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Dahir n° 1-10-144 portant promulgation de la loi n° 25-10 relative à l'aménagement et à la mise en valeur du site de la lagune de Marchica.

Legislation
Morocco
Africa
Northern Africa

Il est créé dans le site de la lagune de Marchica, une zone d'aménagement et de mise en valeur dont les limites sont fixées conformément au plan annexé à la présente loi. A l'intérieur des limites de la zone précitée, un plan d'aménagement dit " plan d'aménagement spécial du site de la lagune de Marchica " est établi est approuvé conformément aux dispositions de l'article 20 de la présente loi.

Decree No. 86 of 1998 containing rules relative to spreading upon the soil or bringing into the soil of Organic Fertilizing Substances (Decree Use Fertilizers of Animal Origin).

Regulations
Netherlands
Europe
Western Europe

This Decree implements articles 6, 7, 15 and 65 of the Soil Protection Act by providing rules for the use of fertilizers of animal origin and other organic fertilizing substances such as sludge. It places restrictions on use of such substances to protect the soil and water resources.

Agreement between the Free State of Bavaria and Thuringia on administration unions, administrative agreements, community associations, as well as water and soil associations.

Germany
Europe
Western Europe

The present sub-national Agreement between the Free State of Bavaria and the Free State of Thuringia lays down provisions relating to the establishment of common associations, such as, for example, water and soil associations. Article 4 establishes that for water and soil associations the Water Association Act of 12 February 1991 applies and the law of the Land where the association is set up. The text consists of 7 articles.

Implements: Water Association Act. (2002-05-15)

Clean Air Conservation Act.

Legislation
Republic of Korea
Eastern Asia
Asia

The purpose of this Act is to prevent air pollution and to manage and preserve the atmospheric environment.The Minister of Environment shall install network measuring devices, and measure at all times the degree of air pollution in Korea. The Minister of Environment or the Mayor/Do governor may expropriate or use land, building, etc. for installing the measuring networks according to the measuring network installation plan notified publicly under article 4.

Land Planning and Development (Guernsey) Law, 2005.

Legislation
Guernsey
Europe
Northern Europe

This Law provides for land use and development planning in Guernsey and control over development. Its purposes are to protect and enhance, and to facilitate the sustainable development of, the physical environment of Guernsey, to protect natural beauty to preserve and promote biological diversity. A Strategic Land Planning Group shall be appointed from various state offices and shall Strategic Land Planning Group be involved in the preparation or amendment of the Strategic Land Use Plan.

Environment Policy of the Asian Development Bank

January, 2002
Asia

The Environment Policy is grounded in ADB's Poverty Reduction Strategy and the Long-Term Strategic Framework (LTSF) 2001-2015. The Poverty Reduction Strategy recognizes that environmental sustainability is a prerequisite for pro-poor economic growth and efforts to reduce poverty. Environmental sustainability is also one of the three crosscutting themes of the LTSF. The environment policy reinforces and complements the environmental issues and concerns addressed in ADB's sector and crosscutting policies.

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Legislation & Policies
International Conventions or Treaties
Global

The objective of this Convention is to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought in countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa, through effective action at all levels, supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements, in the framework of an integrated approach which is consistent with Agenda 21, with a view to contributing to the achievement of sustainable development in affected areas.

Attacking Poverty While Improving the Environment: Toward Win-Win Policy Options

Reports & Research

Drawing primarily on a series of sectoral papers presented at a UNDP-EC workshop on poverty and the environment in January 1999 and on supplemental materials, this paper attempts to provide an integrated framework for looking at poverty-environment interactions across a number of resource regimes. It seeks to identify common analytical elements, to identify principles that have produced win-win outcomes, and to extract some general principles for policy formulation and implementation.

Geothermal Resources Act (Cap. 314A).

Legislation
Kenya
Eastern Africa
Africa

This Act concerns the exploration, ownership and exploitation of geothermal resources, i.e. any product derived from and produced within the earth by natural heat. All unextracted geothermal resources under or in any land, if not vested by law in any other person, shall be vested in the Government. The Minister may declare geothermal resources areas. Exploration for geothermal resources requires an authorization from the Minister whereas exploitation requires a geothermal resources licence to be issued by the Minister.