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Conservation Areas Act 1978 (Cap 362).

País/Territorio
Papua Nueva Guinea
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
1978 (2006)
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Fuente original
Papua New Guinea Consolidated Legislation 2006.
Título completo
Being an Act: (a) to provide for the preservation of the environment and of the national cultural inheritance by; (i) the conservation of sites and areas having particular biological, topographical, geological, historic, scientific or social importance; and (ii) the management of those sites and areas, in accordance with the fourth goals of the National Goals and Directive Principles; and (b) to give effect to those Goals and Principles under Section 25 of the Constitution; and (c) to establish a National Conservation Council; and for related purposes.
Materia
Tierra y suelos, Especies silvestres y ecosistemas
Palabra clave
Zona protegida Institución Manejo de tierras Expropiación Registro
Área geográphica
Asia y Pacifico, Melanesia, Oceania, Pequeños estados insulares en desarrollo, Pacífico Sur
Resumen

The National Conservation Council is established under section 4. The Council shall advise the Minister on (establishment of) Conservation Areas and advise the Minister on the formulation of rules applicable to conservation areas, and on the administration and control of conservation areas and carry out other functions set out in section 9. The Minister or a group of interested persons may initiate procedures for the declaration of an area has particular biological, topographical, geological, historical, scientific or social significance or other special value for the present community or for future generations as a Conservation Area (sect. 12). A recommendation in this sense by the Minister shall be open for inspection and observations and thereafter be submitted to the Nation Executive Council (sects. 13 to 16). Conservation Areas shall be declared by the Head of State. The Minister shall keep a Register of conservation areas and shall establish a Conservation Area Management Committee for each conservation area (sects. 18 to 25). Functions of a Management Committee are set out in section 27. The Minister may make Rules for the make rules for the protection, development, land use activities, management and control of the conservation area pursuant to section 28. Sections 29 and following concern development in Conservation Areas.

Texto completo
Inglés
Página web
www.paclii.org

Referencias - Legislación

Enmendado porr

Conservation Areas (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 2 of 2014).

Legislación | Papua Nueva Guinea | 2014

Palabra clave: Zona protegida, Registro

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX