This Act regulates forestry activity. It consists of 14 Chapters specifying authorized activities to be performed by public and private entities in order to protect national forests. It also establishes national administration competencies and actions to be carried out by the Government of Cape Verde for managing forestry resources. Chapter I defines all sectors relative to forestry activity (i.e.
This Act makes provision for the prevention, abatement, control of pollution and enhancement of the environment. It is divided into the following Parts: Preliminary (I); Administration (II); Licences (III); Prohibition and Control of Pollution (IV); Appeal and Appeal Board (V); Miscellaneous (VI).
This Act provides rules for the prevention of pollution of the environment.
An Act to provide for the improvement of coastal zone management in Belize through the establishment of a Coastal Zone Management Authority and a Coastal Zone Management Institute; to provide for the establishment of a Board of Directors to control, and manage the affairs of the Authority; to provide for the preparation of a Coastal Zone Management Plan to provide for the establishment of mechanisms to improve the monitoring of various activities within the coastal zone; to provide for the payment of fees and charges related to the use of the coastal zone; and to provide for matters connect
This Act establishes National Planning for Coastal Zone Management. It consists of 13 articles laying down competencies and duties of the aforementioned national administration. It also lists sanctions to be paid by offenders in case of environmental areas pollution, according to article 14 of Act No. 6.938.
According to provisions of this Decree users of arable land shall be responsible to prepare a plan for the use of fertilizing substances for the upcoming planting season in each year or a plan for a longer term in the case of use of animal manure or extensive cultivation. Such plan shall contain various indications on the required use of fertilizers. The scope of this planning is to secure an effective and rational use of fertilizing substances also for reasons of environment protection.
This Regulation contains maximum allowed amounts of specified polluting substances in waste water discharged in water bodies and into the soil. Section 1 species rates of discharge for towns and other settlements and objects the average amount of which is more than 2000 cubic metres a day. Section 2 contains requirements regarding pollution for towns and other settlements and objects which discharge water in a rate between 200 and 2000 cubic metres a day. Also standards are given for smaller units.
The maximum rates of payments per hectare to be made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food pursuant to an agreement including requirements regarding agricultural practices, methods and operation made under section 18 (3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 are adjusted downwards. Also payments made pursuant to section 6, comma 1 of the principal order for agreement made before the entry into force of the principal Order are modified.
Amends: Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Somerset Levels and Moors) Designation Order 1997 (S.I. No. 1442 of 1997). (1997-06-05)
This Annex to Regulation No. 45 of 1994 specifies maximum concentrations of allowed pollution. If such values are exceeded a pollution charge must be paid according to the volume of pollutants (crowns/tonnes). Substances include phosphorus, nitrogen, suspended solids, oil products, sulphates and phenols. If pollution exceeds the maximum amount allowed by permit the charges shall be multiplied by the factor five. If pollutants are discharged in places other than indicated in the permit the charges shall be multiplied by the factor ten.
The Act aims at the conservation of soil resources for the prevention or mitigation of soil erosion and at the protection of land against damages by flood and drought. On the basis of surveys and investigations carried out by the Director of Agriculture for the purposes of ascertaining the nature and extent of soil erosion and of damages to land caused by floods and drought, the Minister may by Order published in the Gazette declare any area to be an erodible area.
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