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The Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation (MFLR) is responsible for the overall administration of the subsector and provides, inter alia, services in forestry, soil and water conservation, range resources, and management and nature conservation to address the problem of land degradation.

As an APEC Member, the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu organized in 2009 the Meeting of the Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy

In an effort to promote environmentally sustainable tourism, Maldives imposes strict environmental conditions on building and operating tourist resorts.

Finally, the EPA (section 3.3.1.5) is responsible for the formulation of environmental policies, including pollution standards and waste discharge.

Table 2.2 Main trade-related laws
Minerals and energy
Legislation: Renewable Energy Law
Year: 2007
Description: Regulates relations on generation of power using renewable energy sources and its delivery

Under the Vision 2035, Brunei Darussalam has identified 8 strategies with reference to different dimensions of development, conceptualised as follows:
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• Security strategy is to safeguard political stability and sovereignty as a nation and link our defence and diplomatic capabilities and our capacity to respond to threats from disease and natural catastrophe.
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• Environment strategy is to ensure the proper conservation of our natural environment and cultural habitat. It will provide health and safety in line with the highest international practices.

Policies are targeted at maintaining the maximum sustainable yield. The measures to control fishing include constant monitoring of the resource situation, direct limitation of fishing, and a direct limitation on the issuance of new or additional fishing licences for fishing in coastal waters to ensure that there is no overexploitation. It appears that fishing licences are only issued to local fishing vessels. Malaysia implements an input control regime consisting of measures such as the zoning system, limit of fishing vessels, vessels tonnage, type of fishing gear and engine capacity. Currently, the Government has not set up individual transferable quotas (ITQs) or total allowable catch (TAC) schemes due to the complexity of the multi specie and multi gear fisheries in Malaysia. In 2011, the DOF's legal section processed a total of 615 arrest cases (842 in 2010) for various offences under the Fisheries Act 1985. Since 2012, Malaysia has rejected four applications by IUU foreign fishing vessels to land their catches in Malaysian ports, consistent with its commitment under the 2007 Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices Including to Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in the Region (IUU).

(…) Agriculture's GDP contribution remained modest during the review period, partly due to the adverse effects of natural disasters, plant pests, and rising input prices. (…)

(...) The United States remains committed to working with its trading partners to create a global trading system in which markets are open, intellectual property is protected, innovation is promoted, electronic commerce and the global digital economy grow, agricultural and industrial regulations are based on science, transparent rules and regulations are applied without discrimination, and high environmental and labor standards are respected.

The FTPF (Fijian Trade Policy Framework) 2015-2025 aims to help achieve the Government's vision of a "Better Fiji for All" through the following policy objectives:
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• promoting human capital development in all the priority sectors, as well as mainstreaming of gender, environmental protection and other related policies.