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Protected Areas Act 2011 (No. 14 of 2011).

País/Territorio
Guyana
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2011
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Fuente original
Laws of Guyana.
Título completo
An Act to provide for the protection and conservation of Guyana's natural heritage and natural capital e creation, management and financing of a national system of protected areas; the maintenance ecosystem services of national and global importance including climate regulation; the establishment of a protected areas commission; the establishment and management of a protected areas trust fund; the fulfillment of Guyana's international environmental responsibilities; public participation in protected areas and conservation; and related purposes.
Materia
Medio ambiente gen., Tierra y suelos, Agua, Especies silvestres y ecosistemas
Palabra clave
Conservación del ecosistema Cambio climático Planificación ambiental Política/planificación Manejo de tierras Pueblos indígenas Derechos tradicionales/derechos consuetudinarios Desarrollo sostenible Legislación básica Ordenación/conservación Zona protegida Parques nacionales Institución Áreas marinas protegidas Caza/captura Ordenación comunitaria Protección del medio ambiente
Área geográphica
Amazona, Americas, América Latina y el Caribe, Atlántico Norte, Pequeños estados insulares en desarrollo, América del Sur
Resumen

This Act provides for the establishment of the Protected Areas Commission, the Protected Areas Trust and a Trust Fund and empowers the Minister to declare national protected areas. It applies to the territorial sea, exclusive economic zone, fishery zone and continental shelf as defined in the Maritime Zones Act 2010. The Act also provides with respect to the National Protected Areas System and allows village councils to apply to the Commission for village lands or any part thereof to be recognised as an Amerindian protected area. The Act also provides with respect to management of protected areas. The main objective of the Act is the conservation of biological diversity, natural landscapes, seascapes and wetlands and ecosystem preservation. The Act sets out principles of ecologically sustainable development.

Texto completo
Inglés
Página web
www.legalaffairs.gov.gy

Referencias - Legislación

Enmienda

National Parks Commission Act (Cap. 20:06).

Legislación | Guyana | 1977 (1994)

Palabra clave: Zona protegida, Parques nacionales, Institución, Ordenación/conservación

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Implementado por

Declaration of Kanashen Village as an Amerindian Protected Area.

Legislación | Guyana | 2017

Palabra clave: Conocimientos tradicionales/ conocimiento indígena, Ordenación comunitaria, Pueblos indígenas, Zona protegida

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX