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Executive Decree No. 107/19 approving the Regulation of the National Directorate of the Ministry of Environment (DNA).

Country/Territory
Angola
Document type
Regulation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, I Série, No. 49.
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Environment gen., Water
Keyword
Institution Noise pollution Pollution control Environmental planning Environmental standards Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment Freshwater pollution
Geographical area
Africa, Central Africa, Least Developed Countries, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Executive Decree enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Executive Decree approves the Regulation of the National Directorate of the Ministry of Environment (DNA). The Regulation, consisting of 11 articles divided into three Chapters and two Annexes, establishes the organization and functioning of the above mentioned Directorate DNA, as the service responsible for implementing the National Environmental Management Plan under article 16 of Presidential Decree No. 45/18 of February 14, on the Statute of the Ministry of the Environment. DNA has the following responsibilities: ensure the elaboration and execution of policies, strategies and plans on the environment; ensure the development, implementation and monitoring of policies, standards, strategies and plans on ​​the environment; participate and carry out studies and programmes to obtain environmental indicators; promote actions to prevent degradation and damage to the environment; adopt and promote citizens' environmental education strategies; carry out studies on the problems of environmental pollution and propose measures to avoid them; propose standards of urban and non-urban environmental quality, namely in the following areas: air, water, soil and noise; prepare and propose the dissemination of preventive measures for the degradation of the environment and its recovery; define, structure and implement water and air quality monitoring networks; establish environmental quality standards, etc.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
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References - Legislation

Implements

Presidential Decree No. 45/18 approving the Statute of the Ministry of Environment (MINAMB).

Legislation | Angola | 2018

Keyword: Institution, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, Climate change, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX