FAOLEX Database

Policies

Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan’s Nationally Determined Contribution 3.0.
Date of text: 2025
Cambodia: Cambodia National Action Plan on Drought Management and Adaptation 2025-2030.
Date of text: 01 June 2025
Gabon: Plan Opérationnel Gabon Vert Horizon 2025. Donner à l’Emergence une trajectoire durable.
Date of text: 2025
Cambodia: Cambodia Climate Resilient IWRM Action Plan 2026-2030: Toward the Achievement of Agenda 2030.
Date of text: 01 June 2025
Rwanda: National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (2025-2029).
Date of text: 2025
Philippines: Philippine National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2024-2028: A One Health Approach.
Date of text: 2025
Côte d'Ivoire: Contributions Déterminées au Niveau National CDN 3.0.
Date of text: 01 October 2025
Malawi: National Multisector Nutrition Strategic Plan 2025 – 2030.
Date of text: 2025
Paraguay: Tercera Contribución Nacionalmente Determinada (NDC 3.0) de la República del Paraguay.
Date of text: 01 October 2025
Nicaragua: Contribución Nacional Determinada de Nicaragua 2025.
Date of text: 2025

Agricultural and rural development

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
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. 12.018 creating the State Policy to encourage and promote agroecological family farming fairs within the State of Rio Grande do Norte.
Date of text: 26 December 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Rio Grande do Norte
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
Montenegro: Law on organic production.
Date of text: 17 December 2024
Brazil: Law No. 4.610 establishing the State Policy for the Promotion of Rural Tourism, within the State of Tocantins.
Date of text: 29 November 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Tocantins

Climate change

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
Ghana: Environmental Protection Act, 2025 (Act 1124).
Date of text: 06 January 2025
Zambia: Green Economy and Climate Change Act, 2024 (No. 18 of 2024).
Date of text: 20 December 2024
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2024/3012 establishing a Union certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products.
Date of text: 27 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
United Arab Emirates: Federal Decree-Law No. 11 of 2024 on the Reduction of Climate Change Effects.
Date of text: 28 August 2024
South Africa: Act No. 22 of 2024: Climate Change Act, 2024.
Date of text: 23 July 2024

Cultivated plants

Serbia: Law on seeds and planting material of agricultural and ornamental plants.
Date of text: 01 October 2025
Malaysia: Agriculture Fertilizer Enactment 2025 (No. 4 of 2025).
Date of text: 01 June 2025. Territorial Subdivision: Sabah
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
Australia: Biosecurity Act 2025.
Date of text: 13 February 2025. Territorial Subdivision: South Australia
Ukraine: Law No. 4147-IX “On state regulation of plant protection”.
Date of text: 17 December 2024
Montenegro: Law on organic production.
Date of text: 17 December 2024
South Africa: Act No. 35 of 2024: Plant Health (Phytosanitary) Act, 2024.
Date of text: 10 December 2024
Nepal: Seeds Regulation, 2081 (2024).
Date of text: 14 November 2024
Nepal: Pesticide Management Regulations, 2081 (2024).
Date of text: 07 July 2024

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
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
Bahamas: Disaster Risk Management Act No. 39 of 2022.
Date of text: 09 December 2022

Environment

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
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
Mali: Ordonnance n°2025-018/PT-RM du 01 avril 2025 portant modification de la Loi n°2021-032 du 24 mai 2021 relative aux pollutions et aux nuisances.
Date of text: 01 April 2025
Kenya: Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Strategic and Integrated Environmental Assessments and Environmental Audits) (No. 2) Regulations, Legal Notice no. 71 of 2025.
Date of text: 20 March 2025
Madagascar: Décret n°2025 - 080 Fixant les règles et procédures de l'Evaluation Environnementale et Sociale, pour la Mise en Compatibilité des Investissements avec l’Environnement ou MECIE.
Date of text: 29 January 2025
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
Kyrgyzstan: Law No. 25 “On biosecurity”.
Date of text: 23 January 2025
Ghana: Environmental Protection Act, 2025 (Act 1124).
Date of text: 06 January 2025

