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Presidential Decree No. 46/14 approving the National Action Programme to fight Desertification (PANCOD).

Country/Territory
Angola
Document type
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, I Série, No. 38.
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Environment gen., Water
Keyword
Climate change Policy/planning Environmental planning Desertification Disasters Water shortage/drought
Geographical area
Africa, AFRICA FAO, Central Africa, Least Developed Countries, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Presidential Decree enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Presidential Decree, consisting of 4 articles and 1 Annex, approves the National Action Programme to fight Desertification (PANCOD). This Programme, consisting of 11 Sections (in the Annex), establishes a social participatory process, through public consultations, to define the objectives and actions to be taken in the framework of this programme. The aim of this programme is to reduce poverty and social inequality, to wide in a sustainable way the productivity of regions subject to droughts and soil degradation in order to preserve, conserve and promote the sustainable use of natural resources, to fulfil the commitment of the UN Convention on the Fighting to Desertification (UNCCD). Geographical maps of vulnerable areas are specified in the text.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Presidential Decree No. 150/19 creating the National Coordination Committee for the Implementation of the National Action Programme to Combat Desertification (CNC-PANCOD).

Legislation | Angola | 2019

Keyword: Institution, Enforcement/compliance, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Climate change, Policy/planning, Environmental planning, Desertification, Hazards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX