Environmental Policy of Ethiopia. País/Territorio Etiopía Tipo de documento Fecha 1997 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Energía, Medio ambiente gen., Agua Palabra clave Planificación ambiental Protección social Gobernanza Salud pública Participación pública Energía renovable Equidad Derechos tradicionales/derechos consuetudinarios Ordenación comunitaria Terrenos agrícolas Reciclado/reutilización Derecho a un medio ambiente limpio/sano Conservación de suelos/mejoramiento de suelos Contaminación del suelo/calidad Género Pobreza Patrimonio cultural Derechos humanos Desarrollo sostenible Calidad de las aguas dulces/contaminación de las aguas dulces Control de la contaminación Área geográphica Africa, AFRICA FAO, Africa Oriental, Países en Desarrollo Sin Litoral, Países menos Desarrollados, Sahel Entry into force notes up to 2020 Resumen The Environmental Policy overall goal aims to improve and enhance the health and quality of life of all Ethiopians and to promote sustainable social and economic development through the sound management and use of natural, human-made and cultural resources and the environment to meet the needs of the present and future generations. The Specific Policy Objectives aim to: a) Ensure that essential ecological processes and life support systems are sustained, biological diversity is preserved and renewable natural resources are used; b) Ensure that the benefits from the exploitation of non-renewable resources are extended, minimizing the negative impacts of their exploitation on the use and management of other natural resources and the environment; c) Identify and develop natural resources that are currently underutilized by finding new technologies, and/or intensifying existing ones; Texto completo Inglés Página web www.epa.gov.et