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Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/215/REV.1 S-IV§39 Solomon Islands 2009 Sectors Forestry
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The World Bank indicates that export duty remissions are granted to support reforestation, but that Solomon Islands does not have the capacity to monitor reforestation activity.
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Emissions
Forest
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/215/REV.1 S-IV§44 2009 Sectors Mining
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Under Policy Statements issued in 2008, the objective of the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification is to ensure the "sustainable, innovative, environmentally conservative and socially acceptable" use of minerals.
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Energy
Environment
Sustainable
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/219/REV.1 S-II§42-3 Zambia 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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Under the 2006 Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) Act, a foreign investor is granted an investment licence under the condition that the investment will have developmental benefits and not harm the environment.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/219/REV.1 S-III§56 2009 Measures Loans and financing
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The Mining Sector Development Programme is an EU-funded export development scheme intended to provide, among others, support for technical advisory services to the non-traditional mining sector in environmental management.
Keywords
Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/219/REV.1 S-III§29 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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Import prohibitions are maintained on certain goods under the Wildlife Act.
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Wildlife
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/219/REV.1 G-II§37 2009 Sectors Energy
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The National Energy Policy has been revised in 2008 with the objective to develop the enormous potential in the sector by increasing options and exploitation of the country's indigenous energy resources for sustainable development.
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Energy
Indigenous
Sustainable
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/219/REV.1 S-IV§28 2009 Sectors Mining
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The Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) has been established under the new Mines and Minerals Development Act of 2008 to address environmental liabilities corresponding to the new mining investors as provided for under the Act.
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/219/REV.1 S-IV§35 2009 Sectors Mining
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The Government has taken a cautious approach to the issuance of uranium mining licences because of environmental concerns among others, and has accordingly developed new uranium regulations on the basis of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) guidelines on uranium mining, processing, storage, transportation, and trade.
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Energy
Environment
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/219/REV.1; WT/TPR/S/219/REV.1 G-II§20; S-IV§36 2009 Sectors Mining
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The new Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act of 2008 provides for, inter alia, separate licences for prospecting and for production of oil and gas as well as stronger legal provisions on environmental protection.
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Environment
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/219/REV.1 G-II§30 2009 Sectors Services
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Support to Economic Expansion and Diversification (SEED) Programme commenced in 2004 with the objective to improve the business environment for sustainable tourism in the Greater Livingstone area and gemstones sector and to reverse biodiversity erosion in the Kafue National Park and Musi-oa Tunya National Park and its surrounding areas.
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Bio
Environment
Soil
Sustainable