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In the 2009 Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Country Strategy Document (2008-12), the focus is, inter alia, on strengthening environmental management

Import prohibition applied to various items containing or made of certain ozone depleting substances and ephedrine

Import licencing requirements on, inter alia, gases that are ozone -depleting substances of the CFC and halon families, used tyres, and lead acidic batteries

The 2003 High Seas Fishing Act provides the domestic legislative basis to comply with the FAO Agreement to Promote International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas

Seasonal and catch-size restrictions are used for conservation of lobster

Since 2003, Belize has taken considerable strides towards conservation of fishing stocks in compliance with the International Convention for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT)

Within WAEMU, Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali are subject to the Common Environmental Improvement Policy (PCAE) whose objectives are to reverse the trends of "deterioration and reduction of natural resources", improving life environments and maintaining biodiversity

The Common Environmental Improvement Policy (PCAE) envisages the implementation of appropriate modes of production, consumption and economic use of natural resources, in particular through the promotion of renewable energy sources

Within WAEMU, Regulation 07/2007/CM/UEMOA of 6 April 2007 calls Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali to comply, among others, with IPCC and Cartagena Protocol

Within WAEMU, import licensing and prohibitions are applied to ozone-depleting substances and equipment containing them in compliance with the Montreal Protocol