SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
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Soil restoration
- Regulation No. 3 on the plans of rehabilitation of the areas damaged by mining companies. Date of text: 17-05-2006
(National) - Law No. 9244 on agricultural land protection. Date of text: 17-06-2004
(National) - Albanian National Strategy on Waste Management. Date of text: 19-01-2011
(National)
- Plan National d’Actions pour l’Environnement et le Développement Durable (PNAE-DD). Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National)
- Ley 3.035 - Mantenimiento y restauración de la capacidad productiva de suelos. Date of text: 31-10-1984
(Chaco) - Ley N° 2139 - Declaración de interés público del uso sustentable del recurso suelo. Date of text: 27-12-2004
(La Pampa) - Decreto Nş 681/81 - Reglamenta la Ley Nş 22.428, Régimen legal para el fomento de la acción privada y pública tendiente a la conservación y recuperación de la capacidad productiva de los suelos. Date of text: 27-03-1981
(National) - Ley Nş 22.428 - Régimen legal para el fomento de la acción privada y pública tendiente a la conservación y recuperación de la capacidad productiva de los suelos. Date of text: 11-03-1981
(National) - Ley Nş 11.723 - Protección, conservación, mejoramiento y restauración de los recursos naturales y del ambiente en general en el ámbito de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Date of text: 09-11-1995
(Buenos Aires) - Decreto Nş 1017/89 - Reglamenta Ley 3.035 de mantenimiento y restauración de la capacidad productiva de suelos. Date of text: 01-01-1992
(Chaco) - Ley Nş 4.361 – Ley de Conservación del suelo y recuperación de las tierras degradadas. Date of text: 28-09-1989
(Corrientes) - Decreto Nş 115/04 - Reglamentación parcial de la Ley Nş 8.936, Ley de conservación y protección de los suelos. Date of text: 08-03-2004
(Córdoba) - Ley Nş 8.936 - Ley de conservación y protección de los suelos. Date of text: 14-06-2001
(Córdoba) - Ley N° 2139/ 04 - Declaración de interés público del uso sustentable al recurso suelo. Date of text: 09-12-2004
(La Pampa) - Ley Nş 7.801 – Ley provincial del medio ambiente. Date of text: 14-12-2004
(La Rioja) - Ley Nş 229 - Ley de conservación de suelos y aprovechamiento de los recursos naturales. Date of text: 01-01-1961
(Santa Cruz)
- Subsoil Code (Law No. HO-280-N) Date of text: 17-12-2011
(National)
- Pastoral Land Act 1992 Date of text: 30-04-1992
(Northern Territory) - Landscape South Australia Act 2019. Date of text: 19-12-2019
(South Australia)
- Law on the Remediation of Contaminated Sites. Date of text: 20-06-1989
(National) - Waste Management Act 2002 Date of text: 16-06-2002
(National) - Federal Waste Management Plan 2017 Date of text: 01-12-2017
(National)
- Ministerial Decree ? 118 on restoration of green areas. Date of text: 31-03-2017
(National) - Land Code (Law No. 695-IQ). Date of text: 29-06-1999
(National)
- Soil Conservation (Scotland District) Act. Date of text: 01-02-1959
(National)
- Perspective Plan of Bangladesh 2010-2021. Date of text: 01-04-2012
(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) - Decree No. 1 of the Committee on Industrial and Nuclear Supervision regarding the protection of subsoil in the process of mining and extraction of solid minerals. Date of text: 15-02-2001
(National)
- Decree on the Management and remediation of Soils Date of text: 23-03-2018
(Wallonia) - Ordinance amending certain provisions of the Ordinance of 5 March 2009 on the management and remediation of polluted soil, 2017; Date of text: 13-07-2017
(Brussels) - Ordinance on the Management and Cleanup of Soils Date of text: 05-03-2009
(Brussels) - Decree on Soil Remediation and Soil Protection Date of text: 27-10-2006
(Flanders) - Sustainable Management of Nitrates in Agriculture Programme. Date of text: 12-09-2014
(Wallonia)
- Mines and Minerals Management Act, 1995. Date of text: 01-01-1995
(National) - Waste Prevention and Management Act of Bhutan 2009 Date of text: 01/01/2009
(National)
- Decreto Supremo Nş 2.453 - Establece el mecanismo de recuperación de áreas de suelos agropecuarios degradados de pequeńas propiedades y propiedades comunitarias o colectivas. Date of text: 15/07/2015
(National) - Constitucion Politica del Estado Date of text: 25-01-2009
(National) - Ley Nş 71 - Ley de derechos de la madre tierra. Date of text: 21-12-2010
(National)
- Law on Waste Management. Date of text: 30-11-2002
(Federation BiH)
- Law No. 12.854 promoting actions for forestry rehabilitation and settlement of agroforestry systems in rural areas. Date of text: 26-08-2013
(National) - Decree of 15 September 2010 on the Action plan against deforestation and forest fires in the biome. Date of text: 15-09-2010
(National) - Environmental Policy Act No. 6.938. Date of text: 31-08-1981
(National) - Law No. 10.831 on organic farming and other provisions. Date of text: 23-12-2003
(National) - Law No. 12.651 on the protection of Native Forests. Date of text: 25-05-2012
(National) - Law No. 8.171 on agricultural policy. Date of text: 17-01-1991
(National) - Decree No. 3.420 creating the National Forestry Programme (PNF). Date of text: 05-06-2006
(National) - Sectorial Health Plan for the Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. Date of text: 01-06-2013
(National) - Decision of Directorate CETESB No. 38 approving the "Procedures for Soil and Groundwater Quality Protection". Date of text: 07-02-2017
(Săo Paulo) - Law No. 12.805 creating the National Policy for Livestock, Agro-forestry and Sylvo-pastoralism (ILPF). Date of text: 29-04-2013
(National) - Law No. 13.153 of 30 July 2015 approving the National Policy to Fight Desertification and Mitigate the effects of Drought (CNDC) and creating the National Committee to Combat Desertification. Date of text: 30-07-2015
(National) - Law No. 8.014/1984 providing for agricultural soil preservation within the State of Paraná. Date of text: 14-12-1984