Fisheries and aquaculture

Ghana: Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 2025 (Act 1146).
Date of text: 14 August 2025
Cambodia: Fisheries Law.
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
Barbados: Sustainable Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2025 (No. 10 of 2025).
Date of text: 05 May 2025
Indonesia: Regulation of the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Number 2 of 2025 concerning the Organisation and Work Procedures of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Date of text: 10 February 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
Cameroon: La loi n° 2024/019 du 23 décembre 2024 régissant la pêche et l'aquaculture en République
Date of text: 23 December 2024
Indonesia: Regulation of the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Number 31 of 2024 concerning Control of Antimicrobial Resistance in Aquaculture.
Date of text: 03 December 2024

Food and nutrition

Brazil: Law No. 9.724 creating the “Sergipe Sem Fome” Programme, as a continuous State Public Policy, to promote food and nutritional security, eradicate hunger and reduce poverty in the State of Sergipe.
Date of text: 25 August 2025. Territorial Subdivision: Sergipe
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
Cuba: Decreto Nº 128/2025 sobre la Agroecología.
Date of text: 05 May 2025
Barbados: Sustainable Fisheries Management and Development (Seafood Markets and Businesses) Act, 2025 (No. 11 of 2025).
Date of text: 05 May 2025
Norway: Regulation No. 684 on the prohibition of marketing certain food products specifically targeted at children.
Date of text: 25 April 2025
Spain: Real Decreto 315/2025, de 15 de abril, por el que se establecen normas de desarrollo de la Ley 17/2011, de 5 de julio, de seguridad alimentaria y nutrición, para el fomento de una alimentación saludable y sostenible en centros educativos.
Date of text: 15 April 2025
Peru: Decreto Supremo N° 006-2025-MIDAGRI que aprueba el Reglamento de la Ley N° 31477, Ley que promueve acciones para la recuperación de alimentos.
Date of text: 02 April 2025
Spain: Ley 1/2025, de 1 de abril, de prevención de las pérdidas y el desperdicio alimentario.
Date of text: 01 April 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

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.
Date of text: 29 June 2023
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010.
Date of text: 31 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
Ghana: Affirmative Action (Gender Equity) Act, 2024 (No. 1121).
Date of text: 11 September 2024
Ecuador: Ley Orgánica para Impulsar la Economía Violeta.
Date of text: 10 January 2023
Sierra Leone: The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act, no. 23 of 2022.
Date of text: 23 December 2022
Sao Tome and Principe: Equality Law No. 11/2022.
Date of text: 19 September 2022

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
Ecuador: Acuerdo Nro. SGDPN-2022-001 - Reglamento para otorgar la personería jurídica y el registro a las Comunas ancestrales, comunidades, pueblos, nacionalidades y organizaciones sin fines de lucro.
Date of text: 31 August 2022
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Loi n°22/030 du 15 juillet 2022 portant protection et promotion des droits des peuples autochtones pygmées.
Date of text: 15 July 2022
Panama: Ley 301 – Establece medidas para el desarrollo integral de los pueblos indígenas de Panamá
Date of text: 12 May 2022
Russian Federation: Regional Law No. 47 “On organizing and ensuring the protection of the rights, traditional habitat and traditional way of life of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation living in the Kamchatka Territory.”
Date of text: 02 February 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Kamchatka
Mexico: Ley Federal de Protección del Patrimonio Cultural de los Pueblos y Comunidades Indígenas y Afromexicanas.
Date of original text: 2022 (29 November 2023)

Land and soil

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
Senegal: Loi n°2023-20 du 29 décembre 2023 portant Code d'urbanisme du Sénégal.
Date of text: 29 December 2023
Greece: Law no. 5069 of 2023. Conditions of building, construction, permitted land uses for data centres, zoning and urban planning regulations, utilisation of Green Fund resources, other environmental and energy provisions and other urgent provisions.
Date of text: 27 November 2023

