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The strategic plan for 2012-16 gives priority to increased access to modern energy services by ensuring availability, reliability, quality, cost-effectiveness, efficiency and safety taking into consideration preservation of environmen, by utilizing available resources such as gas, biofuel, solar, geothermal and wind

Special duty and tax incentives are granted to local and foreign companies involved in lead and priority activities, such as natural resources (e.g. fishing and forestry)

Tanzanian standards and technical regulations are generally adopted or adapted from international standards, and relate mainly to food and agriculture, chemicals, textiles and leather, engineering, the environment and general techniques

Plan Protection Act empowers the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives (MAFC) to control imports and exports of plants and plant products, and otherwise manage plant health risks so as to ensure sustainable plant and environmental protection, increase crop productivity and attain national food security

Exports of seashells species, sea turtles, and sea cucumber are also banned

Export licences or permits from the relevant authorities are required for, inter alia, forestry/wood logs, and wildlife

According to The Fair Competition Act of 2003 (FCA 2003), in deciding on the legality of an action, the competition regulator may take into account any potential benefits arising from it, such as protection of the environment

The Fisheries Act No. 22 of 2003 and its 2009 Regulations make provisions for sustainable development, protection, conservation, aquaculture development, regulation and control of fish, fish products, aquatic flora and its products, and related matters, taking int account the fact that overfishing, pollution, inadequate fishing gear and practices, lack of capital and appropriate storage facilities contributed to the downward trend in the total fish catch over the last three years

The Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Project (SMMRP) is a five-year (2010-14) programme co-financed by the International Development Association and the Tanzanian Government, while the Petroleum Act, approved in 2008, introduced provisions for, inter alia, public safety and environmental protection

The natural resources and tourism is the sector responsible for conserving, and managing the suitable use of natural resources (wildlife, forestry and antiquities sites), as well as develop tourism activities, and marketing of the destination attractions worldwide, but the National Tourism Policy (NTP) was reviewed in order to increase private-sector participation and address concerns related, inter alia, to environmental protection