FAOLEX Database

Policies

China: Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution at the Source.
Date of text: 06 November 2024
Namibia: Namibia Sustainable Bioeconomy Strategy 2024-2029.
Date of text: 2024
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone’s Medium-Term National Development Plan 2024 – 2030.
Date of text: 01 January 2024
Türkiye: The Long-Term Climate Strategy.
Date of text: 2024
China: Action Plan for Grain Conservation and Anti-Food Waste.
Date of text: 25 November 2024
United Arab Emirates: General Framework of the National Biodiversity Strategy 2031.
Date of text: 2024
United Republic of Tanzania: National Agroforestry Strategy II (2024-2031).
Date of text: 01 March 2024
Honduras: Acuerdo Número 014-2024 - Aprueba la Estrategia Nacional de Restauración Forestal de Honduras (ENRF) 2023- 2030.
Date of text: 23 April 2024
Canada: Canada’s 2030 Nature Strategy.
Date of text: 2024
Uganda: National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan III (2025-2030).
Date of text: 2024

Agricultural and rural development

China: Regulation of Heilongjiang Province on Grain Security Guarantee.
Date of text: 31 October 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Heilongjiang
Brazil: Law No. 11.881 creating the State Policy for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in the State of Rio Grande do Norte.
Date of text: 06 August 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Rio Grande do Norte
Ecuador: Reglamento de la Ley Orgánica para la Defensa y Desarrollo de la Economía Familiar Campesina.
Date of text: 03 July 2024
China: Rural Collective Economic Organizations Law of the People's Republic of China.
Date of text: 28 June 2024
Georgia: Law on agriculture and rural development.
Date of original text: 12 June 2024 (12 June 2024)
Brazil: Law No. 9.185 creating the State Policy to Promote Precision Agriculture, with the aim of increasing productivity, profitability and ensuring environmental sustainability.
Date of text: 27 March 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Alagoas
Brazil: Law No. 8.288 creating the State Policy for Agroecology and within the State of Piauí (PEAPI).
Date of text: 09 January 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Piauí
China: Grain Security Guarantee Law of the People's Republic of China.
Date of text: 29 December 2023
Russian Federation: Regional Resolution No. 348 validating the State Program of the Chechen Republic “Comprehensive development of rural areas”.
Date of text: 26 December 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Chechen
India: Punjab Canal and Drainage Act, 2023 (Punjab Act No. 11 of 2023).
Date of text: 18 December 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Punjab

Climate change

Brazil: Law No. 9.304 creating the State Policy for Coping with Climate Change in the State of Alagoas.
Date of text: 05 July 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Alagoas
Greece: Law no. 5106 of 2024. Arrangements to address the multi-level impacts of climate change in the areas of: a) water management, b) forest management and protection, c) urban resilience and policy, d) combating illegal construction, e) energy security and other urgent provisions.
Date of text: 01 May 2024
Republic of Korea: Act on Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transportation, Storage and Utilization.
Date of text: 06 February 2024
Brazil: Law No. 9.364 creating the State Policy on Climate Change of the State of Sergipe (PEMC/SE).
Date of text: 05 January 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Sergipe
Finland: Emissions Trading Act (No. 1270 of 2023).
Date of text: 28 December 2023
Brazil: Law No. 11.595 on the guidelines to be observed by the Executive Branch in drawing up the State Policy on Climate Change.
Date of text: 13 November 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Rio Grande do Norte
France: Loi n° 2023-973 du 23 octobre 2023 relative à l'industrie verte.
Date of text: 23 October 2023
Cambodia: Code on Environment and Natural Resources.
Date of text: 29 June 2023
Republic of Moldova: Law No. LP43/2023 on fluorinated greenhouse gases.
Date of text: 03 March 2023
Germany: Climate Protection and Climate Adaptation Act (KlimaG BW).
Date of text: 07 February 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Baden-Württemberg

