FAOLEX Database

Policies

Kenya: Small-Scale Purse Seine Fishery Management Plan, 2025, Legal Notice no. 51 of 2025
Date of text: 30 January 2025
Kenya: Lobster Fishery Management Plan, 2025, Legal Notice no. 50 of 2025.
Date of text: 30 January 2025
Kenya: Lake Turkana Fisheries Management Plan, 2023-2033, Legal Notice no. 49 of 2025.
Date of text: 30 January 2025
China: Implementation Plan for Gradually Developing Permanent Basic Farmland into High-Standard Farmland.
Date of text: 30 March 2025
China: China Food and Nutrition Development Outline (2025-2030).
Date of text: 27 February 2025
Ecuador: Segunda Contribución Determinada a Nivel Nacional de la República del Ecuador 2026-2035.
Date of text: 2025
European Union: A Vision for Agriculture and Food.
Date of text: 19 February 2025
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Blueprint for Halting and Reversing Biodiversity Loss: the UK’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for 2030.
Date of text: 2025
China: National Emergency Response Plan.
Date of text: 01 February 2025
China: No.1 Central Document for 2025.
Date of text: 01 February 2025

Agricultural and rural development

Montenegro: Law on organic production.
Date of text: 17 December 2024
China: Regulation of Heilongjiang Province on Grain Security Guarantee.
Date of text: 31 October 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Heilongjiang
Slovakia: Act No. 247/2024 on contributions provided from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
Date of text: 10 September 2024
Brazil: Law No. 11.881 creating the State Policy for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in the State of Rio Grande do Norte.
Date of text: 06 August 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Rio Grande do Norte
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (2024 asp 11).
Date of text: 31 July 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Scotland
Ecuador: Reglamento de la Ley Orgánica para la Defensa y Desarrollo de la Economía Familiar Campesina.
Date of text: 03 July 2024
China: Rural Collective Economic Organizations Law of the People's Republic of China.
Date of text: 28 June 2024
Georgia: Law on agriculture and rural development.
Date of original text: 12 June 2024 (12 June 2024)
Brazil: Law No. 9.185 creating the State Policy to Promote Precision Agriculture, with the aim of increasing productivity, profitability and ensuring environmental sustainability.
Date of text: 27 March 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Alagoas
Brazil: Law No. 8288 creating the State Policy for Agroecology within the State of Piauí (PEAPI).
Date of text: 09 January 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Piauí

Climate change

Ghana: Environmental Protection Act, 2025 (Act 1124).
Date of text: 06 January 2025
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
South Africa: Act No. 22 of 2024: Climate Change Act, 2024.
Date of text: 23 July 2024
Brazil: Law No. 9.304 creating the State Policy for Coping with Climate Change in the State of Alagoas.
Date of text: 05 July 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Alagoas
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 on establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology manufacturing ecosystem and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724.
Date of text: 13 June 2024
Greece: Law no. 5106 of 2024. Arrangements to address the multi-level impacts of climate change in the areas of: a) water management, b) forest management and protection, c) urban resilience and policy, d) combating illegal construction, e) energy security and other urgent provisions.
Date of text: 01 May 2024
Saint Lucia: Climate Change Act, no. 3 of 2024.
Date of text: 18 March 2024
Republic of Korea: Act on Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transportation, Storage and Utilization.
Date of text: 06 February 2024
Brazil: Law No. 9.364 creating the State Policy on Climate Change of the State of Sergipe (PEMC/SE).
Date of text: 05 January 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Sergipe

Cultivated plants

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: Pesticide Management Regulations, 2081 (2024).
Date of text: 07 July 2024
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Plant Protection Act, no. 10 of 2024.
Date of text: 20 June 2024
Ecuador: Reglamento General No. 283 a la Ley para el Fortalecimiento y Desarrollo de la Producción, Comercialización, Extracción, Exportación e Industrialización de la Palma Aceitera y sus Derivados.
Date of text: 28 May 2024
Türkiye: Regulation on the licensing and placing on the market of plant protection products.
Date of text: 14 March 2024
Belarus: Law No. 356-Z “On the handling of genetic resources”.
Date of text: 05 March 2024
Brazil: Law No. 14.785 on research, experimentation, production, packaging, labelling, transport, storage, commercialization, use, import, export, final destination of waste and packaging, registration, classification, control, inspection and supervision of pesticides, environmental control products, technical and similar products.
Date of original text: 27 December 2023 (23 December 2024)
Uzbekistan: Law No. ZRU-877 “On plant protection.”
Date of text: 09 November 2023
Ukraine: Law No. 3339-IX “On state regulation of genetic engineering activities and state control over the placing on the market of genetically modified organisms and products”.
Date of text: 23 August 2023

Disaster risk management

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
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
Uzbekistan: Law No. ZRU-790 “On protection of the population and the territory against emergency situations of natural and technogenic type”.
Date of text: 17 August 2022
Kazakhstan: Law No. 122-VII ZRK “On biological safety”.
Date of original text: 21 May 2022 (19 April 2023)

Environment

Kenya: Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Strategic and Integrated Environmental Assessments and Environmental Audits) Regulations, Legal Notice no. 52 of 2025.
Date of text: 17 February 2025
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC.
Date of text: 19 December 2024
China: Regulations of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Ecological and Environmental Protection.
Date of text: 28 November 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Inner Mongolia - Nei Mongol
China: Regulations of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Ecological and Environmental Protection.
Date of text: 28 November 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Ningxia
Greece: Law No. 5151 of 2024. Arrangements for the modernization of waste management, the improvement of the energy saving framework, the development of energy projects and the addressing of urban planning issues.
Date of text: 02 November 2024
European Union: Directive (EU) 2024/2881on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (recast).
Date of text: 23 October 2024
Chad: Loi n° 23/CNT/2024 du 15 octobre 2024 portant protection de l’environnement
Date of text: 15 October 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Law on air protection of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Date of text: 10 September 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Montenegro: Law on the use of energy from renewable sources.
Date of text: 17 August 2024
Brazil: Law No. 9.312 establishing the State Environmental Policy of the State of Alagoas.
Date of text: 15 July 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Alagoas

Fisheries

Angola: Presidential Decree No. 57/25 on Management Measures for Marine and Inland Fisheries, Aquaculture and Salt for the year 2025.
Date of text: 26 February 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
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
Montenegro: Law on the organization of markets in fisheries and aquaculture.
Date of text: 30 August 2024
Nauru: Fisheries Management Act 2024 (No. 9 of 2024).
Date of text: 20 August 2024
Romania: Law No. 176 “On fishing and the protection of living aquatic resources”.
Date of text: 03 June 2024
Tonga: Aquaculture Management Regulations 2022.
Date of text: 07 May 2024
Slovenia: Decree on the monitoring of catches and the sale of fishery products.
Date of text: 14 March 2024
Mauritius: The Fisheries Act 2023.
Date of text: 17 November 2023

Food and nutrition

Spain: Ley 1/2025, de 1 de abril, de prevención de las pérdidas y el desperdicio alimentario.
Date of text: 01 April 2025
Montenegro: Law on organic production.
Date of text: 17 December 2024
China: Regulation of Heilongjiang Province on Grain Security Guarantee.
Date of text: 31 October 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Heilongjiang
Mauritius: Food Regulations, Government Notice no. 142 of 2024
Date of text: 02 September 2024
Montenegro: Law on the organization of markets in fisheries and aquaculture.
Date of text: 30 August 2024
Ecuador: Reglamento de la Ley Orgánica para la Defensa y Desarrollo de la Economía Familiar Campesina.
Date of text: 03 July 2024
Brazil: Law No. 18.568 establishing the State Policy to Combat Hunger and Food and Nutritional Insecurity in the State of Pernambuco.
Date of text: 03 June 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Pernambuco
Maldives: Food Safety Act (Act No. 6/2024).
Date of text: 23 May 2024
Nepal: Food Hygiene and Quality Act, 2081 (Act No. 1 of 2024).
Date of text: 05 May 2024
Panama: Ley Nº 430 – Que crea la Dirección Nacional de Control de Alimentos y Vigilancia Veterinaria, y dicta otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 25 April 2024

