Conservation Areas Act 1978 (Cap 362). Country/Territory Papua New Guinea Document type Legislation Date 1978 (2006) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Papua New Guinea Consolidated Legislation 2006. Long titleBeing an Act: (a) to provide for the preservation of the environment and of the national cultural inheritance by; (i) the conservation of sites and areas having particular biological, topographical, geological, historic, scientific or social importance; and (ii) the management of those sites and areas, in accordance with the fourth goals of the National Goals and Directive Principles; and (b) to give effect to those Goals and Principles under Section 25 of the Constitution; and (c) to establish a National Conservation Council; and for related purposes. Subject Land & soil, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Protected area Institution Land-use planning Expropriation Registration Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract The National Conservation Council is established under section 4. The Council shall advise the Minister on (establishment of) Conservation Areas and advise the Minister on the formulation of rules applicable to conservation areas, and on the administration and control of conservation areas and carry out other functions set out in section 9. The Minister or a group of interested persons may initiate procedures for the declaration of an area has particular biological, topographical, geological, historical, scientific or social significance or other special value for the present community or for future generations as a Conservation Area (sect. 12). A recommendation in this sense by the Minister shall be open for inspection and observations and thereafter be submitted to the Nation Executive Council (sects. 13 to 16). Conservation Areas shall be declared by the Head of State. The Minister shall keep a Register of conservation areas and shall establish a Conservation Area Management Committee for each conservation area (sects. 18 to 25). Functions of a Management Committee are set out in section 27. The Minister may make Rules for the make rules for the protection, development, land use activities, management and control of the conservation area pursuant to section 28. Sections 29 and following concern development in Conservation Areas. Full text English Website www.paclii.org References - Legislation Amended by Conservation Areas (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 2 of 2014). Legislation | Papua New Guinea | 2014 Keyword: Protected area, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX