SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
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Soil biodiversity loss
- Loi relative a la protection de l'environnement dans le cadre du developpement durable, 2003 Date of text: 19-07-2003
(National)
- The Second National Environmental Action Programme. Date of text: 14-08-2008
(National) - Law No. HO-110-N, on Environmental Impact Assessment and Expertise Date of text: 21-06-2014
(National) - Law No. ZR-188 on purposeful use of environmental fees paid by polluters. Date of text: 11-06-2001
(National)
- Landscape South Australia Act 2019. Date of text: 19-12-2019
(South Australia) - Environmental Protection Act 1986 Date of text: 10-12-1986
(Western Australia)
- Federal Act on Environmental Impact Assessment. Date of text: 14-10-1993
(National) - Fertiliser Act and Regulation Date of text: 12-07-1994
(National)
- The National Strategy and Action Plan on conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Date of text: 24-03-2006
(National) - State Standard No. AZS 834-6-2015 for Soil quality -- Sampling -- Part 6: Guidance on the collection, handling and storage of soil under aerobic conditions for the assessment of microbiological processes, biomass and diversity in the laboratory. Date of text: 10-07-2015
(National)
- Guidelines for environmental impact assessment of the projected economic activity. Date of text: 31-03-1993
(National) - Decree No. 22 of the Committee on Land Resources, Geodesy and Cartography validating the Regulation on transfer of recultivated land to landowners and land tenants extracting minerals and peat, and also carrying out exploration, prospecting and other activities related to land disturbance. Date of text: 25-04-1997
(National)
- Note politique du Bénin sur les cibles et mesures neutralité de la dégradation des terres (NDT). Date of text: 01-08-2017
(National) - Plan stratégique d’investissement sur la gestion durable des terres (PSI/GDT) au Bénin. Date of text: 01-05-2010
(National) - Programme d'Action National de Lutte Contre la Desertification Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National)
- Plant Quarantine Act of Bhutan 1993 Date of text: 01/01/1993
(National) - Waste Prevention and Management Act of Bhutan 2009 Date of text: 01/01/2009
(National) - The Pesticides Act of Bhutan 2000 Date of text: 14/08/2000
(National)
- Ley Nş 1333 - Ley del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 27-04-1992
(National) - Ley Nş 1.700 - Ley Forestal. Date of text: 12-06-1996
(National)
- Law on Environmental protection of the Republic of Srpska Date of text: 28-03-2007
(Br?ko District; Republika Srpska)
- Law No. 12.651 on the protection of Native Forests. Date of text: 25-05-2012
(National) - Decree No. 3.420 creating the National Forestry Programme (PNF). Date of text: 05-06-2006
(National)
- Decree-Law No. 44/2006 amending Decree-Law No. 3/2003 on Protected areas management. Date of text: 28-08-2006
(National) - Resolution no. 14/2005 ruling on the Environmental Action Plan from 2004 to 2014. Date of text: 25-04-2005
(National)
- The Endangered Species and Ecosystems Act (C.C.S.M. c. E111) Date of text: 15-03-1990
(Manitoba) - Conservation Easements Act (S.S. 1996, c. C-27.01). Date of text: 01-01-1996
(Saskatchewan)
- Ley Nş 19.300 - Ley sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 01-03-1994
(National)
- Loi n° 26 - 2012 du 24 septembre 2012 portant création de l’Institut National de Recherche en Sciences Exactes et Naturelles. Date of text: 24/09/2012
(National)
- Decreto Nş 37.847/S - Modifica el Decreto Nş 37.757/S, Reglamento sobre valores guía en suelos para descontaminación de sitios afectados por emergencias ambientales y derrames. Date of text: 11-07-2013
(National) - Decreto Nş 39.316/S - Reglamento para el manejo y disposición final de lodos y biosólidos ordinarios y especiales. Date of text: 10-08-2015
(National) - Decreto Nş 37.017/MAG - Autoriza el uso de purines del ganado bovino como mejorador de las características físicas, químicas y microbiológicas del suelo. Date of text: 23-01-2012
(National)
- Act on Fertilizers and Soil Enhancers. Date of text: 01-10-2003
(National)
- Programa Nacional sobre la Diversidad Biológica 2016-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National)
- Loi n° 2019-675 du 23 juillet 2019 portant code forestier. Date of text: 23-07-2019
(National) - Stratégie de Relance du Développement et de Réduction de la Pauvreté. Date of text: 01-01-2009
(National)
- Act on taxation for pesticides (No. 232 of 2015). Date of text: 30-01-2008
(National)