(Paraná) - Law No. 5.887 providing for the State Environmental Policy. Date of text: 09-05-1995
(Pará) - Resolution CONAMA No. 238 approving the National Policy for the Control of Desertification. Date of text: 22-12-1997
(National)
- Liability for Prevention and Remedying of Environmental Damage Act Date of text: 29-04-2008
(National) - Soil Act Date of text: 06-11-2007
(National) - National Action Programme for Sustainable Land Management and Combating Desertification Date of text: 01-06-2014
(National)
- Programme d'Action National de Lutte Contre la Dégradation des Terres. Date of text: 01-01-2005
(National)
- Law No. 86/IV/93 establishing the Environmental Policy. Date of text: 26-06-1993
(National) - Legislative Decree No. 14/97 regulating specific situations provided for the Basic Legislation on the Environmental Policy. Date of text: 01-07-1997
(National) - Decree Law establishing the legal framework for mineral exploitation. Date of text: 06-01-2015
(National) - Decree-Law No. 27/2020 approving the Legal Framework for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Date of text: 19-03-2020
(National) - Decree-Law No. 69/97 prohibiting sand extraction from beaches, dunes and inland waters. Date of text: 03-11-1997
(National) - Law No. 48/V/98 regulating forestry activity. Date of text: 06-04-1998
(National)
- Code of Practice for Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste Landfills Incidental to the Wood Processing Industry (B.C. Reg. 263/2010). Date of text: 06-09-2010
(British Columbia) - Mines and Minerals Act (C.C.S.M. c. M162). Date of text: 26-06-1991
(Manitoba) - General Regulation - Mining Act (N.B. Reg. 86-98). Date of text: 27-06-1986
(New Brunswick) - Mining Act (S.N.L. 1999, c. M-15.1). Date of text: 14-12-1999
(Newfoundland) - Mining Regulations(N.L.R. 42/00). Date of text: 27-06-2000
(Newfoundland) - Environment Quality Act (R.S.Q., c. Q-2).
Date of text: 01-01-1972
(Québec) - Land Rehabilitation Act (C.C.S.M. c. L50). Date of text: 01-01-1996
(Manitoba) - Northern Pipeline Socio-Economic and Environmental Terms and Conditions for Southern British Columbia (SI/80-128). Date of text: 01-01-1980
(National) - Northern Pipeline Socio-Economic and Environmental Terms and Conditions for the Swift River Portion of the Pipeline in the Province of British Columbia (SI/81-21). Date of text: 01-01-1981
(National) - Soil Conservation Notice Regulation (Alta Reg. 272/98) Date of text: 01/01/1998
(Alberta) - Agricultural Service Board Act (RSA 2000, c. A-10). Date of text: 01-01-1980
(Alberta) - Code of practice for exploration operations. Date of text: 01-01-2005
(Alberta) - Code of practice for land treatment of soil containing hydrocarbons. Date of text: 01-01-2008
(Alberta) - Code of practice for landfills. Date of text: 01-01-2008
(Alberta) - Soil Conservation Act (RSA 2000, c. S-15). Date of text: 01-01-1988
(Alberta) - Contaminated Sites Regulation (B.C. Reg. 375/96). Date of text: 16-12-1996
(British Columbia) - Contaminated Sites Remediation Act (C.C.S.M.c. C 205). Date of text: 19-11-1996
(Manitoba) - Mining Act (S.N.B. 1985, c. M-14.1). Date of text: 27-06-1985
(New Brunswick) - Contaminated Sites Regulations (N.S. Reg. 64/2012). Date of text: 06-03-2012
(Nova Scotia) - Emergency Spill Regulations (N.S. Reg. 59/95). Date of text: 11-04-1995
(Nova Scotia) - Environmental Protection Act (R.S.N.W.T. (Nu.) 1988, c. E-7). Date of text: 01-01-1988
(Nunavut) - Mining Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. M.14) Date of text: 01-01-1990
(Ontario) - Petroleum Hydrocarbon Remediation Regulations (P.E.I. Reg. EC655/06). Date of text: 01-01-2006
(Prince Edward Island) - Land Protection and Rehabilitation Regulation (c. Q-2, r.37). Date of text: 01-01-2003
(Québec) - Contaminated Sites Regulation (Y.O.I.C. 2002/171). Date of text: 05-08-2002
(Yukon) - Northern Pipeline Socio-Economic and Environmental Terms and Conditions for Northern British Columbia (SI/81-22). Date of text: 01-01-1981
(National) - Northern Pipeline Socio-Economic and Environmental Terms and Conditions for the Province of Alberta (SI/80-127). Date of text: 01-01-1980
(National) - Northern Pipeline Socio-Economic and Environmental Terms and Conditions for the Province of Saskatchewan (SI/81-23). Date of text: 01-01-1981
(National) - Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. P-17). Date of text: 01-01-1985
(National)
- Decreto Nş 83 - Reglamenta el Decreto Nş 235 de 1999, que establece sistema de incentivos para la recuperación de suelos degradados. Date of text: 05/12/2005
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 701 - Fomento forestal. Date of text: 01-01-1974
(National) - Ley Nş 20.283 – Ley sobre recuperación del bosque nativo y fomento forestal. Date of text: 02-06-2008
(National) - Decreto Nş 52 - Modifica el Decreto Nş 193, Reglamento General del Decreto Nş 701 de 1974, sobre fomento forestal. Date of text: 07-02-2001
(National) - Ley Nş 19.561 - Modifica el Decreto Ley Nş 701 sobre fomento forestal. Date of text: 09-04-1998
(National)
- Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China. Date of text: 29-06-1991
(National) - Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China. Date of text: 31/08/2018
(National) - Administrative Measures for collection and use of compensation fees for water and soil conservation. Date of text: 29-01-2014
(National) - Law of the People's Republic of China on Desert Prevention and Transformation. Date of text: 31-08-2001
(National) - Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act Enforcement Rules. Date of text: 17-01-2001
(National) - Measures of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for the implementation of the Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People's Republic of China. Date of text: 02-04-1994
(Guangxi) - Oil Pollution (Land Use and Requisition) Ordinance (Chapter 247). Date of text: 17-06-1977
