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Land Improvement Act (2018)

Country/Territory
Estonia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
RT I, 31.05.2018, 3
Subject
Land & soil, Water
Keyword
Drainage/land reclamation Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Soil rehabilitation Land-use planning Agricultural development Agricultural land Protection of environment Irrigation
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Act makes provision for the requirements for designing, building and management of land improvement systems, for the grounds and procedure for the foundation and operation of land improvement associations, for the grounds for, and scope of, the exercise of state and administrative supervision and for liability for violations of this Act. For the purposes of this Act, land improvement means the drainage or irrigation of land and the two-way regulation of the water regime of soils, as well as soil improvement, agricultural engineering and other work to manage land improvement systems that is done to increase the cultivation value of land zoned for agricultural or forestry use, or to protect the environment.

Full text
English/Estonian
Website
www.riigiteataja.ee

References - Legislation

Repeals

Land Improvement Act.

Legislation | Estonia | 2003 (2004)

Keyword: Drainage/land reclamation, Agricultural land, Monitoring, Soil conservation/soil improvement

Source: FAO, FAOLEX