Environmental Policy of Ethiopia. Country/Territory Ethiopia Document type Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Energy, Environment gen., Water Keyword Environmental planning Social protection Governance Public health Public participation Renewable energy Equity Traditional rights/customary rights Community management Agricultural land Recycling/reuse Right to clean/healthy environment Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Gender Poverty Cultural heritage Human rights Sustainable development Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Pollution control Geographical area Africa, AFRICA FAO, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Countries, Least Developed Countries, Sahel Entry into force notes up to 2020 Abstract The Environmental Policy overall goal aims to improve and enhance the health and quality of life of all Ethiopians and to promote sustainable social and economic development through the sound management and use of natural, human-made and cultural resources and the environment to meet the needs of the present and future generations. The Specific Policy Objectives aim to: a) Ensure that essential ecological processes and life support systems are sustained, biological diversity is preserved and renewable natural resources are used; b) Ensure that the benefits from the exploitation of non-renewable resources are extended, minimizing the negative impacts of their exploitation on the use and management of other natural resources and the environment; c) Identify and develop natural resources that are currently underutilized by finding new technologies, and/or intensifying existing ones; Full text English Website www.epa.gov.et