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Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 (2013 Chapter 10).

Legislation
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

This Act establishes a strategic system of marine planning in Northern Ireland’s inshore region (as defined), provides in part for a modernised licensing and enforcement regime and promotes the United Kingdom’s aim of establishing an “ecologically coherent network of Marine Protected Areas”, so that marine biodiversity is protected and international and European commitments are met.

Regional Law No. 39-OZ “On protected areas”.

Legislation
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

This Regional Law regulates relations in the sphere of organization, conservation, protection and functioning of protected areas of regional significance for the purpose of conservation of natural resources potential, healthcare, tourist and recreational resources, landscape and biological diversity, and promotion of ecological education of the population. Regional protected areas shall be classified as follows: (a) natural parks; (b) state nature reserves; (c) nature monuments; (d) dendrological parks and botanical gardens; and (e) healthcare areas and health resorts.

Regional Law No. 7-2542 on regulation of land relations.

Legislation
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

This Regional Law regulates relations on land tenure and protection of land. Regional Legislative assembly shall have the following competence in the sphere of land protection: (a) reserve land, also through buyout of land plots, for public and municipal needs; (b) proclamation of protected areas; (c) establishment of minimum and maximum dimensions of land plots of public land allotted for agricultural purposes, farming, horticulture and stockbreeding; (d) establishment of cases of gratuitous allotment of public and municipal land to natural and legal persons (art. 2).

Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (Act No. 2 of 2007).

Legislation
India
Asia
Southern Asia

The purpose of this Act is to recognize forest rights to tribal communities who have been occupying the land before the forest laws were put into force.Scheduled Tribes residing in forests shall be entitled to the land currently occupied which may be allocated in all forests including National Parks and Sanctuaries.The Act grants forest rights to Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers including: right to live in the forest land for habitation or for self-cultivation for livelihood; right of ownership, access to collect, use, and dispose of minor forest produce; right to use

Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan regarding the delimitation of jurisdictional subjects and mutual delegation of powers between the State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tata...

Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

Authorised representatives of the state bodies of state power of the Russian Federation and the bodies of state power of the Republic of Tatarstan have agreed on the following: 1) Demarcation of the objects of management and mutual delegation of powers between the state bodies of the Russian Federation and the state bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan shall be governed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan and the present Treaty.

Grassland Regulations of Gansu province.

Regulations
China
Eastern Asia
Asia

The Purpose of these Regulations is to protect, construct and utilize grasslands rationally and promote the sustainable development of grassland ecosystem. The Regulations are divided into 6 Chapters: General Provisions (I); Planning and Construction (II); Contractual Management (III); Protection and Utilization (IV); Legal Liabilities (V); Supplementary Provisions (VI).

Regional Law No. 968-OZ “On protected areas”.

Legislation
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

This Regional Law regulates relations in the sphere of organization, conservation, protection and management of protected areas of regional and local significance. Regional protected areas shall be classified as follows: (a) natural parks; (b) state nature reserves; (c) nature monuments; (d) dendrological parks and botanical gardens; and (e) healthcare areas and health resorts. Protected areas of local significance shall be set up by decision of local government.

National Museums and Heritage Act (Cap. 216).

Legislation
Kenya
Eastern Africa
Africa

This Act establishes the National Museums of Kenya as a body corporate and provides for the protection of national natural and cultural heritage (as defined). The National Museums of Kenya shall, among other things, identify, protect, conserve and transmit the cultural and natural heritage of Kenya. The Minister may declare an open space to be a protected area within the meaning of this Act.

Decree of 31 December 2010 establishing administrative coordinates of the Indigenous Apurinã Land called "Apurinã do Igarapé Mucuim" in the Municipality of Lábrea, State of Amazonas.

Regulations
Brazil
Americas
South America

This Decree, consisting of 2 articles, establishes administrative markings and specifies geographical coordinates of the the Indigenous Apurinã Land called "Apurinã do Igarapé Mucuim" in the Municipality of Lábrea, State of Amazonas. It states that the specified indigenous lands belong in a permanent way to the indigenous group of Apurinã, with a surface of 73.350 ha. within the State of Amazonas.

Water and Sewerage Authority Act, 1984 (Cap. 208).

Legislation
Grenada
Americas
Caribbean

This Act makes provision for a national water policy and for the establishment of the Water and Sewerage Authority and concerns several aspects of water resources management and policy. The Government shall promote a national policy for water and sewerage in Grenada. The Authority is established as a body corporate and shall be a successor to the Central Water Commission. Assets and liabilities of Central Water Commission shall be transferred to the Authority.

Regional Law No. 76-RZ “On entrustment of some issues of local significance to rural settlements”.

Legislation
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

This Regional Law transfers to the competence of local government in rural areas the following issues: (a) water supply, sewerage and heating; (b) participation in the prevention of outbreak of natural and technological disasters, and mitigation of the consequences thereof; (c) conservation and promotion of the objects of cultural heritage; (d) management of domestic waste; and (e) management of protected areas of local significance.