 26 December 2025
Panama: Decreto Ejecutivo No. 1 - Que reglamenta la Gestión Integral de los Pasivos Ambientales.
Date of text: 26 November 2025
Belize: Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management Act, 2025
Date of text: 28 October 2025
Albania: Law No. 57/2025 on Integrated Waste Management.
Date of text: 16 October 2025
Brazil: Law No. 15.190 providing for environmental licensing; regulating item IV of § 1 of art. 225 of the Federal Constitution, amending Environmental Crimes Law, and other legislation.
Date of text: 08 August 2025 (22 December 2025)
Ethiopia: Solid Waste Management and Disposal Proclamation No. 1383/2025
Date of text: 31 July 2025
Cook Islands: Solid and Hazardous Waste Act (No. 4 of 2025).
Date of text: 27 June 2025
Mauritania: Loi n°2025-019 relative à l’évaluation environnementale et sociale.
Date of text: 02 June 2025
Nicaragua: Ley Nº. 1248 - Ley de Áreas de Conservación Ambiental y Desarrollo Sostenible.
Date of text: 30 April 2025

Fisheries and aquaculture

Angola: Presidential Decree No. 39/26 establishing Management Measures for Marine Fisheries, Continental Fisheries, Aquaculture and Salt Production for the year 2026.
Date of text: 25 February 2026
Brazil: Law No. 15.113 establishing the State Policy on the Sustainable Development of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture in the State of Bahia.
Date of text: 28 January 2026. Territorial Subdivision: Bahia
Ghana: Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 2025 (Act 1146).
Date of text: 14 August 2025
Tuvalu: Fisheries Management Act (10 of 2025).
Date of text: 01 July 2025
Seychelles: Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, no. 3 of 2025
Date of text: 16 June 2025
Cambodia: Law on Fisheries.
Date of text: 16 June 2025
Kazakhstan: Law No. 193-VIII ZRK “On aquaculture”.
Date of text: 12 June 2025
Guinea: Loi Ordinaire L/2025/019/CNT Portant Code de la Pêche Maritime.
Date of text: 30 May 2025
Greenland (Denmark): Fisheries Act (No. 29 of 2024).
Date of text: 22 May 2025
Peru: Decreto Supremo N° 013-2025-PRODUCE que modifica el Reglamento de Gestión Ambiental de los Subsectores Pesca y Acuicultura, aprobado por el Decreto Supremo N° 012-2019-PRODUCE.
Date of text: 2025

Food and nutrition

Germany: Agricultural Geographical Protection Implementation Act (AgrarGeoSchDG).
Date of text: 11 January 2026
Slovenia: Food Act.
Date of text: 25 November 2025
Slovenia: Food and Feed Safety Act.
Date of text: 21 November 2025
Panama: Ley No. 498 - Que subroga la Ley 50 de 1995, que protege y fomenta la lactancia materna.
Date of text: 13 November 2025
Kyrgyzstan: Law No. 254 “On ensuring food safety”.
Date of text: 12 November 2025
Brazil: Law No. 15.224 establishing the National Policy to Combat Food Loss and Waste (PNCPDA) and creating the Food Donor Seal.
Date of text: 30 September 2025
Bahamas: Health promotion and wellness Act, 2025 (No. 69 of 2025).
Date of text: 28 August 2025
Norway: Act No. 103 on the prevention and reduction of food waste (Food Waste Act).
Date of text: 20 June 2025
Brazil: Decree No. 12.512 creating the Brazilian Food Bank Network.
Date of text: 12 June 2025
Malta: Act n. XV of 2025 – Food Safety and Security Authority Act, 2025.
Date of text: 10 June 2025

Forestry

Mali: Ordonnance n°2025-017/PT-RM du 01 avril 2025 portant modification de la Loi n°10-028 du 12 juillet 2010 déterminant les principes de gestion des ressources du domaine forestier national.
Date of text: 01 April 2025
Montenegro: Forest Law.
Date of text: 31 July 2024
Cameroon: Loi n° 2024-008 du 24 juillet 2024 portant régime des forêts et de la faune
Date of text: 24 July 2024
Mozambique: Law No. 17/2023 establishing the basic principles and standards on the protection, conservation and use of forestry resources.
Date of text: 29 December 2023
Algeria: Loi n° 23-21 du 10 Joumada Ethania 1445 correspondant au 23 décembre 2023 relative aux forêts et aux richesses forestières.
Date of text: 23 December 2023
Uruguay: Ley Nº 20.238 - Prevención y combate de incendios forestales.
Date of text: 13 December 2023
Brazil: Decree No. 11.373 on the Technical Committee for the preparation of the State Plan for the Recovery of Native Vegetation in Acre (PEVEG).
Date of text: 28 November 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Acre
Bhutan: Forest and Nature Conservation Rules and Regulations, 2023.
Date of text: 31 October 2023
Cambodia: Code on Environment and Natural Resources (NS/RKM/0623/009).
Date of text: 29 June 2023
Cabo Verde: Law No. 25/X/2023 establishing the General Policy Framework for Forestry sector.
Date of text: 05 May 2023