(Hong Kong SAR) - Water and Soil Conservation Regulation of Liaoning Province. Date of text: 26-09-2014
(Liaoning) - Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act (2010). Date of text: 02-02-1990
(Taiwan) - Measures of Tianjin Municipality for implementing the Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China. Date of text: 18-01-1995
(Tianjin) - Measures of the Tibet autonomous region for implementing the Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China. Date of text: 29-03-1997
(Tibet) - Measures of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for implementation of the Soil and Water Conservation Law. Date of text: 27-09-1994
(Xinjiang) - Water and Soil Conservation Regulation of Zhejiang Province. Date of text: 26-09-2014
(Zhejiang) - Measures for the Administration of the Soil Environment of Agricultural Land (for Trial Implementation). Date of text: 22/12/1999
(National) - Soil Pollution and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Fund Revenues and Expenditures, Safekeeping, and Utilization Regulations. Date of text: 11-06-2001
(Taiwan)
- Decreto Nş 125 - Crea el Programa Especial de Reforestación. Date of text: 20-01-2011
(National) - Decreto Nş 1.180 - Reglamenta parcialmente la Ley Nş 99, en lo relativo a las licencias ambientales. Date of text: 10/05/2003
(National) - Ley Nş 23 - Ley para prevenir y controlar la contaminación del medio ambiente. Date of text: 12-12-1973
(National) - Resolución Nş 1.083 - Uso de fibras naturales en obras, proyectos o actividades objeto de licencia ambiental. Date of text: 04-10-1996
(National) - Resolución Nş 90.325 - Criterios de los planes de mitigación en los sectores de energía eléctrica, minería e hidrocarburos. Date of text: 25-03-2014
(National) - Política para la gestión sostenible del suelo. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National) - Ley Nş 99 - Crea el Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, reordena el Sector Público encargado de la gestión y conservación del medio ambiente y los recursos naturales renovables, organiza el Sistema Nacional Ambiental (SINA). Texto consolidado. Date of text: 22-12-1993
(National) - Plan de Acción Nacional de Lucha contra la Desertificación y la Sequía en Colombia. Date of text: 01-01-2005
(National)
- Programme d’Action National d’Adaptation aux changements climatiques (PANA) Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National)
- Loi nş 003/91 sur la protection de l'environnement. Date of text: 23-04-1991
(National) - Loi nş 4/98 fixant les obbligations des sociétés pétroličres en matičre de démantčlement des installations de production des hydrocarbures et de réhabilitation des sites. Date of text: 28-08-1998
(National)
- Decreto Nş 40492-MINAE-MAG ? Articulación Intersectorial para la incorporación de los Principios de Neutralidad de la Degradación de Tierras en la Lucha contra la Desertificación, la Degradación de la Tierra y la Sequía. Date of text: 03-04-2017
(National) - Ley Nş 1540 - Ley de conservación de los recursos naturales renovables. Date of text: 07-03-1953
(National) - Ley Nş 7779 - Ley sobre uso, manejo y conservación de suelos. Date of text: 30-04-1998
(National)
- Ley Nş 76 - Ley de Minas. Date of text: 21-12-1994
(National) - Ley Nş 81 - Ley del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 11-07-1997
(National) - Resolución Conjunta Nş 1/12 - Procedimiento para la construcción, reconstrucción, remodelación y legalización de las bienhechurías en tierras entregadas en usufructo. Date of text: 19-10-2012
(National) - Resolución Nş 810/00 - Protección del medio ambiente en la construcción. Date of text: 02-08-2000
(National)
- Water and Soil Pollution Control Law Date of text: 12-07-2002
(National)
- Loi n° 2014-138 du 24 mars 2014 portant code minier. Date of text: 24/12/1999
(National) - Loi n° 2015-537 du 20 juillet 2015 d'orientation agricole de Côte d'Ivoire. Date of text: 20-07-2015
(National) - Loi n° 2019-675 du 23 juillet 2019 portant code forestier. Date of text: 23-07-2019
(National) - Plan National de Developpement (PND) 2016-2020 Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National) - Programme National d’Investissement Agricole de deuxičme génération (PNIA II, 2017-2025). Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National)
- Plan National D’investissement Agricole en RDC (PNIA) 2014-2020 Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National)
- Act on Soil Contamination Date of text: 04-12-2009
(National)
- Norma NA-RS-001-03 para la gestión ambiental de residuos sólidos no peligrosos. Date of text: 01/01/2003
(National)
- Acuerdo Nş 32 - Crea la Unidad de Gestión y Monitoreo (UGM) de proyectos de remediación ambiental. Date of text: 30-03-2006
(National) - Acuerdo Nş 97/A - Norma de calidad ambiental del recurso suelo y criterios de remediación para suelos contaminados (Anexo 2, Libro VI de la Calidad Ambiental, del Texto Unificado de la Legislación Secundaria del Ministerio del Ambiente). Date of text: 30-07-2015
(National) - Resolución Nş 169 - NTE INEN 2642 sobre el método de ensayo para determinar la biodegradación anaeróbica en el suelo de los materiales plásticos o de materiales plásticos residuales después de compostaje. Date of text: 24-07-2012
(National)
- Plan Nacional de Cambio Climático de El Salvador. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - Plan Nacional de Cambio Climático y Gestión de Riesgos Agroclimáticos para el Sector Agropecuario, Forestal, Pesquero y Acuícola. Date of text: 01-03-2017
(National)
- Order by Ngwenyama in Libandla (No. 4 of 1954). Date of text: 17-11-1954
(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) - Environmental Liability Directive Date of text: 21-04-2004
(National) - Regulation (EU) No. 1301/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund and on specific provisions concerning the Investment for growth and jobs goal and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1080/2006. Date of text: 17-12-2013
(National) - Annexes to the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) Date of text: 05/07/2023
(Europe) - Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) Date of text: 05/07/2023
(Europe)
- Act on the Remediation of Certain Environmental Damages (No. 383/2009). Date of text: 29-05-2009
(National) - Decree on the Assessment of Soil Contamination and Remediation Needs Date of text: 01-03-2007
(National)
- Code Forestier partie législative (nouveau). Date of text: 26-01-2012
(National) - Code de l’environnement (Partie législative). Date of text: 18-11-2000
(National)
- Décret n° 001030-PR-MEFEPEPN du 01/12/2004, fixant les modalités de réalisation des travaux de régénération et de réhabilitation des sites dégradés. Date of text: 01-12-2004
(National) - Loi n°017/2014 du 30 janvier 2015 portant réglementation du secteur minier en République Gabonaise. Date of text: 30/01/2015
(National)
- Third National Environmental Action Programme of Georgia 2017-2021 Date of text: 22-05-2018
(National) - First National Action Programme to Combat Desertification Date of text: 02-04-2003
(National)
- Federal Mining Act. Date of text: 13-08-1980
(National) - Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Law. Date of text: 14-12-2004
(Baden-Württemberg) - Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Experts Ordinance. Date of text: 03-12-2001
(Bayern)
- National Action Programme to Combat Drought and Desertification. Date of text: 01-04-2002
(National)
- Presidential Decree No. 148 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage - Compliance with Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council. Date of text: 28-09-2009
(National)
- Aligned National Action Programme for Grenada’s Commitment under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and Drought Date of text: 01-05-2015
(National)
- Decreto Nş 101/96 - Ley Forestal. Date of text: 02-12-1996
(National) - Decreto Nş 2-2015: Ley de fomento al establecimiento, recuperación, restauración, manejo, producción y protección de bosques en Guatemala – PROBOSQUE. Date of text: 24-09-2015
(National) - Decreto Nş 68/86 - Ley de protección y mejoramiento del medio ambiente. Date of text: 05-12-1986
(National)
- Guyana National Forest Plan. Date of text: 01-01-2011
(National)
- Décret-loi du 29 septembre 1944 coordonnant les activités relatives ŕ la réalisation d'un programme de reboisement, de conservation de sol, d'irrigation et de drainage de nos plaines et nos montagnes et créant le Service des Eaux et Foręts. Date of text: 29-09-1944
(National)
- Plan de Acción Nacional de Lucha Contra la Desertificación y Sequía (PAN-LCD) 2014-2022. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - Decreto Nş 98-2007 ? Ley Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre. Date of text: 26-02-2008
(National) - Programa Nacional Forestal (PRONAFOR). Date of text: 01-09-2004
(National)
- Decree No. 14/2005. (VI. 28.) KvVM on Rules Concerning the Screening Surveys of Remedial Site Investigation. Date of text: 01-01-2005
(National) - Fourth National Environmental Remediation Programme. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National)
- Presidential Regulation of the R.I. No. 1 of 2016 Concerning the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG). Date of text: 06-01-2016
(National) - Regulation of the Head of the Peatland Restoration Agency No. P.1/BRG-KB/2017 on Technical Guidelines for Government Assistance to Local Government or Community Management of the Peatland Restoration Agency. Date of text: 09-03-2017
(National) - Government Regulation of the R.I. No. 150 of 2000 on the Control of Soil Damage in Biomass Production. Date of text: 23-12-2000
(National)
- Environmental Protection Law. Date of text: 02-06-1974
(National)
- Guidance on the Management Of Contaminated Land And Groundwater at EPA Licensed Sites. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National)
- Decree on Landfills Date of text: 13-01-2003
(National)
- Mining Act. Date of text: 13-10-1947
(National) - Quarries Control Act, 1983. Date of text: 03-01-1984
(National) - Forest Policy for Jamaica 2017. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National)
- Act on Special Measures against Dioxins (No. 105 of 1999). Date of text: 16/12/1999
(National) - Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act 2002 (No. 53 of 2002). Date of text: 29-05-2002
(National)
- Order No. 185 of the Ministry of Agriculture validating the Methodology of performance of measures to combat degradation and desertification of pastures, including arid ones. Date of text: 27/04/2017
(National)
- Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, 1999 (Cap. 387). Date of text: 01-01-2009
(National) - Forest Policy, 2014. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National)
- Ministerial Decree No. 304 validating the Regulation on land reclamation and soil rehabilitation. Date of text: 12/07/1993
(National) - Instruction on state control over biological pollution of soil. Date of text: 31/05/1994
(National)
- Regulation Regarding Preventive and Remedial Measures Date of text: 24-04-2007
(National) - Law on Pollution Date of text: 15-03-2001
(National)
- Resolution No. 27/1 of 1994 creating a centre for afforestation experiments and nurseries for afforestation layers in Shtura-Beqa. Date of text: 15-07-1994
(National)
- Lesotho National Action Programme in Natural Resource Management, Combating Desertification and Mitigating the Effects of Drought Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National) - Lesotho Vision 2020 Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National) - National Range Resources Management Policy. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National)
- Governmental Resolution No. 1116 on “Rehabilitation of damaged land and conservation of fertile layer of soil.". Date of text: 17-08-1995
