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Export of products consuming too much energy and exhaustible natural resources and causing serious pollution continues to be strictly controlled as an integral part of the ecological and environmental protection measures of the Chinese Government, such as the introduction of export quotas (together with licensing requirement) on rare earth ferroalloy (ex HS 7202.99.91) on 20 May 2011 in order to achieve sustainable development under intensifying pressure from resources and environmental constraints and help conserve natural resources or protect the environment

Import prohibition are maintained on goods that pose a threat to health, safety and the environment, and in compliance with Georgia's obligations under certain international conventions such as the Montreal Protocol and CITES.

The Government has imposed export tax on bricks in order to discourage production of bricks on environmental reasons

The Rural Development Strategy (RDS) is intended to reduce the incidence of rural poverty from 66 to 52 per cent before 2015 by creating the conditions for sustainable economic and social development that will guarantee food security for the population and the sustainable management of natural resources.

Law No. 532, Law on the Promotion of Renewable Electricity Generation, published in Official Journal No. 102 of 27 May 2005, lays down incentives for generating projects that draw on the country's renewable energies for the public electricity service in order to broaden public access to energy, especially in rural areas, to generate electricity mainly from renewable sources, and to increase energy savings and efficiencies

The Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector Policy Letter (LPS-PA) defines the basic principles of a new reform strategy for the fisheries and aquaculture development sector up to the year 2015 intended to reorganize the fisheries sector and implement a policy for the sustainable management of fish resources, which are the country's number one export.

Australia's biosecurity system has been undergoing institutional reform in line with the recommendations of a 2008 independent review recognizing that zero-risk is unattainable and undesired and suggested a shift from the largely negative-defensive quarantine to the pro-active biosecurity

Under the three-year national campaign "Api Wawamu Rata Nagamu" (Let us cultivate and uplift the nation), the use of organic fertilizers has been promoted

Import restrictions and prohibitions are maintained for environmental reasons.

The RDB (Rwanda Development Board) is responsible for tourism development and marketing as well as wildlife preservation and management of the national parks taken into accout a number of limitations to Rwanda's existing tourist offer, identified by Rwanda's Tourism Master Plan, including an over reliance on revenues generated through gorilla tourism, and limited scope for expansion due to environmental and conservation concerns