Cultivated plants

Türkiye: Regulation on the licensing and placing on the market of plant protection products.
Date of text: 14 March 2024
Brazil: Law No. 14.785 on research, experimentation, production, packaging, labelling, transport, storage, commercialization, use, import, export, final destination of waste and packaging, registration, classification, control, inspection and supervision of pesticides, environmental control products, technical and similar products.
Date of text: 27 December 2023
Uzbekistan: Law No. ZRU-877 “On plant protection.”
Date of text: 09 November 2023
Ethiopia: Seed Proclamation No.1288/2023.
Date of text: 24 July 2023
Indonesia: Government Regulation no. 29 of 2023 for the Implementation of Law no. 21 of 2019 concerning Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine.
Date of text: 06 June 2023
Timor-Leste: Decree-Law No. 36/2023 on Plant Health and Quarantine.
Date of text: 31 May 2023
Honduras: Acuerdo C.D. SENASA 002-2023 - Reglamento de la República de Honduras para el Registro, Uso y Control de Productos Fitosanitarios.
Date of text: 15 May 2023
United Republic of Tanzania: Plant Health Regulations, 2023 (GN 284 of 2023).
Date of text: 21 April 2023
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023.
Date of text: 23 March 2023
Malawi: Fertilizer Act, 2023 (No. 13 of 2023).
Date of text: 18 February 2023

Disaster risk management

Ecuador: Ley Orgánica para la Gestión Integral del Riesgo de Desastres.
Date of text: 23 January 2024
Grenada: Disaster Management Act (No. 2 of 2023).
Date of text: 09 May 2023
Republic of Korea: Act No. 19213 on Management of Disaster Management Resources.
Date of text: 17 January 2023
Bahamas: Disaster Risk Management Act No. 39 of 2022.
Date of text: 09 December 2022
Uzbekistan: Law No. ZRU-790 “On protection of the population and the territory against emergency situations of natural and technogenic type”.
Date of text: 17 August 2022
Kazakhstan: Law No. 122-VII ZRK “On biological safety”.
Date of original text: 21 May 2022 (19 April 2023)
Uzbekistan: Constitutional Law No. ZRU-737 “On the state of emergency.”
Date of text: 15 December 2021
Argentina: Decreto 482/2021 – Emergencia hídrica.
Date of text: 24 July 2021
Austria: Ordinance of the Federal Minister for Agriculture, Regions and Tourism on danger zone plans according to the 1975 Forestry Act.
Date of text: 29 March 2021
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2021/241 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility.
Date of original text: 12 February 2021 (27 February 2023)

Environment

Chad: Loi n° 23/CNT/2024 du 15 octobre 2024 portant protection de l’environnement
Date of text: 15 October 2024
Brazil: Law No. 9.312 establishing the State Environmental Policy of the State of Alagoas.
Date of text: 15 July 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Alagoas
Barbados: Barbados Blue Green Bank Act (Act No. 20 of 2024).
Date of text: 11 July 2024
Brazil: Decree No. 12.082 creating the National Circular Economy Strategy.
Date of text: 27 June 2024
Brazil: Law No. 14.850 creating the National Policy on Air Quality.
Date of text: 02 May 2024
Mozambique: Decree No. 25/2024 approving the Regulation on the Management of Chemicals and Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Date of text: 26 April 2024
Mauritius: The Environment Act (No. 3 of 2024).
Date of text: 24 April 2024
European Union: Directive (EU) 2024/1203 on the protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directives 2008/99/EC and 2009/123/EC.
Date of text: 11 April 2024
China: Regulations on Ecological Protection Compensation (State Council Order No. 779).
Date of text: 06 April 2024
Montenegro: Law on waste management.
Date of text: 04 April 2024

Fisheries

Nauru: Fisheries Management Act 2024 (No. 9 of 2024).
Date of text: 20 August 2024
Tonga: Aquaculture Management Regulations 2022.
Date of text: 07 May 2024
Slovenia: Decree on the monitoring of catches and the sale of fishery products.
Date of text: 14 March 2024
Mauritius: The Fisheries Act 2023.
Date of text: 17 November 2023
Canada: Aquaculture Act, 2023, SNL 2023, c A-13.1.
Date of text: 16 November 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Newfoundland and Labrador
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2023/2124 on certain provisions for fishing in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Agreement area (recast).
Date of text: 04 October 2023
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Decree No. 098 /PO of the President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on the the Promulgation of the Law on Wild Animal (Amended).
Date of text: 30 August 2023
Guyana: Fisheries (Products) Regulations 2023.
Date of text: 29 July 2023
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Decree No. 097/PS of the President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on the Promulgation of the Law on Aquatic and Fisheries (Amended).
Date of text: 17 July 2023
Argentina: Disposición 6/2023 - Sustitúyese el Manual de Procedimientos para el Control y la Vigilancia Pesquera Nacional de la Dirección Nacional de Coordinación y Fiscalización Pesquera.
Date of text: 05 June 2023