(National) - Order No. 166 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on methodology of rehabilitation of land after excavation of mineral resources. Date of text: 15-11-1996
(National)
- Décret n° 2017-757 du 05 septembre 2017 portant engagement national en matičre de neutralité de la dégradation des terres. Date of text: 05-09-2017
(National) - Décret nş 63-057 portant organisation de la direction des eaux et foręts et de la conservation des sols. Date of text: 30-01-1963
(National) - Stratégie nationale sur la restauration des paysages forestiers et des infrastructures vertes ŕ Madagascar, 2017. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National)
- Environmental Protection Authority Earth Moving Regulations. Date of text: 01-01-1989
(National)
- Acuerdo mediante el cual se expiden los costos de referencia para reforestación o restauración y su mantenimiento para compensación ambiental por cambio de uso de suelo en terrenos forestales y la metodología para su estimación. Date of text: 07-07-2014
(National) - Ley del equilibrio ecológico del Estado de Oaxaca. Date of text: 30-07-1998
(Oaxaca) - Acuerdo que expide las reglas de operación del Programa de Conservación y Restauración de Ecosistemas Forestales. Date of text: 01-03-2004
(National) - Aprueba el Programa Forestal y de Suelo 1995-2000. Date of text: 27-03-1996
(National) - Ley General de Desarrollo Forestal Sustentable. Date of text: 26-04-2018
(National) - Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente. Date of text: 23-12-1987
(National) - Ley general para la prevención y gestión integral de los residuos. Date of text: 03-10-2003
(National) - Reglamento de la Ley General para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de los Residuos. Date of text: 29-11-2006
(National) - Ley de prevención y gestión integral de residuos para el Estado de Baja California. Date of text: 12-09-2007
(Baja California) - Ley para la prevención y gestión integral de residuos para el Estado de Coahuila de Zaragoza. Date of text: 15-11-2005
(Coahuila de Zaragoza) - Decreto Nş 333 - Ley de residuos sólidos del Estado de Colima. Date of text: 03-04-2006
(Colima) - Ley Ambiental del Distrito Federal. Date of text: 01-07-1996
(Distrito Federal) - Ley ambiental de protección a la tierra en el Distrito Federal. Date of text: 31-12-1999
(Distrito Federal) - Ley para la retribución por la protección de los servicios ambientales del suelo de conservación del Distrito Federal. Date of text: 27-04-2006
(Distrito Federal) - Ley para la prevención y gestión integral de residuos del Estado de Durango. Date of text: 15-06-2007
(Durango) - Decreto Nş 178 - Ley para la gestión integral de residuos del Estado y los Municipios de Guanajuato. Date of text: 10-05-2005
(Guanajuato) - Ley de Prevención y Gestión Integral de Residuos del Estado de Hidalgo. Date of text: 14-01-2011
(Hidalgo) - Ley de gestión integral de los residuos del Estado de Jalisco. Date of text: 31-01-2007
(Jalisco) - Decreto Nş 111 - Ley Ambiental para el Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo. Date of text: 07-02-2013
(Michoacán de Ocampo) - Decreto Nş 223 - Ley para la Conservación y Restauración de Tierras del Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo. Date of text: 30-08-2007
(Michoacán de Ocampo) - Decreto Nş 225 - Ley para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de Residuos en el Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo. Date of text: 24-08-2010
(Michoacán de Ocampo) - Ley de residuos sólidos para el Estado de Morelos. Date of text: 08-10-2007
(Morelos) - Decreto Nş 183 - Código para la Biodiversidad del Estado de México. Date of text: 03-05-2006
(México) - Reglamento del Libro Cuarto del Código para la Biodiversidad del Estado de México. Date of text: 09-02-2007
(México) - Ley para la prevención y gestión integral de los residuos sólidos. Date of text: 04-06-2009
(Oaxaca) - Ley para la prevención y gestión integral de los residuos sólidos urbanos y de manejo especial para el Estado de Puebla. Date of text: 11-12-2006
(Puebla) - Ley de Prevención y Gestión Integral de Residuos del Estado de Querétaro. Date of text: 19-02-2004
(Querétaro de Arteaga) - Ley para la prevención y la gestión integral de residuos del Estado de Quintana Roo. Date of text: 13-12-2007
(Quintana Roo) - Reglamento de la Ley para la prevención y la gestión integral de residuos del Estado de Quintana Roo. Date of text: 25-10-2010
(Quintana Roo) - Ley ambiental para el desarrollo sustentable del Estado de Sinaloa. Date of text: 21-03-2013
(Sinaloa) - Código para el Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Tamaulipas. Date of text: 02-06-2008
(Tamaulipas) - Ley de desarrollo forestal sustentable para el Estado de Tlaxcala. Date of text: 16-08-2004
(Tlaxcala) - Ley de prevención y gestión integral de residuos sólidos urbanos y de manejo especial para el Estado de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave. Date of text: 09-06-2004
(Veracruz-Llave) - Ley de protección al medio ambiente del Estado de Yucatán. Date of text: 25-08-2010
(Yucatán)
- Soil Protection and Desertification Prevention Law. Date of text: 17/05/2012
(National)
- Dahir nş 1-69-170 sur la défense et la restauration des sols. Date of text: 25-07-1969
(National)
- Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations, 2011. Date of text: 10-10-2011
(National)
- Plan Forestier National NIGER (2012-2021) Date of text: 01-01-2012
(National)
- Law on the consolidation of agricultural land. Date of text: 27-12-2013
(National)
- Pollution Act (No. 6 of 1981). Date of text: 13-03-1981
(National) - Regulation No. 931 on Pollution Control (Pollution Control Regulation). Date of text: 01-06-2004
(National) - Decree relative to incentives for alternative treatment of the soil. Date of text: 02-07-1999
(National)
- Earthmoving Regulations (Chapter 2401-1). Date of text: 26-05-1996
(National)
