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Under the terms of the current legislation, several ministries, departments and agencies share responsibility for sanitary and phytosanitary controls and environmental protection, in particular, the ministries responsible for public health; agriculture and livestock; fisheries; trade and industry; and the environment

New environmental protection measures are also planned:
• progressive and detailed regulation requiring maximum protection of the environment but graduated according to the scale of the mining works, and ensuring rehabilitation of the exploited sites;
• creation of an environmental restoration bond, from the start of the mining activity, to guarantee restoration of the exploited sites.

The services involved in the process of adoption of SPS standards are as follows:
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• National Directorate of Sanitation and the Living Environment (DNACV);
• Environmental Study and Research Centre (CERE);
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The measures taken to counter the impact of mining operations on the environment are listed in the Mining Code (Articles 22, 26, 30, 142, 143, 144, etc.) and the Environment Code and, more specifically, are set out in detail in the Code's environmental directives, namely: an environmental impact notice; an environmental impact study published in hard copy; and a resettlement and compensation plan. These documents are validated by the Technical Committee for Environmental Analysis. Follow-up of the environmental management plans is ensured by the Ministry of the Environment.

The policy goal in this sector is to attract investors while at the same time creating the largest possible number of jobs for Guineans and also protecting the environment, as most mining is in open-cast mines, generally leading to degradation of the soil, destruction of the plant cover and pollution of water by the discharge of industrial waste water, grease and chemicals

The legal framework reflects Guinea's commitments under international treaties on electricity, as well as laws, draft regulations on energy efficiency, regulatory and contractual provisions, programmes already implemented, ongoing projects and others under negotiation.

(…) Guinea introduced a number of reforms that helped to improve its economic situation. (…) the revival of hydro electric power generation all helped to improve the attractiveness of the Guinean economy, which is heavily dependent on mining resources. (...)

Since 2012, therefore, as part of its National Policy for Agriculture Development: Vision for 2015, the Government has committed to implementing the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP) launched by ECOWAS. (…) The aim of the WAAPP is to sustainably improve agricultural productivity (...) The WAAPP has served, inter alia, to provide improved seeds. (...)

Guinea has several advantages with opportunities to exploit them, the most important of which are:
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• significant renewable energy potential (particularly hydroelectricity, solar power, biomass) spread throughout national territory;
• increasingly effective and competitive renewable energy technologies, including solar photovoltaic (PV), biomass and wind, the costs of which are falling fast;
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• major hydropower projects, electricity interconnection with neighbouring countries and grid strengthening are currently under way.

In 2017, the list of prohibited exports included wild animals and their remains (…)