El Código nacional de recursos naturales renovables y de protección del medio ambiente, consta de 340 artículos organizados en dos libros: Del Ambiente (Libro Primero) y De la Propiedad, Uso e Influencia Ambiental de los Recursos Naturales Renovables (Libro Segundo).

La presente Ley, que consta de 19 artículos, tiene por finalidad promover la conservación, mejora y restauración de los suelos y las aguas, que son parte de los recursos naturales renovables del país (art. 1º). El Ministerio de Agricultura e Industrias será el organismos encargado de poner en práctica esta Ley (art. 3º); clasificará las diversas clases de suelos por su valor agronómico, estableciendo las zonas aptas para su explotación agrícola, ganadera y forestal (art. 4º).

El Reglamento consta de 288 artículos y reglamenta las normas relacionadas con el recurso agua en todos sus estados. Declara, a tenor del artículo 1º del Decreto Nº 2811/74, de 18 de diciembre de 1974, que la preservación y manejo de las aguas son de utilidad pública. La administración y manejo del recurso hídrico corresponde al Instituto Nacional de los Recursos Naturales Renovables y del Ambiente (INDERENA), salvo cuando haya sido adscrita a otras entidades.

La Ley consta de 11 títulos y 130 artículos.

El Reglamento consta de 12 títulos y 219 artículos.

The 36 sections are arranged under the following Headings: Provisional Committee and Preparation of Scheme for Soil Conservation; First Meeting of Proprietors and Approval of Soil Conservation Scheme; Rules, Regulations and General Powers of Boards; Acquisition of Property and Entry upon Land; Miscellaneous.

This Law provides for the better protection of the foreshore. The law defines the foreshore as the lands within a distance not exceeding one hundred yards from high water mark, as the Minister may prescribe. The Law contains provisions on the prohibition to interfere with the foreshore, on restrictions upon structures on the foreshore. It provides also for the power to prescribe areas in which the erection of buildings is prohibited, and for drains to be covered and extended into the sea.

This Act establishes committees with powers to preserve and reclaim land and to protect water resources in approved areas of the Gold Coast. The Minister may declare, for the purposes of preserving land, reclaiming land and protecting water resources, any area within a designated area to be a planning area and establish a planning committee for such area (sect. 3 and 4).

The Act provides for the establishment of Committees that shall promote in designated areas proper land use and cultivation for purposes of erosion control.

Amends: Land Planning and Soil Conservation Act. (1957)

The Act makes provisions for the conservation and improvement of the land and water resources. It establishes the Land Conservation Board (sect. 3) to exercise general supervision over land and water resources (sect. 5a) and to make conservation orders (sect. 7), closing orders (sect. 8) and orders to do work (sect. 9). Conservation Committees may be established to advise the Board. (23 sections)

Implemented by: Conservation Orders. (1985)
Implemented by: Land Conservation and Improvement (Fire Hazard Period) Order. (1985)

The text contains 3 conservation orders ex section 7 of the Land Conservation and Improvement Act, prescribing the manner in which sugar cane is to be planted (art. 1), prohibiting the depasturizing of livestock within an area specified in the Schedule (art. 2) and prohibiting the use of sledges on any vehicular road used by the public.

Implements: Land Conservation and Improvement Act. (1975)

La Ley consta de 10 títulos, 118 artículos, 4 disposiciones adicionales, 3 transitorias, una derogatoria y 5 finales.