- Programme d’Action National de Lutte contre la Désertification (PAN). Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National)
- Ley Nş 208 - Crea el Instituto Geográfico Nacional José Joaquín Hungría Morell. Date of text: 03/06/2014
(National) - Ley Nş 146 - Ley minera. Date of text: 04-06-1971
(National) - Norma ambiental para la operación de la minería no metálica. Date of text: 01-01-2004
(National) - Resolución Nş 15/08 - Reglamento para la agricultura orgánica. Date of text: 28-07-2008
(National)
- Decreto Nş 1.589 - Políticas básicas ambientales del Ecuador. Date of text: 07-07-2006
(National) - Decreto Nş 3.399 - Expide el Texto Unificado de la Legislación Secundaria del Ministerio del Ambiente. Date of text: 28-11-2002
(National) - Constitution of Ecuador. Date of text: 28-09-2008
(National) - Decreto Nş 3.609 - Reglamento general de la Ley de Desarrollo Agrario (Libro I, Título I del Texto Unificado de la Legislación Secundaria del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería). Date of text: 20-03-2003
(National)
- Decreto Nş 40 - Reglamento especial de normas técnicas de calidad ambiental. Date of text: 31-05-2000
(National) - Decreto Legislativo Nş 233 - Ley del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 24-04-1998
(National)
- Regulation (EU) No. 1300/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Cohesion Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1084/2006. Date of text: 17-12-2013
(National)
- Government Development Programme for the Organic Product Sector and Objectives to 2020 Date of text: 01-03-2014
(National) - Nature Conservation Act Date of text: 20-12-1996
(National) - National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Date of text: 01-03-2011
(National) - Forest Act Date of text: 12-12-1996
(National)
- Stratégie nationale et plan d’action sur la diversité biologique du Gabon (Novembre, 1999). Date of text: 01-01-1999
(National)
- Federal Immission Control Act. Date of text: 15-03-1974
(National)
- Decreto Nş 4/89 - Ley de áreas protegidas. Date of text: 07-02-1989
(National) - Decreto Nş 51-2010: Ley de Incentivos Forestales para Poseedores de Pequeńas Extensiones de Tierra de Vocación Forestal o Agroforestal. Date of text: 13-02-2010
(National) - Pacto Ambiental en Guatemala 2016-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National)
- Revised National Forest Policy Statement 2018. Date of text: 01-01-2018
(National)
- Programa Nacional Forestal (PRONAFOR). Date of text: 01-09-2004
(National)
- Law on Protection and Exploitation of Forests and Meadows. Date of text: 16-08-1967
(National)
- National Biodiversity Action Plan 2017 - 2021. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National)
- Legislative Decree No. 150 implementing Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides. Date of text: 14-08-2012
(National) - National Biodiversity Strategy. Date of text: 01-01-2010
(National)
- Ministerial Decree No. 993 validating Regulation on soil conservation. Date of text: 29/09/2003
(National)
- Law No. 165 “On protection of fertile soil layer of agricultural land”. Date of text: 10-08-2012
(National)
- Law on Compensation for Restrictions on Economic Activities in Protected Territories (2013). Date of text: 04-04-2013
(National)
- Resolution No. 62/2T of 2004 establishing a cooperative for organic cultivation in the Province of Albeqa. Date of text: 26-03-2004
(National) - Law No. 10 creating a protected area in the region of Alyammuna. Date of text: 20-02-1999
(National) - Law No. 11 of 1999 creating a protected area in the region of Bintai'l. Date of text: 20-02-1999
(National) - Law No. 708 of 1998 creating a natural protected area in the zone of Jeftlik Ras Alain-Tyre. Date of text: 05-11-1998
(National)
- National Range Resources Management Policy. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - Environment Act 2008 (No. 10 of 2008). Date of text: 01-01-2008
(National) - National Environmental Policy. Date of text: 01-01-1998
(National)
- National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan-II 2017-2025. Date of text: 01-03-2017
(National)
- Law on the Protection of Nature and Natural Resources Date of text: 18-07-2018
(National)
- Native Terrestrial Biodiversity and National Parks Act 2015 Date of text: 23-10-2015
(National)
- NOM-020-RECNAT-2001: Lineamientos para la rehabilitación y conservación de los terrenos forestales de pastoreo. Date of text: 12-11-2001
(National) - Programa Institucional 2007-2012 de la Comisión Nacional Forestal. Date of text: 01-01-2007
(National)
- Environmental Protection Law No. of 1995. Date of text: 05-06-1995
(National)
