SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
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- 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)
- 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 establishing the legal framework for mineral exploitation. Date of text: 06-01-2015
(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)
- Decree-Law No. 40/2003 ruling on the Natural Park “Santa Luzia”. Date of text: 20-10-2003
(National)
- Decree-Law No. 69/97 prohibiting sand extraction from beaches, dunes and inland waters. Date of text: 03-11-1997
(National) - Decree-Law no. 2/2002, of 21 January that prohibits the extraction and exploitation of sand in dunes, beaches and inland waters, along the coastal strip and in the territorial sea. Date of text: 21-01-2002
(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)
- Decree-Law No. 44/2006 amending Decree-Law No. 3/2003 on Protected areas management. Date of text: 28-08-2006
(National) - Resolution no. 14/2005 ruling on the Environmental Action Plan from 2004 to 2014. Date of text: 25-04-2005
(National)
- Decree Law establishing the legal framework for mineral exploitation. Date of text: 06-01-2015
(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. 3/2015 establishing the legal framework for mineral exploitation. Date of text: 06-01-2015
(National) - Decree-Law No. 31/2003 on municipal, industrial and other solid waste disposal. Date of text: 01-09-2003
(National) - Decree-Law No. 7/2004 ruling on waste water discharges. Date of text: 23-02-2004
(National)
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