Forestry

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
Brazil: Law No. 6.160 providing for the conservation, protection, restoration and ecologically sustainable exploitation of the Pantanal Plain Restricted Use Area (AUR-Pantanal), within the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, and creating the State Fund for the Sustainable Development of the Pantanal Biome.
Date of text: 18 December 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Mato Grosso do Sul
Uruguay: Ley Nº 20.238 - Prevención y combate de incendios forestales.
Date of text: 13 December 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
Cabo Verde: Law No. 25/X/2023 establishing the General Policy Framework for Forestry sector.
Date of text: 05 May 2023
Bhutan: Forest and Nature Conservation Act of Bhutan, 2023.
Date of text: 2023
Brazil: Law No. 18.301 establishing the State Agricultural Policy for Planted Forests and their products based on the Sustainable Development.
Date of text: 28 December 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Ceará

Gender

Greece: Law no. 5178 of 2025. Measures for balanced gender representation in management positions of listed companies, unlisted public limited companies and public enterprises - Incorporation of Directive (EU) 2022/2381 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 - Arrangements for the strengthening of pilot programmes for the enhancement of social cohesion - Demographic Development Program and other provisions.
Date of text: 14 February 2025
Brazil: Law No. 12.430 providing a guarantee to support and protect women living in rural, quilombola, indigenous and traditional community areas, with the aim of eradicating gender-based violence and promoting equal rights in these communities, within the State of Maranhão.
Date of text: 26 November 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Maranhão
Armenia: Law No. HO-414-N “On social assistance”.
Date of text: 14 November 2024
Cyprus: Law no. 108(I) of 2024 on the Commissioner for Gender Equality and Related Matters.
Date of text: 26 July 2024
Brazil: Law No. 3.105 on the guidelines and actions to ensure that women over 50 years old can access the labour market in the State of Amapá.
Date of text: 10 July 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Amapá
Sri Lanka: Women Empowerment Act, No. 37 of 2024.
Date of text: 05 July 2024
Brazil: Law No. 12.321 creating the State Policy for the valorization of Rural Women.
Date of text: 20 June 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

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
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

Land and soil

South Africa: Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Act No. 39 of 2024.
Date of text: 20 December 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
Mauritania: Loi n° 2024-003 du 17 janvier 2024 relative à l’urbanisme et à la construction.
Date of text: 17 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
Russian Federation: Federal Law No. 509-FZ “On the peculiarities of registering rights to certain types of real estate and on introducing amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation.”
Date of text: 02 November 2023
Indonesia: Presidential Regulation no. 62 of 2023 concerning the Acceleration of Implementation of Agrarian Reform.
Date of text: 03 October 2023
Bangladesh: Land Reforms Act, 2023 (Act No. 37 of 2023).
Date of text: 18 September 2023

Livestock

Montenegro: Law on organic production.
Date of text: 17 December 2024
Mexico: Ley de Protección y Bienestar Animal para el Estado de Sonora.
Date of text: 12 September 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Sonora
Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 30/2024 establishing the legal framework for the exercise of livestock farming activities (REAP) on livestock farms, warehouses and assembly centres, guaranteeing respect for animal welfare and health standards.
Date of text: 26 June 2024
Austria: Animal Health 2024 (TGG 2024).
Date of text: 21 May 2024
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Animal Health Act, no. 6 of 2024.
Date of text: 10 May 2024
Panama: Ley Nº 430 – Que crea la Dirección Nacional de Control de Alimentos y Vigilancia Veterinaria, y dicta otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 25 April 2024
Brazil: Law No. 9.185 creating the State Policy to Promote Precision Agriculture, with the aim of increasing productivity, profitability and ensuring environmental sustainability.
Date of text: 27 March 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Alagoas
Belarus: Law No. 356-Z “On the handling of genetic resources”.
Date of text: 05 March 2024
Guinea: Loi ordinaire l/ 2024/008/CNT du 07 février 2024 portant Code pastoral en République de Guinée
Date of text: 07 February 2024
Senegal: Loi 2023-19 du 27 décembre portant Code pastoral
Date of text: 27 December 2023

