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Adopted 20 March 2012, published 1 April 2012....."The objectives of this Law are as follows:
(a) to enable to implement the Myanmar National Environmental Policy;
(b) to enable to lay down the basic principles and give guidance for systematic
integration of the matters of environmental conservation in the sustainable
development process;
(c) to enable to emerge a healthy and clean environment and to enable to
conserve natural and cultural heritage for the benefit of present and future
generations;
(d) to reclaim ecosystems as may be possible which are starting to degenerate
and disappear;
(e) to enable to manage and implement for decrease and loss of natural
resources and for enabling the sustainable use beneficially;
(f) to enable to implement for promoting public awareness and cooperation in
educational programmes for dissemination of environmental perception;
(g) to enable to promote international, regional and bilateral cooperation in the
matters of environmental conservation;
(h) to enable to cooperate with Government departments, Government
organizations, international organizations, non-government organizations
and individuals in matters of environmental conservation...