- Decreto Nş 275 - Normas sanitarias de los rellenos sanitarios de residuos sólidos no peligrosos con capacidad mayor o igual a trescientas toneladas métricas por día. Date of text: 21-07-2004
(National) - Decreto Nş 156 - Normas sanitarias para proyectos de relleno sanitario. Date of text: 28-05-2004
(National) - Ley Nş 1 - Ley Forestal de la República de Panamá. Date of text: 03-02-1994
(National)
- Ley Nş 542/93 - Ley de los recursos forestales. Date of text: 23-03-1995
(National)
- Decreto Supremo Nş 012-2017-MINAM ? Criterios para la Gestión de Sitios Contaminados. Date of text: 01/12/2017
(National) - Ley Nş 30321 - Ley de creación del Fondo de Contingencia para Remediación Ambiental. Date of text: 23/12/2016
(National) - Resolución Nş 136/10/MEM - Convenios de remediación voluntaria de pasivos ambientales de la actividad minera. Date of text: 25/03/2010
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 056/00/AG - Declara en situación de urgencia reforestación y pasturas de alturas. Date of text: 27/09/2000
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 008-2016-MINAM ? Estrategia Nacional de Lucha contra la Desertificación y la Sequía 2016-2030. Date of text: 20/06/2016
(National) - Constitución Política del Perú. Date of text: 29-12-1993
(National) - Ley Nş 29763 - Ley Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre y sus Reglamentos. Date of text: 21-07-2011
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 014/00/AG - Se declara de interés nacional el aprovechamiento sostenible y la transformación con fines industriales y comerciales de la castańa. Date of text: 05-05-2000
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 042-2017-EM ? Reglamento de Protección Ambiental para las Actividades de Exploración Minera. Date of text: 21-12-2017
(National) - Ley Nş 28611 - Ley General del Ambiente. Date of text: 13-10-2005
(National) - Resolución Nş 005-2018-OEFA ? Tipifica infracciones administrativas y establecen escala de sanciones aplicable al incumplimiento de las obligaciones vinculadas a la Remediación de Sitios Impactados por Actividades de Hidrocarburos. Date of text: 15-02-2018
(National) - Resolución Nş 034-2015-MINAM ? Guía para la elaboración de estudios de Evaluación de Riesgos a la Salud y el Ambiente. Date of text: 24-02-2015
(National) - Resolución Nş 043/01/AG - Crea la Comisión Técnica de Aguas y Suelos. Date of text: 08-02-2001
(National) - Resolución Nş 125/14/MINAM - Protocolo de Muestreo por Emergencia Ambiental para suelos. Date of text: 30-04-2014
(National)
- DENR Administrative Order No. 96-40 on Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 7942 known as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995. Date of text: 19-12-1996
(National)
- Act on Preventing and Remedying Damage to the Environment Date of text: 13-04-2007
(National)
- Decree-Law No. 183/2009 establishing technical requirements for the monitoring of water chemical parameters. Date of text: 10-08-2009
(National) - Management of Waste from Extractive Industries Legal Regime Date of text: 04-02-2010
(National)
- Enforcement Rules of the Mining Damage Prevention and Restoration Act. Date of text: 03-03-2008
(National) - Mining Damage Prevention and Restoration Act. Date of text: 28-01-2015
(National) - Act on Liability for Environmental Damage and Relief Thereof. Date of text: 31-12-2014
(National) - Enforcement Decree of the Soil Environment Conservation Act. Date of text: 29-12-1995
(National) - Soil Environment Conservation Act. Date of text: 05-01-1995
(National)
- Law No. 1041-XIV on forest reclamation of degraded land. Date of text: 04-12-2003
(National) - Environmental Strategy for the years 2014-2023. Date of text: 24-04-2014
(National) - Government Decree No. 691 validating the Regulation on the conditions and the procedures for the performance of activities for land reclamation, protection, conservation and improvement of soil fertility. Date of text: 11-07-2018
(National)
- Decision no. 1,403 of 19 November 2007 on the restoration of areas where soil, subsoil and terrestrial ecosystems have been affected. Date of text: 19-11-2007
(National) - Law no. 100 of 3 June 2010 on afforestation of degraded lands. Date of text: 03-06-2010
(National) - National Strategy and National Plan of 19 August 2015 for the management of contaminated sites in Romania. Date of text: 19-08-2015
(National) - Emergency Ordinance no. 68 of 28 June 2007 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and repair of environmental damage. Date of text: 28-06-2007
(National) - National Plan of 29 January 2009 for the protection of groundwater against pollution and damage. Date of text: 29-01-2009
(National) - Procedure of 21 September 1997 on the manner for carry out environmental assessments. Date of text: 21-09-1997
(National)
- Governmental Decree No. 800 validating the Regulation on recultivation and conservation of land. Date of text: 10-06-2018
(National) - Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). Date of text: 25-10-2001
(National) - Regional Ministerial Decree No.421 validating Regulation on the modalities of determination and collection of environmental fees. Date of text: 01-12-1992
(Chuvashia) - Regional Law No. 1736 “Land Code”. Date of text: 10-07-1998
(Tatarstan)
- National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 2006-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National)
- National Economic and Social Development Plan 2013-2025. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National)
- Strategy and National Plan for Pastures in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia until the year 2033. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(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)
- Rulebook on the content of remediation and reclamation projects Date of text: 10/05/2019
(National) - Rulebook on the methodology for the preparation of projects for rehabilitation and remediation Date of text: 28/08/2015
