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Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (No. 16 of 2013).

Legislation
South Africa
Southern Africa
Africa

This Act concerns spatial planning in South Africa at national and local level. It provides for a uniform, effective and comprehensive system of spatial planning and land use management and development, and for the sustainable and efficient use of land. The Act consists of 62 sections divided into seven Chapters: Introductory Provisions (1); Development Principles and Norms and Standards (2); Intergovernmental Support (3); Spatial Development Frameworks (4); Land Use Management (5); Land Development Management (6); General Provisions (7).

The Second National Environmental Action Programme.

National Policies
Armenia
Western Asia
Asia

The Second National Environmental Action Programme is a sectoral national programme of the Republic of Armenia applicable to the period 2008-2012. Its main objective is to provide a systematized package of environmental policy instruments to minimize the pressure on the natural environment.Among the measures aiming for environmental protection, the Programme pertains to management of various types of natural resources. Among them, it covers the issue of land resource management.

Environment Act 2001.

Legislation
Lesotho
Southern Africa
Africa

This Act makes provision for the establishment of the National Environment Council, the Lesotho Environment Authority, the National Environmental Fund and the Environmental Tribunal and provides in general for the conservation and management of the environment in Lesotho.The Act consists of 123 sections divided into 16 Parts: Preliminary (I); General Principles (II); Institutional Arrangements (III); Environmental Planning (IV); Environmental Impact Assessment, Audits and Monitoring (V); Environmental Quality Standards (VI); Pollution Control (VII); Environmental Management (VIII); Environm

Protection of the Environment Act 2003.

Legislation
Ireland
Europe
Northern Europe

The Environmental Protection Agency shall be the competent authority for the purposes of the Directive on integrated pollution prevention and control here implemented. As competent authority for the purposes of the Directive, the Agency shall, amongst other things, keep itself informed of developments in best available techniques.

Chittagong Hill Tracts Treaty, 1997.

International Conventions or Treaties
Bangladesh
Asia
Southern Asia

The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) peace accord was signed on December 2, 1997 in Dhaka at the Prime Minister's office between the government and the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS). However, some hill tribe sects and organisations have rejected the accord. Both sides, considering CHT as Tribal Populated Region, recognised the necessity for protection of the character of this region and for overall development of it.

Environmental Management Act [Chapter 20:27].

Legislation
Zimbabwe
Africa
Eastern Africa

This Act provides for the establishment of the National Environmental Council, the Environmental Management Agency, Environment Management Board, the Standards and Enforcement Committee and the Environment Fund, provides for the formulation of environmental quality standards and environmental plans, provides for environmental impact assessments audit and monitoring of projects and for other matters relative to management and conservation of the environment.The Act consists of 143 sections divided into 16 Parts: Preliminary (I); General Principles of Environmental Management and Functions of

Decree No. 9 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Instruction on the modalities of performance of local environmental monitoring by legal persons performing economic and other activities causing negative envi...

Regulations
Belarus
Eastern Europe
Europe

This Decree establishes the modalities of performance of local environmental monitoring by legal persons performing economic and other activities causing negative environmental impact, including ecologically hazardous activities. Local environmental monitoring shall be integral part of the National environmental monitoring system. Local environmental monitoring shall include: (a) emissions to the atmospheric air by stationary sources; (b) effluent waste water discharge to surface waterbodies; (c) groundwater in areas of potential pollution; and (d) soil in areas of potential pollution.

Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2015 (W.S.I. No. 1252 (W. 84) of 2015).

Regulations
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

These Regulations make provision in Wales for the administration of Regulation (EU) No. 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and some associated Regulations. They specify the minimum eligible area of a holding in respect of which direct payments may be granted to a farmer and the activities a farmer must carry out in order to maintain an agricultural area in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation.

Afar National Regional State Rural Lands Administration and Use Proclamation No. 49/2009.

Legislation
Ethiopia
Africa
Eastern Africa

This Proclamation of the Afar National Regional State establishes a rural land administration system that is suitable for natural resource management and protection and that incentivizes investment within the traditional clan-based communal land tenure system. Laws that pertain to lands designated as forest lands, wildlife sanctuaries, biodiversity protected lands, environmental and natural resource conservation and preservation areas shall not be affected by this Proclamation. The Proclamation, among other things: provides for survey, registration, certification etc.

Decree No. 6.961 approving the agri-ecological zoning of sugarcane cultivation.

Regulations
Brazil
Americas
South America

The Decree, composed of four articles and one Annex, provides for agri-ecological zoning of sugarcane cultivation and attribute to the National Monetary Found the duty to establish norms to finance the sector of alcohol production from sugar. The Annex provides technical criteria for the zoning and land-use planning.