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Environmental programmes: Farm Service Agency (FSA): Conservation Reserve Program - Soil erosion reduction and other environmental benefits are addressed through 10-year rental agreements to establish permanent cover crops on cropland.

Environmental programmes: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program - Provides technical assistance and cost-share assistance to landowners to develop habitat for upland wildlife, wetlands wildlife, endangered species, fish, and other wildlife. Functions moved to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program under the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113-79).

Environmental programmes: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative - The program assists producers in implementing activities to improve water quality and quantity, and restore, enhance and preserve soil, air, and related resources in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Functions moved to the Regional Conservation Partnerships Program by the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113-79).

Environmental programmes: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Agricultural Conservation Easements Program (ACEP) - Combines the functions of the former Wetlands Reserve Program, the Grassland Reserve Program (easement portion), and the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program. The program provides financial and technical assistance to help conserve agricultural lands and wetlands and their related benefits. Reauthorized by the 2018 Farm Act (PL 115-334).

Environmental programmes: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Regional Conservation Partnerships Program (RCPP) - Combines the authorities of four former conservation programs—the Agricultural Water Enhancement program, the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Program, the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative, and the Great Lakes Basin Program. Promotes coordination between NRCS and its partners to deliver conservation assistance to producers and landowners on a regional or watershed scale. NRCS provides assistance to producers through partnership agreements and through program farmer cooperatives, water districts, municipal waste or wastewater treatments entities, higher education institutions, and organizations with a history of working cooperatively with producers, including nonprofit organizations. Assistance is coordinated through RCPP but provided largely through other NRCS programs. Reauthorized by the 2018 Farm Act (PL 115-334).

Environmental programmes: Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS): National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program - Assists certified organic operations in defraying the costs associated with organic certification. Organic operations may receive up to 75% of their certification costs up to a maximum of $750 annually per certification scope.

Amendment in import policy and insertion of policy condition under Chapter 29 and 38 of ITC (HS), 2022, Schedule – I (Import Policy): Import policy of Hydroflourocarbons (HFCs) has been revised from "Free" to "Restricted" subject to No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).

Environmental programmes: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Farm and Ranchland Protection Program - Conservation plans are made and easements purchased through State, tribe, or local government agencies to protect topsoil by limiting conversion to nonagricultural uses. Conservation plans must be carried out over the 30 years or more of the easement term. Functions moved to Agricultural Conservation Easements Program under the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113-79).

Environmental programmes: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Encourages farmers and ranchers to adopt practices that reduce environmental and resource problems. Half of the funds are targeted to livestock production practices. Reauthorized by the 2018 Farm Act (PL 115-334).

Enforcement Regulation of the Act on Ensuring the Proper Domestic Distribution and Importation of Specified Aquatic Animals and Plants: Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing constitutes one of the most serious threats to the sustainable use of fishery resources. In response to risks caused by IUU fishing, the international community has been making a wide array of efforts to prevent IUU fishery products from entering the markets, including introduction of the catch certification/documentation in accordance with the relevant international agreed documents (...) in order to fulfil Japan's responsibility as one of the world's largest importers of fishery products, Japan will introduce a Japan's catch documentation scheme based on "Act on Ensuring the Proper Domestic Distribution and Importation of Specified Aquatic Animals and Plants" to prevent the import of IUU catches into Japan, aiming at contributing to global efforts to eliminate IUU fishing. (...)