(National) - Law on Mining and Geological Explorations. Date of text: 01-01-1995
(National) - Regulation on limit values of polluting, harmful and dangerous substances in soil Date of text: 06/09/2019
(National) - Law on Soil Protection (OG RS No.112/15) (ENG) Date of text: 01/01/2015
(National) - Environmental Protection Law Date of text: 21/12/2004
(National) - Rulebook on the content and manner of keeping a Cadaster of Contaminated Sites, as well as type, content and forms, manner and deadlines for delivering the data Date of text: 06/08/2019
(National) - Law on soil protection Date of text: 01/01/2015
(National)
- Environmental Regulations for the Minerals Sector, 2012. Date of text: 01-01-2012
(National)
- Act on integrated environmental prevention and control of environmental pollution. Date of text: 31-01-2013
(National)
- Decree on the Treatment of Biodegradable Waste and the Use of Compost or Digestate Date of text: 28-11-2013
(National) - Environmental Protection Act Date of text: 31-03-2004
(National)
- Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act: Establishment of a Flood Relief Scheme (G.N.R. No. 1046 of 1984). Date of text: 25-05-1984
(National)
- Decree on Defining Soil Polluting Activities and Criteria Date of text: 14-01-2005
(National) - Law on Waste and Polluted Soils. Date of text: 28-07-2011
(National) - Royal Decree 1416/2006 to Decommission Petroleum-Product Tanks. Date of text: 01-12-2006
(National) - Law 26/2007 of Environmental Liability Date of text: 23-10-2007
(National)
- National Action Plan for the implementation of the Great Green Wall for the Sahel and Sahara Initiative (GGWSSI). Date of text: 01-09-2015
(National) - Environmental Protection Act of 2001. Date of text: 05-06-2001
(National)
- Rčglement sur la protection des sols (RSol). Date of text: 16-01-2008
(Genčve) - Ordinance on water, soil and waste (Water, Soil, Waste Ordinance). Date of text: 22-09-2009
(Solothurn)
- Law No. 555 “On soil protection”. Date of text: 16-10-2009
(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)
- Décret n° 2017-040/PR du 23 mars 2017 fixant la procédure des études d'impact environnemental et social. Date of text: 27-03-2017
(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)
- National Strategy for Sustainable Development 2016 to 2020. Date of text: 01-03-2016
(National)
- Regulation on forestation. Date of text: 28-11-1994
(National) - Regulation on the rehabilitation of lands degradated by mining activities. Date of text: 14-12-2007
(National) - Regulation regarding point source land pollution and soil contamination control. Date of text: 08-06-2010
(National) - Notification on issuance of qualification certificates in accordance with the Regulation regarding point source land pollution and soil contamination control. Date of text: 17-06-2011
(National) - Regulation No. 23445 on non-agricultural use of agricultural areas. Date of text: 26-08-1998
(National)
- Decree No. 1098 of the Cabinet of Ministers validation of the Regulation on calculation of the amount of damages caused as a result of non-performance of rehabilitation of disturbed land. Date of text: 17-12-2008
(National) - Law No. 3268-VI, 21.04.2011 on approval of the National program for the development of the mineral resource base of Ukraine for the period up to 2030. Date of text: 21-04-2011
(National) - Order No. 1 of the State Committee of Land Resources validating the Regulation on the modalities of issue and cancellation of special permits for removal and transfer of the fertile soil layer of the plots of land. Date of text: 04-01-2005
(National) - Decree No. 284 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Procedure for calculation and compensation of losses to land owners and land tenants. Date of text: 19-04-1993
(National) - Decree No. 963 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Methodology for calculation of the amount of damage caused by unauthorized occupation of land plots, not for intended purposeful use thereof, and removal of soil cover (fertile soil layer) without special authorization. Date of text: 25-07-2007
(National) - Law No. 1264-XII on environmental protection. Date of text: 25-06-1991
(National) - Law No. 1708-VI amending Law No. 963-IV on state control over land tenure and protection of land. Date of text: 05-11-2009
(National) - Law No. 187/98-BP on waste. Date of text: 05-03-1998
(National) - Law No. 1877-IV on land protection. Date of text: 19-06-2003
(National) - Law No. 61-IV On Ukraine's accession to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa. Date of text: 04-07-2002
(National) - Law No. 8073-X Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses. Date of text: 07-12-1984
(National) - Law No. 963-IV on state control over land tenure and protection of land. Date of text: 19-06-2003
(National) - Law No.791a-XII of 1991 on legal status of the territories exposed to radioactive contamination as a result of Chernobyl disaster. Date of text: 27-02-1991
(National) - Main principles (strategy) of the state environmental policy of Ukraine for the period up to 2030. Date of text: 28-02-2019
(National) - Ordinance No. 1024-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Concept to combat land degradation and desertification. Date of text: 22-10-2014
(National) - Resolution No. 271-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the National Action Plan for combating land degradation and desertification. Date of text: 30-03-2016
(National) - Decree No. 998 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for collecting, using, disseminating information on desertification and land degradation. Date of text: 19-07-2006
(National) - Law No. 1947-III validating the National Program on toxic waste management. Date of text: 14-09-2000
(National) - Law No. 3613-VI "On state land cadastre". Date of text: 07-07-211
