SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
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Soil compaction
- Law No. HO-245-N “On environmental fees”. Date of text: 20-12-2006
(National)
- Conservation Forest and Lands Act 1987 Date of text: 19-05-1987
(Victoria)
- Law on Forestry of the Republic of Srpska Date of text: 17-07-2008
(Br?ko District; Republika Srpska)
- Programa de Acción Nacional de Lucha contra la Deforestación y Degradación de Tierras en Guinea Ecuatorial (PAN/LCD). Date of text: 01-10-2015
(National)
- Land Improvement Act Date of text: 16-05-2018
(National)
- Resolución Nş 153 - Guía de buenas prácticas ambientales para la construcción y ensanche de carreteras y la rehabilitación de caminos rurales. Date of text: 23-03-2007
(National)
- National Spatial Development Concept 2030 (NSDC 2030). Date of text: 01-01-2012
(National)
- Decree No. 15/2015 establishing the criteria for the classification and reclassification of soil, as well as the criteria for qualification and the categories of rustic soil and urban soil according to the prevalent use, applicable to the whole national territory. Date of text: 19-08-2015
(National) - Decree-Law No. 80/2015 approving the revision of the Legal Framework for Territorial Management Instruments, approved by Decree-Law No. 380/99. Date of text: 14-05-2015
(National) - Environment Policy Act Date of text: 14-04-2014
(National)
- Decision no. 445 of April 8, 2009 on assessing the impact of certain public and private projects on the environment. Date of text: 08-04-2009
(National)
- Environment Protection Law – Basel-Landschaft. Date of text: 27-02-1991
(Basel-Landschaft)
- Soil and Water Conservation (Agriculture Code: Title 7, Chapter 171). Date of text: 01-09-1981
(Texas)
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