Food and nutrition

China: Regulation of Heilongjiang Province on Grain Security Guarantee.
Date of text: 31 October 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Heilongjiang
Mauritius: Food Regulations, Government Notice no. 142 of 2024
Date of text: 02 September 2024
Ecuador: Reglamento de la Ley Orgánica para la Defensa y Desarrollo de la Economía Familiar Campesina.
Date of text: 03 July 2024
Brazil: Law No. 18.568 establishing the State Policy to Combat Hunger and Food and Nutritional Insecurity in the State of Pernambuco.
Date of text: 03 June 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Pernambuco
Nepal: Food Hygiene and Quality Act, 2081 (Act No. 1 of 2024).
Date of text: 05 May 2024
Panama: Ley Nº 430 – Que crea la Dirección Nacional de Control de Alimentos y Vigilancia Veterinaria, y dicta otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 25 April 2024
Nepal: Right to Food and Food Sovereignty Regulations, 2080 (2023).
Date of text: 22 April 2024
Paraguay: Ley Nº 7.264 - Que crea el Fondo Nacional de Alimentación Escolar para la Universalización Equitativa de la Alimentación Escolar (Hambre Cero en Nuestras Escuelas y Sistema Educativo), modifica y amplía la Ley Nº 5210/2014 «De alimentación escolar y control sanitario» y sus posteriores modificaciones y modifica la Ley Nº 6628/2020.
Date of text: 05 April 2024
Mexico: Decreto por el que se expide la Ley General de la Alimentación Adecuada y Sostenible.
Date of text: 06 March 2024
Panama: Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 4 que reglamenta la Ley 37 de 2014 sobre el régimen especial para la donación de alimentos y se dicta otra disposición.
Date of text: 20 February 2024

Forestry

Cameroon: Loi n° 2024-008 du 24 juillet 2024 portant régime des forêts et de la faune
Date of text: 24 July 2024
Mozambique: Law No. 17/2023 establishing the basic principles and standards on the protection, conservation and use of forestry resources.
Date of text: 29 December 2023
Brazil: Law No. 6.160 providing for the conservation, protection, restoration and ecologically sustainable exploitation of the Pantanal Plain Restricted Use Area (AUR-Pantanal), within the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, and creating the State Fund for the Sustainable Development of the Pantanal Biome.
Date of text: 18 December 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Mato Grosso do Sul
Uruguay: Ley Nº 20.238 - Prevención y combate de incendios forestales.
Date of text: 13 December 2023
Cambodia: Code on Environment and Natural Resources.
Date of text: 29 June 2023
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010.
Date of text: 31 May 2023
Cabo Verde: Law No. 25/X/2023 establishing the General Policy Framework for Forestry sector.
Date of text: 05 May 2023
Bhutan: Forest and Nature Conservation Act of Bhutan, 2023.
Date of text: 2023
Brazil: Law No. 18.301 establishing the State Agricultural Policy for Planted Forests and their products based on the Sustainable Development.
Date of text: 28 December 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Ceará
Mexico: Ley de Desarrollo Forestal Sustentable para el Estado de Chiapas.
Date of text: 14 December 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Chiapas

Gender

Cyprus: Law no. 108(I) of 2024 on the Commissioner for Gender Equality and Related Matters.
Date of text: 26 July 2024
Brazil: Law No. 3.105 on the guidelines and actions to ensure that women over 50 years old can access the labour market in the State of Amapá.
Date of text: 10 July 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Amapá
Sri Lanka: Women Empowerment Act, No. 37 of 2024.
Date of text: 05 July 2024
Brazil: Complementary Law No. 330 providing for technical and financial support for rural women under the Loan Agreement between the State and the World Bank.
Date of text: 14 June 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Ceará
Colombia: Ley No. 2361 con medio del cual se otorgan Lineamientos para la Creación de la Política Pública de Lactancia Materna, Alimentación Complementaria, y la Promoción de los Bancos de Leche Humana como componente anatómico.
Date of text: 14 June 2024
Brazil: Law No. 18.830 establishing the Campaign for Gender Equality in the State of Ceará.
Date of text: 03 June 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Ceará
European Union: Directive (EU) 2024/1500 on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation, and amending Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU.
Date of text: 14 May 2024
Ecuador: Ley Orgánica para Impulsar la Economía Violeta.
Date of text: 10 January 2023
Sierra Leone: The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act, no. 23 of 2022.
Date of text: 23 December 2022
Sao Tome and Principe: Equality Law No. 11/2022.
Date of text: 19 September 2022