- National Forest Policy. Date of text: 14-06-2006
(National)
- Law on Waste Management. Date of text: 01-01-2004
(National)
- Ley Nş 1 - Ley Forestal de la República de Panamá. Date of text: 03-02-1994
(National) - Resolución Nş 4 - Procedimiento para la tramitación de solicitudes relacionadas con el ordenamiento territorial para el desarrollo urbano. Date of text: 20-01-2009
(National)
- Resolución Nş 125/14/MINAM - Protocolo de Muestreo por Emergencia Ambiental para suelos. Date of text: 30-04-2014
(National) - Constitución Política del Perú. Date of text: 29-12-1993
(National)
- Decree-Law No. 140/99 reviewing the transposition of Council Directive No. 79/409/EEC of 2 April on the conservation of wild birds, and Council Directive No. 92/43/EEC of 21 May on the conservation of natural habitats and fauna and wild flora. Date of text: 24-04-1999
(National) - Environment Policy Act Date of text: 14-04-2014
(National) - Legal Regime for Nature Conservation and Biodiversity Date of text: 24-07-2008
(National) - National Strategy for Nature Conservation and Biodiversity 2030 Date of text: 05-04-2018
(National) - Decree-law No. 147/2008 regulating environmental damages’ liability. Date of text: 29-07-2008
(National) - Legal Regime on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Programmes on the Environment Date of text: 15-06-2007
(National) - National Forest Strategy Date of text: 11-12-2014
(National) - Legal Regime on Environmental Impact Assessment of the Significant Effects of Certain Public and Private Projects Date of text: 31-10-2013
(National)
- Emergency Ordinance no. 57 of 20 June 2007 on the regime of protected natural areas, conservation of natural habitats, wild flora and fauna. Date of text: 20-06-2007
(National)
- Politique Nationale Foncičre. Date of text: 01-01-2004
(National)
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Strategy and Action Plan. Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National)
- Décret nş2009-1335 en date du 30 novembre 2009, portant création et fixant les modalités d’alimentation et de fonctionnement du Fonds de réhabilitation des sites miniers. Date of text: 30-11-2009
(National) - Loi nş 2001-01 portant Code de l'environnement. Date of text: 15-01-2001
(National)
- National Adaptation Plan 2016 Date of text: 01-06-2016
(National) - Environmental Protection Act of 2001. Date of text: 05-06-2001
(National)
- Ministerial Order No. 10/2016 establishing and regulating the functional structure of the General Directorate for Forests, Coffee and Industrial Plants (DGFCPI) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAP). Date of text: 03-02-2016
(National)
- Loi nş 2008-005 du 30 mai 2008 portant loi-cadre sur l'environnement. Date of text: 30-05-2008
(National)
- National Environmental Policy. Date of text: 07-04-2006
(National) - National Forest Policy 2011. Date of text: 01-01-2011
(National) - National Spatial Development Strategy for Trinidad and Tobago. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National) - Agricultural Fires (Cap. 63:02). Date of text: 24-11-1965
(National) - National Climate Change Policy. Date of text: 01-07-2011
(National)
- National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2002. Date of text: 01-01-2002
(National) - National Forest Plan 2002. Date of text: 01-01-2002
(National) - Uganda Forestry Policy 2001. Date of text: 01-01-2001
(National) - National Land Use Policy. Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National) - Uganda Strategic Investment Framework for Sustainable Land Management 2010 - 2020. Date of text: 01-01-2010
(National)
- Decree No. 970 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Procedure (detailed rules) for organic production and circulation of organic products. Date of text: 23-10-2019
(National)
- United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization. Date of text: 01-11-2016
(National)
- Estrategia Nacional para la Conservación y Uso Sostenible de la Diversidad Biológica del Uruguay 2016-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National)
- Strategy for preserving biological diversity in the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2019 -2028. Date of text: 11-06-2019
(National)
- Ley de gestión de la diversidad biológica. Date of text: 28-11-2008
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 1.546/01 - Ley de tierras y desarrollo agrario. Texto consolidado. Date of text: 09-11-2001
(National) - Ley Orgánica del Ambiente. Date of text: 22-12-2006
(National)
- Law No.7 of 2011 on the Plant Quarantine. Date of text: 30-03-2011
(National)
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