Livestock

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
Australia: Biosecurity Act 2025.
Date of text: 13 February 2025. Territorial Subdivision: South Australia
Montenegro: Law on organic production.
Date of text: 17 December 2024
Argentina: Resolución 1415/2024 - Norma Técnica de Alimentos para Animales de la República Argentina.
Date of text: 03 December 2024
Brazil: Law No. 4.524 establishing the State Policy to Promote the Development of Beekeeping within the State of Tocantins.
Date of text: 25 September 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Tocantins
Ireland: Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 462/2024).
Date of text: 17 September 2024
Mexico: Ley de Protección y Bienestar Animal para el Estado de Sonora.
Date of text: 12 September 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Sonora
Brazil: Law No. 18.674 establishing the Policy to Promote Honey Production and the Development of Beekeeping and Meliponiculture Products and Services in Pernambuco.
Date of text: 03 September 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Pernambuco
Brazil: Law No. 4.449 providing for the breeding, trade, conservation and transport of native stingless bees (meliponines) in the State of Tocantins.
Date of text: 04 July 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Tocantins

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
Czechia: Act on the acceleration of the use of renewable energy sources.
Date of text: 02 July 2025
Kenya: Petroleum (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Regulations, Legal Notice no. 101 of 2025.
Date of text: 23 May 2025
Jordan: Law No. 10 of 2025 - General Electricity Law.
Date of text: 15 May 2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Décret n. 25/14 du 1 Avril 2025 portant Réglement d'hydrocarbures.
Date of text: 01 April 2025
Mexico: Decreto por el que se expiden la Ley de la Empresa Pública del Estado, Comisión Federal de Electricidad; la Ley de la Empresa Pública del Estado, Petróleos Mexicanos; la Ley del Sector Eléctrico; la Ley del Sector Hidrocarburos; la Ley de Planeación y Transición Energética; la Ley de Biocombustibles; la Ley de Geotermia y, la Ley de la Comisión Nacional de Energía; se reforman diversas disposiciones de la Ley del Fondo Mexicano del Petróleo para la Estabilización y el Desarrollo y, se reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones de la Ley Orgánica de la Administración Pública Federal.
Date of text: 12 March 2025
Cuba: Decreto-Ley Nº 102/2025 sobre el uso de la energía nuclear y las radiaciones ionizantes.
Date of text: 12 February 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

Social protection

Brazil: Law No. 9.724 creating the “Sergipe Sem Fome” Programme, as a continuous State Public Policy, to promote food and nutritional security, eradicate hunger and reduce poverty in the State of Sergipe.
Date of text: 25 August 2025. Territorial Subdivision: Sergipe
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. 3.070 establishing the Amapá Without Hunger Programme and creating the Networks of Social Units producing meals to combat hunger in the State of Amapá.
Date of text: 05 June 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Amapá
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

Water

Uzbekistan: Water Code.
Date of text: 30 July 2025
Kyrgyzstan: Law No. 128 “Water Code”.
Date of text: 27 June 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
Kenya: Water (Services) Regulations, Legal Notice No. 54 of 2025.
Date of text: 19 February 2025
Grenada: Water Resources Management and Regulation Act (No. 1 of 2025).
Date of text: 28 January 2025
Nepal: Water Supply and Sanitation Regulations, 2081 (2025).
Date of text: 23 January 2025
United States of America: Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024.
Date of text: 04 January 2025
Türkiye: Regulation on water efficiency.
Date of text: 27 December 2024
European Union: Directive (EU) 2024/3019 concerning urban wastewater treatment.
Date of text: 27 November 2024

Wild species and ecosystems

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
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
Kenya: Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Access to Biological Resources and Benefit Sharing) (No. 2) Regulations, Legal Notice no. 68 of 2025.
Date of text: 24 March 2025
New Zealand: Te Ture Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua 2025/Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Act 2025.
Date of text: 01 February 2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Loi n° 24/020 du 30 décembre 2024 modifiant et complétant la Loi n° 14/003 du 11 février 2014 relative à la conservation de la nature.
Date of text: 30 December 2024
Andorra: Law 18/2024 on hunting.
Date of text: 19 December 2024
China: Regulations of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Ecological and Environmental Protection.
Date of text: 28 November 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Ningxia