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Dramatic growth in laws to protect environment, but widespread failure to enforce, finds report

24 Jan 2019 News in

UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… both general constitutional and framework laws, and also industry sector specific laws and rules. The surveys were … 312 Malaysian Biofuel Industry Act, 2007 (Act No. 666) … Growth 2. Mandate government to foster and support, green industry and transformation of conventional industry 3. …
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Legislating for property rights in fisheries

… fisheries by the establishment of quotas promotes greater industry involvement and hence better fisheries management. … the event as a response to the demands of managers and industry, rather than as a legislated initiative designed to … of or need for formalising the consultative process with industry legal recognition of management structures for …
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Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China

… affairs, health, land, minerals and mining, trade and industry, water, and so forth) but which focus more on their … What monitoring will be appropriate will depend on industry-types, regions and so forth. In some cases monthly … is the requirement for monthly or quarterly reports from industry – even real-time monitoring. In Malaysia there is a …
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Development of an analytical tool to assess national biosecurity legislation

… of agriculture, health, environment and trade and industry. The objective of Biosecurity is to draw together … (QSAE), which operates under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, has developed about 450 food-related standards, … are drawn from regulatory bodies, research institutes, industry, consumers and institutions of higher learning …
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Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers

… support from key stakeholders, including the retail industry, Ministry of Finance, local authorities, and … appear thus far to be voluntary efforts on the part of industry.95 In 2015, the United States enacted the … beaches are important for the tourism and hospitality industry, there are laws to curb plastic litter on the beach. …
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Rule: Reforming water governance

… management can bring hydroelectric power to homes and industry, irrigation for agriculture, and improve the … water sources by growing populations, growing demands of industry and agriculture, and the uncertain effects of … as society developed ever more water-demanding forms of industry and agriculture, users began competing for water …
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Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… 584 6.1.2.17 Cattle Trespass Act 1871 587 6.1.3 Extractive Industry–Mining, Petroleum 596 6.1.3.1 NWFP Local Government … Development Authority Act 1972 657 6.1.4 Non-Extractive Industry 669 6.1.4.1 NWFP Local Government Ordinance 2001 … Government. Existing legislation governing extractive industry in the NWFP provides limited, discretionary …
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Perspectives and guidelines on food legislation, with a new model food law

… been amended, creating a maze of rules which regulators, industry and consumers find difficult to understand. Changes … the ministry responsible for commerce or trade and industry. For purposes of inspection, locally produced food … government regulators and international consumer and industry organizations to develop food standards. Codex …
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The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law

… impossible for the government to monitor adequately every industry so as to be able to prove actual intent or mens rea …
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