Isabel Province Conservation Management Ordinance 1993. Country/Territory Solomon Islands Document type Legislation Date 1993 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official publication, pp. 297-305. Long titleAn Ordinance to provide for the protection of land for custom and conservation purposes. Subject Land & soil, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Land tenure Traditional rights/customary rights Management/conservation Protected area Cultural heritage Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Least Developed Countries, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract The purpose of this Ordinance is to assist owners of land to protect and manage their land and land based resources for conservation, custom spiritual and amenity purposes. Any owner of land may apply to the Isabel Province Executive for a declaration that part or all of their land be set aside as a Conservation Area (sect. 4). The Executive may declare Conservation Areas under section 5. Section 6 concerns amendment or removal of the status as Conservation Area. A notification of a declaration as Conservation Area shall be published and distributed as prescribed in section 8. There shall be kept records of Conservation Area in accordance with section 9. Remaining provisions of this Ordinance deal with disputes between owners of land in an area that is the object of a declaration of Conservation Area, offences , liability of company officers, penalties, enforcement, legal proceedings, civil liability, grant of rights to carry out an activity contrary to rules established for a Conservation Area. Full text English