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(...)Logging of indigenous forests is subject to licensing and payment of the natural resource fee (WST 7.77/m3 for native trees). (...)

As a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the Pacific, (...)subject to (...)the negative impacts of climate change, it is important for Samoa to engage in an open, rules-based and predictable international trade regime. This is vital for its economic development, the wellbeing of its population, as well as for its resilience to environmental shocks. (...)

Exports subject to licensing requirements, 2019
Tariff code Description Legal basis for restriction Reason for restriction
1-5
96.01 Endangered wild animal species listed in Appendix I of CITES and their products, including eggs Hunting Law, 1954 Protection of animal life
4-5
41-43
96.01 Eggs, skins and hides, and other products of endangered species Hunting Law, 1954 Protection of animal life
.. Processed and unprocessed wood, logs Forest Management Law Protection of the environment

Costa Rica has continuously committed to strengthening the SEN, (...) within both the public and private sectors. (...) leading to a more efficient use of resources, improves the formulation and monitoring of public policy, and enhances the knowledge of national realities in various sectors (economic, social and environmental).

(…)Lao PDR is mindful that over-reliance on hydropower could lead to several problems: (…) (ii) need to install hydropower facilities along the watercourses and then transport the energy via inefficient power grid, often facing up to 20% losses in power supply, leading to the need to import electricity; (...) (iv) potential risk harm to environment and people. Recognizing the need to diversify energy generation, the Government of Lao PDR has (...) established the development of renewable energy other than hydropower as one of its main priorities, aiming to increase the share of non-hydro renewable energies to 30% of total consumption by 2025. Studies show that Lao PDR has potential to develop solar power. (...)

Fisheries contributed 3.6% to GDP in 2017. The Government's general policy objective for the fisheries sector is to preserve the biological diversity of marine resources and ensure their sustainable exploitation. All commercial fishing activities require a licence. Industrial vessels must have a Vessel Monitoring System.

Export prohibitions apply to logs and timber under the Order Prohibiting the Export of Logs, 1990. The authorities state that the measure is necessary for the conservation of the country's forest areas and reforestation. (...)

(...) Electricity generation is diversified: there are hydroelectric plants (57.8% of all energy produced in 2018) and thermoelectric and solar power plants, as well as wind farms. The generation, transmission and distribution of electric power are activities that may be conducted by the private sector – both domestic and foreign. (...)

Export prohibitions, restrictions or licensing, 2018
Product Type of restriction Legal instrument Summary
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Radioactive materials Licence Atomic Energy Act, 2003 Licence required from the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission

(...) However, the situation regarding forest governance seems to have slightly improved as, after years of little or no progress in terms of REDD+, the country prepared a proposal to receive performance-based payments, which was accepted into the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund. [97] (...)
[97] In REDD+, the + includes the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks. It is an international effort under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).