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Mexico: Select mangrove law

A variety of laws impact mangrove management and protection in Mexico. Some are highlighted below. Ley General de Vida Silvestre  (General Wildlife Law) Art. 60 ter. (Prohibition of cutting, felling, filling mangroves). Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010, Protección ambiental -Especies nativas…

Viet Nam: Select mangrove laws

Ordinance on the Conservation and Management of Living Aquatic Resources Art 8 (Prohibits clearing of forest on mangroves)

Taiwan: Selected mangrove laws

A variety of laws impact mangrove management and protection in Taiwan. Some are highlighted below. Coastal Zone Management Act (2015) Coastal Zone Planning. Art. 7. Basic Environment Act (2002) Planning and protection. Art. 18    

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…