Gender

Colombia: Ley Nº 2462 de 2025 por medio de la cual se modifica la ley 731 de 2002 y se adoptan medidas afirmativas, con el fin de garantizar la igualdad de oportunidades de las mujeres rurales, campesinas y de la pesca; y se dictan otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 18 June 2025
Brazil: Law No. 4.708 creating the State Policy for the valorization of Rural Women.
Date of text: 27 May 2025. Territorial Subdivision: Tocantins
Ghana: Affirmative Action (Gender Equity) Act, 2024 (No. 1121).
Date of text: 11 September 2024
Brazil: Law No. 12.321 creating the State Policy for the valorization of Rural Women.
Date of text: 20 June 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Maranhão
Brazil: Law No. 10.092 establishing the State Policy for the Valorization of Rural Women.
Date of text: 02 October 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Pará
Ecuador: Ley Orgánica para Impulsar la Economía Violeta.
Date of text: 10 January 2023

Indigenous peoples

Russian Federation: Regional Law No. 367 “On the territories of compact residence of indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation in Kamchatka region”.
Date of text: 05 June 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Kamchatka
Brazil: Decree No. 11.509 creating the National Council for Indigenous Policy.
Date of text: 28 April 2023
Brazil: Decree No. 11.510 creating the Interministerial Committee for the Coordination, Planning and Follow-up of Actions for the Protection of Indigenous Lands.
Date of text: 28 April 2023
Australia: First Nations Voice Act 2023.
Date of text: 26 March 2023. Territorial Subdivision: South Australia

Land and soil

Republic of Moldova: Law No. LP303/2025 “On the use, conservation and protection of soil”.
Date of text: 12 December 2025
Kyrgyzstan: Law No. 149 Land Code.
Date of text: 18 July 2025
Benin: Loi N° 2025-05 du 03 avril 2025 portant loi-cadre sur la construction et l'habitation.
Date of text: 03 April 2025
South Africa: Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Act No. 39 of 2024.
Date of text: 20 December 2024
Viet Nam: Law No. 47/2024/QH15 on Urban and Rural Planning.
Date of text: 26 November 2024
Ireland: Planning and Development Act 2024 (N. 34 of 2024).
Date of text: 17 October 2024
Guyana: Sea and River Defence Act (No. 9 of 2024).
Date of text: 17 May 2024
Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 12/2024 approving the Legal Regime of Land Registry.
Date of text: 21 March 2024
Viet Nam: Land Law No. 31/2024/QH15.
Date of text: 18 January 2024
Ethiopia: Rural Land Administration and Use Proclamation No. 1324/2024.
Date of text: 2024

Livestock

Brazil: Law No. 11.096 establishing the New State Animal Rights Code in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Date of text: 07 January 2026. Territorial Subdivision: Rio de Janeiro
United Arab Emirates: Federal Law No.6 of 2025 regarding Veterinary Quarantine.
Date of text: 26 December 2025
Poland: Act on animal health.
Date of text: 21 November 2025
Slovenia: Animal Health Act.
Date of text: 21 November 2025
Slovenia: Food and Feed Safety Act.
Date of text: 21 November 2025
Paraguay: Ley Nº 7513 - De bienestar y protección animal.
Date of text: 19 August 2025
Albania: Law No. 41/2025 on Animal Health.
Date of text: 26 June 2025
Republic of Moldova: Law No. LP153/2025 “On medicinal products”.
Date of text: 19 June 2025
Brazil: Law No. 7.576 establishing the guidelines for the Promotion and Development of Beekeeping and Meliponiculture.
Date of text: 11 June 2025. Territorial Subdivision: Amazonas
Brazil: Law No. 8.700 establishing the State Animal Protection Protocol - In Defence of Animal Welfare.
Date of text: 16 May 2025. Territorial Subdivision: Piauí

