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Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 5/95 approving the National Policy on the Environment.

Country/Territory
Mozambique
Document type
Regulation
Date
1995
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Boletim da República No. 49, Supplement (I Series), 6 December 1995, pp. 232(1-13).
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Coastal zone management Agricultural land Urban land Protected area Environmental planning Waste disposal Waste management Policy/planning
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

This Resolution establishes the general principles for environmental policy in order to improve the quality of life in Mozambique and to protect its environment. It is composed of 3 chapters and 1 glossary (defining every aspect of such policy). Chapter 2 deals with the general purposes of the National Policy on the Environment such as: legal and administrative aspects, development of sectorial policies, educational and environmental information and international cooperation. Chapter 3.6 specifies the measures to be applied for fishing activity in coastal zones and establishes the strategy for educational purposes, in order to improve the agricultural and fisheries production (art. 3.5) to protect the coastal and marine zones and to create protected zones (art. 3.6). Article 3.7 deals with the strategy for the management of urban areas and urban waste.

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