Indigenous peoples

Brazil: Decree No. 11.509 creating the National Council for Indigenous Policy.
Date of text: 28 April 2023
Brazil: Decree No. 11.510 creating the Interministerial Committee for the Coordination, Planning and Follow-up of Actions for the Protection of Indigenous Lands.
Date of text: 28 April 2023
Ecuador: Acuerdo Nro. SGDPN-2022-001 - Reglamento para otorgar la personería jurídica y el registro a las Comunas ancestrales, comunidades, pueblos, nacionalidades y organizaciones sin fines de lucro.
Date of text: 31 August 2022
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Loi n°22/030 du 15 juillet 2022 portant protection et promotion des droits des peuples autochtones pygmées.
Date of text: 15 July 2022
Panama: Ley 301 – Establece medidas para el desarrollo integral de los pueblos indígenas de Panamá
Date of text: 12 May 2022
Australia: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021.
Date of original text: 22 December 2021 (12 September 2022). Territorial Subdivision: Western Australia
Australia: Traditional Knowledge Code of Practice Biodiscovery Act 2004.
Date of text: 27 August 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Queensland
Bolivia (Plurinational State of): Ley Departamental Nº 426 - Ley declaratoria a la pesca tradicional de los pueblos y naciones indígenas Guarani, Weenhayek y Tapiete en el río Pilcomayo, como patrimonio histórico y cultural del Departamento de Tarija.
Date of text: 18 March 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Tarija

Land and soil

Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 12/2024 approving the Legal Regime of Land Registry.
Date of text: 21 March 2024
Viet Nam: Land Law No. 31/2024/QH15.
Date of text: 18 January 2024
Mauritania: Loi n° 2024-003 du 17 janvier 2024 relative à l’urbanisme et à la construction.
Date of text: 17 January 2024
Ethiopia: Rural Land Administration and Use Proclamation No. 1324/2024.
Date of text: 2024
Senegal: Loi n°2023-20 du 29 décembre 2023 portant Code d'urbanisme du Sénégal.
Date of text: 29 December 2023
Greece: Law no. 5069 of 2023. Conditions of building, construction, permitted land uses for data centres, zoning and urban planning regulations, utilisation of Green Fund resources, other environmental and energy provisions and other urgent provisions.
Date of text: 27 November 2023
Russian Federation: Federal Law No. 509-FZ “On the peculiarities of registering rights to certain types of real estate and on introducing amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation.”
Date of text: 02 November 2023
Indonesia: Presidential Regulation no. 62 of 2023 concerning the Acceleration of Implementation of Agrarian Reform.
Date of text: 03 October 2023
Bangladesh: Land Reforms Act, 2023 (Act No. 37 of 2023).
Date of text: 18 September 2023
Cabo Verde: Law No. 34/X/2023 regulating the Regional and Local Development Planning System, defining the system for coordinating the national, regional, intermunicipal and municipal levels of regional and local development planning, as well as the process of elaboration, review, approval, execution, follow-up and evaluation of regional, intermunicipal and municipal development planning instruments.
Date of text: 22 August 2023

Livestock

Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 30/2024 establishing the legal framework for the exercise of livestock farming activities (REAP) on livestock farms, warehouses and assembly centres, guaranteeing respect for animal welfare and health standards.
Date of text: 26 June 2024
Panama: Ley Nº 430 – Que crea la Dirección Nacional de Control de Alimentos y Vigilancia Veterinaria, y dicta otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 25 April 2024
Brazil: Law No. 9.185 creating the State Policy to Promote Precision Agriculture, with the aim of increasing productivity, profitability and ensuring environmental sustainability.
Date of text: 27 March 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Alagoas
Guinea: Loi ordinaire l/ 2024/008/CNT du 07 février 2024 portant Code pastoral en République de Guinée
Date of text: 07 February 2024
Senegal: Loi 2023-19 du 27 décembre portant Code pastoral
Date of text: 27 December 2023
Brazil: Law No. 6.670 establishing the Code of Animal Rights and Welfare of Amazonas.
Date of text: 22 December 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Amazonas
Austria: Veterinary Medicinal Products Act (TAMG).
Date of original text: 01 December 2023 (2024)
China: Regulations of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Promoting High Quality Development of Dairy Sector.
Date of text: 30 November 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Inner Mongolia - Nei Mongol
China: Regulations of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Promoting High Quality Development of Meat Sector.
Date of text: 30 November 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Nei Mongol
Brazil: Law No. 7.328 creating the State Animal Health Protection within the Federal District.
Date of text: 26 October 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Distrito Federal