Mineral resources and energy

Algeria: Loi n° 25-12 du 9 Safar 1447 correspondant au 3 août 2025 régissant les activités minières.
Date of text: 03 August 2025
Kazakhstan: Tax Code (Law No. 214-VIII).
Date of text: 18 July 2025
Czechia: Act on the acceleration of the use of renewable energy sources.
Date of text: 02 July 2025
Jordan: Law No. 10 of 2025 - General Electricity Law.
Date of text: 15 May 2025
North Macedonia: Energy Law.
Date of text: 14 May 2025
Philippines: Philippine Natural Gas Industry Development Act (Republic Act 12120).
Date of text: 08 January 2025
Zambia: Minerals Regulation Commission Act, 2024 (Act No. 14 of 2024).
Date of text: 20 December 2024
Viet Nam: Law No. 61/2024/QH15 on Electricity.
Date of text: 30 November 2024
Viet Nam: Law No. 54/2024/QH15 on Geology and Minerals.
Date of text: 29 November 2024
Malaysia: Electricity Supply Enactment 2024 (No. 17 of 2023).
Date of text: 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Sabah

Social protection

Kenya: Social Protection Act, no. 12 of 2025.
Date of text: 30 July 2025
Brazil: Law No. 12.502 creating the Maranhão Free from Hunger Programme.
Date of text: 13 March 2025. Territorial Subdivision: Maranhão
Armenia: Law No. HO-414-N “On social assistance”.
Date of text: 14 November 2024
Brazil: Law No. 9.128 establishing the Programme Alagoas Without Hunger in the State of Alagoas.
Date of text: 26 December 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Alagoas
Brazil: Law No. 18.432 establishing the State Programme «Without Hunger».
Date of text: 22 December 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Pernambuco
Brazil: Law No. 2.930 on the Food Aid Programme (Programa Cozinha Solidária), providing free food, preferably to people in situations of vulnerability and social risk and promoting food and nutritional security policies, social assistance, in the State of Amapá.
Date of text: 21 November 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Amapá
Brazil: Complementary Law No. 741 establishing the State Policy on Social Assistance of Rio Grande do Norte (PEAS/RN) and the organization of the State Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS).
Date of text: 27 September 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Rio Grande do Norte
Brazil: Law No. 14.601 creating the Family Support Programme, called Bolsa Família.
Date of text: 19 June 2023
Kazakhstan: Social Code (Law No. 224-VII ZRK).
Date of text: 20 April 2023 (04 July 2023)
Brazil: Law No. 18.312 creating the Ceará Without Hunger Programme and the Networks of Social Units Producing Meals in the Fight Against Hunger in the State of Ceará.
Date of text: 17 February 2023 (29 May 2024). Territorial Subdivision: Ceará

Water

Mexico: Ley General de Aguas.
Date of text: 11 December 2025
Egypt: Law No. 172 of 2025 - Law Regulating the Drinking Water and Sanitation Authority.
Date of text: 01 September 2025
New Zealand: Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 (No. 42 of 2025).
Date of text: 26 August 2025
New Zealand: Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025.
Date of text: 26 August 2025
Uzbekistan: Water Code.
Date of text: 30 July 2025
Kyrgyzstan: Law No. 128 “Water Code”.
Date of text: 27 June 2025
Côte d'Ivoire: Loi n° 2025-527 du 25 juin 2025 portant Code de l’assainissement et du drainage.
Date of text: 25 June 2025
Kazakhstan: Water Code (Law No. 178-VIII ZRK).
Date of text: 09 April 2025
Nigeria: Ekiti Water Resources, Sanitation and Hygiene Sector Law, 2025 (No. 5 OF 2025).
Date of text: 02 April 2025. Territorial Subdivision: Ekiti
Kenya: Water (Resources) Regulations, Legal Notice No. 58 of 2025.
Date of text: 19 February 2025

Wild species and ecosystems

Brazil: Law No. 11.096 establishing the New State Animal Rights Code in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Date of text: 07 January 2026. Territorial Subdivision: Rio de Janeiro
United Arab Emirates: Federal Law No.5 of 2025 regarding the Regulation and Control of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Date of text: 26 December 2025
Sudan: Regulations Governing Procedures for Accessing Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge for the Year 2025.
Date of text: 24 November 2025
Saint Kitts and Nevis: National Conservation and Environmental Management Act, no. 26 of 2025.
Date of text: 31 October 2025
China: Law of the People's Republic of China on National Parks.
Date of text: 12 September 2025
Ecuador: Ley Orgánica para el Fortalecimiento de las Áreas Protegidas.
Date of text: 11 July 2025
Australia: Biodiversity Act 2025
Date of text: 26 June 2025. Territorial Subdivision: South Australia
Norway: Act No. 102 on the hunting, trapping and culling of wild animals (Wildlife Resources Act).
Date of text: 20 June 2025
Nicaragua: Ley Nº. 1248 - Ley de Áreas de Conservación Ambiental y Desarrollo Sostenible.
Date of text: 30 April 2025
Djibouti: Loi n° 16/AN/23/9ème L du 17 avril 2025 relative aux aires protégées.
Date of text: 17 April 2025