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Philippines: Select mangrove law

National Protection and Preservation of Mangrove Forest Act Establishment of Mangrove Reservation Areas. Section 4. Prohibited acts. Section 9.  

Pakistan: Select mangrove law

  Forest Act 1927  Offences relating to reserved forests. Section 26. Power to issue notification reserving trees, etc. Section 30. Power to make rules for protected forests. Section 32.

Indonesia: Select mangrove laws

Joint Decision No. 082/Kpts -II/1984 Regulation on making available forest areas for the development of agricultural cultivations.  Article 3 Forests available for fish culture/ponds development. (To make available terrains of mangrove coastal forests for the development of fish culture/ponds on the…

India: Select mangrove laws

       Notification S.O.88(E), dated 6 Authority functions. Section 2 (The Authority shall excercise the following powers and perform the following functions, namely:(v) to ensure that the agricultural lands, salt pan lands, mangroves, wetlands, forest lands, land for village common purposes…

New Zealand: Select mangrove laws

Coastal Policy Statement Policy 2010  Protection of indigenous biological diversity of the coastal environment. Section 11(b)(iii). Resource Management Act Restrictions on use of coastal marine area. Sections 12(1)(c) and (e).

Australia: Select mangrove laws

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999  Sec. 16. (Requirement for approval of activities with a significant impact on a declared Ramsar wetland (1) A person must not take an action that; (a)  has or will have a significant impact…

Cameroon: Select mangrove laws

A variety of laws and decrees impact mangrove management and protection in Cameroon. Some are highlighted below. Decree no. 2015/1373/pm of 8 june 2015 to lay down rules for exercising some powers transferred by the State to councils on environment,…