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The National Tourist Board (ONDT) in Djibouti is responsible for the promotion of tourism. Its goal is to make tourism a tool for reducing poverty, while ensuring the protection of the environment. (…)

The aims of tourism policy for the period 2001 2010 were as follows: (i) to alleviate poverty and maximize the sector's contribution to job creation; (ii) to develop and protect the country's tourism potential (fauna, flora and the ecosystem) and cultural potential; (iii) to boost women's participation in economic development; and (iv) to build up the capacity of Djiboutian operators.

Trawling is prohibited in Djiboutian waters, except for scientific purposes in cooperation with the Djibouti Study and Research Centre (CERD) and the Ministry responsible for the environment .

In 2013, Customs also announced a reduction of the Environmental Excise Tax from 15% to 10%; this tax is levied on imports and sales of plastics, with exemptions for pharmaceuticals and plastics used for water sachets, as well as for plastics used in the agricultural sector. According to newspaper reports, the tax and the funds generated have been inadequate to help devising appropriate waste-management schemes.

Table 3.5 Other duties and charges levied on imports, 2013
Description: Environmental tax on sales of plastics
Rate (%): 15
Base: c.i.f.

Under Act 617, private (including foreign) companies enter into a contract with the Government to utilize and manage timber resources. Timber rights are allocated through a competitive bidding process organized by the Forestry Commission. Contractors must meet social responsibility requirements, such as support of local communities with schools or clinics, and promote the active involvement of local inhabitants in forest management. A provision also requires contractors to implement reforestation plans following logging.

A private-public Coordinating Committee, including yam exporters, was established for the strategy's management and implementation. Several workshops were held in Ghana in 2012 bringing together farmers, exporters, local and international buyers, processors, customs officials, donors, bankers, government representatives and research centres. The aim was to identify and prioritize the yam sector's problems, taking into consideration gender aspects, the environment and rural development. (…)

Ghana is enthusiastic about the development-oriented outcomes that the Doha Round could achieve if negotiation builds momentum. The Doha Round has the potential to reverse the marginalization of some developing countries and least developed countries and help them to meet the Millennium Development Goals. A successful conclusion to the Doha Round and a reinvigorated multilateral trading system would deliver opportunities to all participants, including the smallest, weakest and most vulnerable economies. The development imperative remains crucial. Consequently, WTO members must take a dynamic approach to fulfilling it, bringing developing and least developed countries fully within reach of the new trading opportunities that can help them to alleviate poverty and put their economies on the path of sustainable growth and development.

(…) In addition, foreign investors have to prove the transfer of the required capital, and submit information on the proposed investment project, including equity structure, major activities, employment, and environmental impact.

Import prohibitions are maintained by the Ghanaian authorities on, inter alia, security, technical, sanitary, phytosanitary, and environmental grounds. (…)