(National) - Law No. 962-IV “On land protection”. Date of text: 19-06-2003
(National) - Order No. 283 of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food validating the Regulation on the procedure of land conservation. Date of text: 26-04-2013
(National) - Ukraine 2050 Low Emission Development Strategy. Date of text: 01-11-2017
(National)
- Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Chapter 43). Date of text: 01-11-1990
(National) - Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (Chapter 24). Date of text: 27-07-1999
(National)
- Tanzania Agricultural Sector Policy. Date of text: 01-01-2003
(Zanzibar) - Environmental Management (Soil Quality Standards) Regulations, 2007. Date of text: 01-01-2007
(National)
- Resource Extraction Reclamation (Florida Statutes: Title XXVIII Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use; Chapter 378 Land Reclamation; Part III; ss. 378.401-378.901) Date of text: 01-01-1941
(Florida) - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Date of text: 11-12-1980
(National) - Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1935 (16 USC Ch. 3B, §§590a-590q–3). Date of text: 22-05-2008
(National) - Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 (16 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.). Date of text: 01-01-1977
(National) - Solid Waste Disposal Act (Health and Safety Code: Title 5, Subtitle B, Chapter 361). Date of text: 01-09-1989
(Texas) - Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 2081) Date of text: 23-12-1985
(National) - Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) Date of text: 03-12-2003
(National) - Resource Conservation (16 USC Ch. 54). Date of text: 01-01-1981
(National) - Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) Date of text: 19-12-1970
(National) - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (P.L. 83-566). Date of text: 04-08-1954
(National)
- Decreto Nş 389/996 - Declara de interés nacional para la explotación rural los materiales calcáreos destinados a la corrección de la reacción de los suelos. Date of text: 02-10-1996
(National) - Estrategia Nacional para la Conservación y Uso Sostenible de la Diversidad Biológica del Uruguay 2016-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National)
- Programme of Complex Measures on Development of Irrigation, Improvement of Reclamation State of Irrigated Land and Rational Use of Water Resources for 2018-2019". (No. PP-3405) Date of text: 27-11-2017
(National) - Presidential Decree No 1958 of April 19, 2013 "On measures to further improve the ameliorative condition of irrigated lands and rational use of water resources for the period 2013-2017" Date of text: 19-04-2013
(National) - Presidential Decree No 718 of 31 October 2007 on Establishment of the Fund for the Reclamation of Irrigated Land under the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan. Date of text: 31-10-2007
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 3932 on Measures to radically improve the land reclamation system. Date of text: 29-10-2007
(National) - Presidential Decree on measures to strengthen control over the protection and rational use of land, improve geodezic and cartographic activities, and regulate the maintenance of State cadastres. Date of text: 31-05-2017
(National) - Presidential decree on Measures for effective use of land and water resources in agriculture" (UP 5742). Date of text: 17-06-2019
(National) - State Program No 2731 of January 1, 2017 on Development of the Aral sea region on 2017-2021. Date of text: 18-01-2017
(National) - Government Resolution No. 273 of August 23, 2016 on Approval of the environmental monitoring program in the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2016-2020". Date of text: 23-08-2016
(National) - Law No. 602-I on peasant farm. Date of text: 30-04-1998
(National) - Law No. 770-1 on forest. Date of text: 15-04-1999
(National) - Law of RU "On State Land Cadastre", August 28, 1998, No. 666-I. (Changes in National legislative database, 25.07.2018, No. 03/18/487/1569) Date of text: 28-08-1998
(National) - Law on Dekhkan economy" No.604-I. Date of text: 30-04-1998
(National) - Presidential Decree No 5199 on Measures to radically improve the system for the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of farmers, dekhkan farms and owners of farmland and the effective use of agricultural areas under cultivation (amended No 5304 of January 18, 2018 ) Date of text: 09-10-2017
(National) - National Action Plan of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the implementation of international instruments in the field of chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear safety for the period 2018-2021. Date of text: 27-11-2018
(National) - Strategy for the transition of the Republic of Uzbekistan to a Green economy in the period of 2019-2030. Date of text: 04-01-00
(National)
- Decreto Ley Nş 6.129/08 - Ley de Salud Agrícola Integral. Date of text: 03-06-2008
(National) - Decreto Nş 2.212 - Normas sobre Movimientos de Tierra y Conservación Ambiental. Date of text: 23-04-1992
(National) - Ley Penal del Ambiente. Date of text: 02-05-2012
(National) - Ley forestal, de suelos y de aguas. Date of text: 30-12-1965
(National)
- Circular No. 34/2009/TT-BTNMT providing for the formulation, approval, examination and certification of environmental rehabilitation and restoration projects and making of deposits for environmental rehabilitation and restoration for mining activities. Date of text: 31-12-2009
(National) - Decision No. 113/QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Vinh Phuc province through 2020. Date of text: 20-01-2012
(National) - Decision No. 319/QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Gia Lai province through 2020. Date of text: 16-03-2012
(National)
- Law No.7 of 2011 on the Plant Quarantine. Date of text: 30-03-2011
(National)
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