Mineral resources and energy

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
China: Energy Law of the People's Republic of China.
Date of text: 08 November 2024
Greece: Law No. 5151 of 2024. Arrangements for the modernization of waste management, the improvement of the energy saving framework, the development of energy projects and the addressing of urban planning issues.
Date of text: 02 November 2024
Montenegro: Law on the use of energy from renewable sources.
Date of text: 17 August 2024
Burkina Faso: Loi n°016-2024/ALT du 18 juillet 2024 portant code minier du Burkina Faso
Date of text: 18 July 2024
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Electricity Act, No. 36 of 2024.
Date of text: 27 June 2024
Rwanda: Law n° 072/2024 on mining and quarry operations.
Date of text: 26 June 2024
Bahamas: Natural Gas Act (No. 10 of 2024).
Date of text: 31 March 2024
Cameroon: Loi n° 2023-014 du 19 décembre 2023 portant Code minier.
Date of text: 19 December 2023

Social protection

Jordan: Social Development Law No. 4 of 2024
Date of text: 2024
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
Taiwan Province of China: President Order No. 11200043171 promulgating the Social Welfare Fundamental Act.
Date of text: 24 May 2023
Kazakhstan: Social Code (Law No. 224-VII ZRK).
Date of original text: 20 April 2023 (04 July 2023)
Pakistan: Sindh Social Protection Authority Act, 2022 (Sindh Act No. IX of 2022).
Date of text: 12 August 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Sindh
Benin: Décret n° 2022-390 du 13 Juillet 2022 portant organisation des procédures de l’évaluation environnementale et sociale en République du Bénin.
Date of text: 13 July 2022

Water

Nepal: Water Supply and Sanitation Regulations, 2081 (2025).
Date of text: 23 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
Spain: Real Decreto 1085/2024, de 22 de octubre, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de reutilización del agua y se modifican diversos reales decretos que regulan la gestión del agua.
Date of text: 22 October 2024
Indonesia: Government Regulation No. 30 of 2024 concerning Water Resources Management.
Date of text: 14 August 2024
Mauritius: Water Resources Act (No. 9 of 2024).
Date of text: 25 July 2024
Peru: Ley que establece medidas para asegurar el acceso universal al agua potable.
Date of text: 11 June 2024
Mozambique: Law No. 9/2024 establishing principles and legal regime for the public water supply and sanitation service.
Date of text: 07 June 2024
Peru: Reglamento del decreto legislativo n° 1280, decreto legislativo que aprueba la ley del servicio universal de agua potable y saneamiento.
Date of text: 21 May 2024
Greece: Law no. 5106 of 2024. Arrangements to address the multi-level impacts of climate change in the areas of: a) water management, b) forest management and protection, c) urban resilience and policy, d) combating illegal construction, e) energy security and other urgent provisions.
Date of text: 01 May 2024

Wild species and ecosystems

Kenya: Environmental Management and Coordination (Access to Biological Resources and Benefit Sharing) Regulations, Legal Notice no. 19 of 2025.
Date of text: 15 January 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 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Ecological and Environmental Protection.
Date of text: 28 November 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Inner Mongolia - Nei Mongol
China: Regulations of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Ecological and Environmental Protection.
Date of text: 28 November 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Ningxia
Angola: Presidential Decree No. 222/24 approving the Regulation on Hunting and Wildlife Sustainable Management.
Date of text: 25 October 2024
Chad: Loi n° 23/CNT/2024 du 15 octobre 2024 portant protection de l’environnement
Date of text: 15 October 2024
Cameroon: Loi n° 2024-008 du 24 juillet 2024 portant régime des forêts et de la faune
Date of text: 24 July 2024
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 on nature restoration and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/869.
Date of text: 24 June 2024
Côte d'Ivoire: Loi n°2024-364 du 11 juin 2024 portant gestion de la faune
Date of text: 11 June 2024