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Plan de Acción Nacional de Lucha contra la Desertificación y la Sequía en Colombia.

National Policies
December, 2004
Colombia

El Plan de Acción Nacional de Lucha contra la Desertificación y la Sequía en Colombia es un instrumento de alcance nacional cuyo objetivo general es adelantar acciones contra la degradación de tierras, desertificación y mitigación de los efectos de la sequía, así como para el manejo sostenible de los ecosistemas de las zonas secas, a partir de la aplicación de medidas prácticas que permitan prevenir, detener y revertir dichos procesos degradativos y contribuir al desarrollo sostenible de las zonas afectadas.

Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 1154 of 2016).

Regulations
December, 2016
United Kingdom

These Regulations provide a consolidated system of environmental permitting in England and Wales. They transpose provisions of 15 Directives which impose obligations required to be delivered through permits or capable of being delivered through permits. They define the term “regulated facility” and require every regulated facility to be operated under the authority of an environmental permit.

Acuerdo Nº 471 - Instructivo para la Obtención de Certificaciones de Exoneración del Impuesto a las Tierras Rurales Emitidos por el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Acuacultura y Pesca (MAGAP).

Regulations
October, 2012
Ecuador

El presente Acuerdo expide el Instructivo para la Obtención de Certificaciones de Exoneración del Impuesto a las Tierras Rurales Emitidos por el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Acuacultura y Pesca (MAGAP), que describe el procedimiento para que los sujetos pasivos obtengan la certificación expedida por el MAGAP para que se apliquen las exoneraciones o reducciones estipuladas en la ley sobre el impuesto a las tierras rurales.

Estrategia Regional Agroambiental y de Salud de Centroamérica 2009-2024.

National Policies
April, 2008

La Estrategia Regional Agroambiental y de Salud de Centroamérica es un instrumento estratégico adoptado en el marco del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA). Objetivo general del documento es promover un mecanismo intersectorial para la gestión agroambiental, con énfasis en el manejo sostenible de tierras, biodiversidad, variabilidad y cambio climático, negocios agro-ambientales, espacios y estilos de vida saludables, de manera que contribuya al desarrollo humano sostenible.

Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (2016 anaw 3).

Legislation
March, 2016
United Kingdom

This Act makes provision with respect to a wide variety of matters regarding the environment in Wales including: the sustainable management of natural resources (includes animals, plants and other organisms, air, water and soil) climate change and targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases from Wales; collection and disposal of waste; shellfish fisheries; marine licensing; land drainage.

Erosion Control Work Act.

Legislation
March, 1994
Republic of Korea

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the promotion of the public interest and the development of industries by effectively executing erosion control work in order to prevent devastation of national land and conserve the national land. Article 23 deals with erosion control work by local governments.

National Integrated Coastal Management Framework and Implementation Strategy for Vanuatu.

National Policies
December, 2010
Vanuatu

The National Integrated Coastal Management Framework (NICMF) and Implementation Strategy for Vanuatu is a cross-sectoral strategy enacted in 2010 that seeks to give substance to the national vision for sustainable coastal environmental management by prescribing institutional arrangements needed for management of the coastal ecosystem, and identifies relevant stakeholders to support the process for implementing management and development activities.

Agreement between the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus and the Administration on earthquakes of the People's Republic of China on cooperation in the field of prevention and elimination of earthquakes and other emergencies.

International Conventions or Treaties
September, 2016
China
Belarus

The Parties, in accordance with the legislation of the Parties, and within the limits of their competence, will cooperate in the following areas: (a) exchange of information, periodicals, methodical, scientific- technical literature, the results of scientific research, video, photo and other materials; (b) planning, developing and conducting of joint workshops, seminars, conferences, training courses, exercises, research projects and other activities; (c) organization of training of specialists in the educational institutions of the Parties, (d) exchange of trainees, specialists and other r

Administrative regulations on the planning and construction of villages and towns.

Regulations
June, 1993
China

These Regulations are formulated to strengthen the planning and construction management of villages and towns, improve the production and living environment thereof, and promote the development of rural economy and society.The planning of villages and towns shall be developed and supervised by the township level people's governments. Where villages and towns in areas where floods, earthquakes, typhoons, landslides and other natural disasters are prone to occur, the overall planning of villages and towns should include measures for disaster prevention.