Social protection

Brazil: Law No. 18.568 establishing the State Policy to Combat Hunger and Food and Nutritional Insecurity in the State of Pernambuco.
Date of text: 03 June 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Pernambuco
Panama: Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 4 que reglamenta la Ley 37 de 2014 sobre el régimen especial para la donación de alimentos y se dicta otra disposición.
Date of text: 20 February 2024
Brazil: Law No. 8.282 creating the State Policy to Combat Hunger and Food and Nutritional Insecurity in the State of Piauí.
Date of text: 08 January 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Piauí
Brazil: Law No. 2.930 on the Food Aid Programme (Programa Cozinha Solidária), providing free food, preferably to people in situations of vulnerability and social risk and promoting food and nutritional security policies, social assistance, in the State of Amapá.
Date of text: 21 November 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Amapá
Brazil: Complementary Law No. 741 establishing the State Policy on Social Assistance of Rio Grande do Norte (PEAS/RN) and the organization of the State Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS).
Date of text: 27 September 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Rio Grande do Norte
Brazil: Law No. 8.886 establishing the Food Bank Programme within the State of Alagoas.
Date of text: 17 July 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Alagoas
Kazakhstan: Social Code (Law No. 224-VII ZRK).
Date of original text: 20 April 2023 (04 July 2023)
Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 3/2023 creating the Social Fund called “Fundo MAIS”.
Date of text: 12 January 2023
Pakistan: Sindh Social Protection Authority Act, 2022 (Sindh Act No. IX of 2022).
Date of text: 12 August 2022. Territorial Subdivision: Sindh
Benin: Décret n° 2022-390 du 13 Juillet 2022 portant organisation des procédures de l’évaluation environnementale et sociale en République du Bénin.
Date of text: 13 July 2022

Water

Indonesia: Government Regulation no. 30 of 2024 concerning Water Resources Management.
Date of text: 14 August 2024
Mauritius: Water Resources Act (No. 9 of 2024).
Date of text: 25 July 2024
Mozambique: Law No. 9/2024 establishing principles and legal regime for the public water supply and sanitation service.
Date of text: 07 June 2024
Greece: Law no. 5106 of 2024. Arrangements to address the multi-level impacts of climate change in the areas of: a) water management, b) forest management and protection, c) urban resilience and policy, d) combating illegal construction, e) energy security and other urgent provisions.
Date of text: 01 May 2024
Albania: Law no. 29/2024 on water resources.
Date of text: 04 April 2024
China: Water Conservation Regulations.
Date of text: 09 March 2024
India: Mizoram Water Resources (Management and Regulation) Act, 2024 (Act No. 1 of 2024).
Date of text: 27 February 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Mizoram
Viet Nam: Land Law No. 31/2024/QH15.
Date of text: 18 January 2024
India: Punjab Canal and Drainage Act, 2023 (Punjab Act No. 11 of 2023).
Date of text: 18 December 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Punjab
Australia: Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Act 2023 (No. 111 of 2023).
Date of text: 07 December 2023

Wild species and ecosystems

Chad: Loi n° 23/CNT/2024 du 15 octobre 2024 portant protection de l’environnement
Date of text: 15 October 2024
Cameroon: Loi n° 2024-008 du 24 juillet 2024 portant régime des forêts et de la faune
Date of text: 24 July 2024
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 on nature restoration and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/869.
Date of text: 24 June 2024
Côte d'Ivoire: Loi n°2024-364 du 11 juin 2024 portant gestion de la faune
Date of text: 11 June 2024
Philippines: Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System (PENCAS) Act (Republic Act No. 11995).
Date of text: 22 May 2024
Brazil: Law No. 8.364 on the State Policy for the Protection of Wild Animals in the State of Piauí.
Date of text: 25 April 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Piauí
China: Regulations on Ecological Protection Compensation (State Council Order No. 779).
Date of text: 06 April 2024
Ghana: Wildlife Resources Management Act, 2023 (Act 1115).
Date of text: 01 March 2024
Tunisia: Loi n° 2024-17 du 22 février 2024, portant organisation du commerce international des espèces de faune et de flore sauvages menacées d’extinction.
Date of text: 22 February 2024
Mozambique: Law No. 17/2023 establishing the basic principles and standards on the protection, conservation and use of forestry resources.
Date of text: 29 December 2023