Particular amendments are hereby laid down to Regional Act No. 42 on forestry, with regard to the approval procedure for the programme on forestry and the implementation of projects. Article 11 on the fire-fighting service is replaced by the text laid down in article 5 hereto.

Amends: Regional Act No. 42 on forestry. (1998-11-10)

La présente loi a pour objectif, en conformité avec les principes de la politique agricole commune, de promouvoir une agriculture multifonctionnelle, durable et compétitive en liaison avec un développement intégré des zones rurales. Le texte comprend 4 titres répartis en 69 articles: Objectif et définitions (Ier); Encouragement à l’adaptation et au développement du secteur agricole (II).

Article 1 of the above-mentioned Law establishes that the division of forest land as a result of which a remaining part of land would reach no longer the minimum size for forestry management is forbidden. The minimum size is 1 ha and a minimum width of 40 m. However, if the public interest prevails such divisions are permitted as, for instance, in case of water works, mining activities, energy resources, improvement of agricultural structure, land reform, and so on. The text consists of 8 articles.

The declared (sect. 3) objects of the Act are: ensuring effective and ecologically sustainable management of forest resources; promotion of a sustainable commercial timber industry, and; protection and conservation of forest resources, habitats and ecosystems including the maintenance of ecological processes and genetic diversity. The administration of matters affecting forests is entrusted to Commissioner of Forests appointed under section 6 and the Minister who shall be advised by the Solomon Forestry Board established under section 5.

La présente loi fixe la dénomination et détermine le ressort territorial des structures les structures ou entités l’administration territoriale (les autorités et services déconcentrés de l'Etat; les départements et les communes) ainsi que les règles devant régir les prérogatives des organes et personnes chargées de leur direction.Les organes de gestion de ces entités sont consultés en matière d’élaboration de schémas d'aménagement du territoire et des projets de développement du département; des mesures de protection de l'environnement; des forêts classées et des zones cynégétique; de l'éne

The purpose of this Act is to support the decentralization process in general and capacity building of the districts, in particular with respect to the rural infrastructure development, and to improve rural accessibility.Village Development Committees shall be constituted as executives of the Village Council in village development areas, Municipalities shall be constituted as executives of the Municipal Council in municipal areas, and District Development Committees shall be constituted as executive bodies of District Councils in district development areas.

This Provincial Act is divided into five Titles. The aims pursued are the protection of any kind of land falling within the provincial territory, giving particular regard to forests, mountain grasslands and pastures, in order to ensure their conservation and productivity and to guarantee their rational and sustainable use.

An Act to make provision for the ecologically, socially and economically sustainable use of natural resources, i.e. land, water and the physical environment (sect. 1).The Act is divided into 6 Chapters: Introductory provisions (1); Basic management provisions (2); Particular management provisions for specified areas in the country (3); Admission testing for industrial plants, etc. (4) Environment impact assessment statements (5); Duties of authorities, distribution of responsibilities, etc.

This Act provides for various matters relating to wildlife and forestry including: functions of the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, acquisition of land and rights, natural heritage areas, nature reserves and refuges, protection of flora, wild birds and wild animals, and regulation and control of wildlife dealing.

This Act makes provision with respect to local government in Lesotho.

This Act regulates interventions in matter of better exploitation of the soil, of the environment and of agri-sylvipastoral resources. For this purpose there shall be a rational selvicultural management, the improvement of biological balances and the prevention of hydrogeological disasters.

La presente Ley modifica, entre otros, los siguientes artículos del Decreto Ley Nº 701 de 1974 sobre fomento forestal, cuyo texto fue reemplazado mediante el Decreto Ley Nº 2.565 de 1979. El objeto de la ley es regular la actividad forestal en suelos de aptitud preferentemente y en suelos degradados e incentivar la forestación, en especial, por parte de los pequeños propietarios forestales y aquélla necesaria para la prevención de la degradación, protección y recuperación de los suelos del territorio nacional (art. 1º).