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Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/240; WT/TPR/S/240/REV.1 G-III§67, 71; G-IV§88; S-IV§59-65 Democratic Republic of Congo 2011 Sectors Forestry
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The Forest Code promulgated in 2002 has as its objective the sustainable management of the water and forest resources, fauna and flora, in addition the DRC is a member of the Treaty on the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa
Keywords
Bio
Conservation
Environment
Forest
Sustainable
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/240; WT/TPR/S/240/REV.1 G-III§69; S-IV §1; S-IV§67 2011 Sectors Forestry
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Under the Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) offers an enormous carbon credit market potential, as the Congolese forest s constitute an important " carbon sink"
Keywords
Clean
Climate
Environment
Forest
MEAs
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/240/REV.1 S-IV§92 2011 Sectors Mining
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First Quantum Minerals is implementing a project to process waste from Musonoi at Kolwezi and plans to produce 360,000 tonnes of cobalt over a period of 50 years, or 5,900 tonnes annually
Keywords
Waste
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/240; WT/TPR/S/240/REV.1 G-III§57-58; S-IV§2; S-IV§108-109 2011 Sectors Mining
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Under the new Mining Code, exploration permits are granted to persons who can show that they have an environmental mitigation and rehabilitation plan
Keywords
Environment
Sustainable
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/240/REV.1 S-IV§119 2011 Sectors Energy
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The general objective of the DRC is to provide a regular supply of electrical energy under optimal conditions with respect to, inter alia, environmental protection
Keywords
Energy
Environment
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/240; WT/TPR/S/240/REV.1 G-III§78; S-IV§193-196 2011 Sectors Services
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The Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism through the National Tourism Office (ONT) has taken measures to, inter alia, promote ecotourism and cultural and wildlife tourism
Keywords
Bio
Conservation
Environment
Fish
Wildlife
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/254 G-III§54-55, 59, 86, 97, 102, G-VI§333 Ecuador 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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Good Living is a State-guaranteed objective that recognizes and guarantees the right to food sovereignty and the right of the population to live in a healthy and ecologically balanced environment that ensures sustainability and good living (sumak kawsay) by proclaiming the public interest in protecting the environment, conserving ecosystems, biodiversity and the integrity of the country's genetic heritage, prevention of environmental damage, and the recovery of degraded natural spaces
Keywords
Bio
Conservation
Energy
Environment
Genetic
Sustainable
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/254 G-III§56, 114 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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The State promotes the use of environmentally clean technologies and non-polluting low-impact alternative energies, in both the public and the private sector
Keywords
Bio
Clean
Energy
Environment
Pollution
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/254 G-III§57 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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In relation to the rights of nature, environmental services are not subject to appropriation; and their production, provision, use, and exploitation are regulated by the State
Keywords
Environment
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/254 G-III§65, 73 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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The State is required to foster the development of economies of scale and fair trade, and must encourage environmentally responsible exports, preferably those that generate higher employment and value-added, and exports from small and medium producers and the crafts sector in particular
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Environment