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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,…

Panama: Select mangrove laws

Ley 44 de 2006. Norma que crea la Autoridad de los Recursos Acuáticos de Panamá (Norm for the Aquatic Resources Authority) Artículo 37 (Atributions of the General Direction of Ordinance and Integral Management to protect aquatic ecosystems). Ley 6 de…