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Mozambique acknowledges that sound management of its natural resources and environmental control are essential for Mozambique's sustainable development.

The main environmental issues currently affecting Mozambique include deforestation, desertification, degradation of coastal areas, loss of wildlife and other biodiversity resources, the use of environmentally harmful products and the continued use of obsolete and environmentally damaging technologies.

A National Strategy for Sustainable Development has been established to integrate environmental considerations into Mozambique’s economic policies and poverty alleviation programmes.

One of the government’s objectives in the energy sector is to improve the efficiency of energy use.

Among the national and international challenges facing Guatemala, special attention is being given, inter alia, to rescuing and preserving the environment and respecting biological diversity.

As a GSP Plus beneficiary since 1 January 2006, Guatemala had to ratify and implement the international agreements on human and labour rights, environmental protection and governance.

With a view to enhancing the mutual supportiveness between trade and the environment, Japan has participated actively in the DDA negotiations.

In the negotiations in CTESS, Japan has been committed to revising its list of environmental goods.

Japan has been financing the African Development Bank in order to boost Africa’s sustainable development.

In April 2007, the Task Force on the Promotion of Policies for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas headed by the Prime Minister adopted a goal-oriented policy package in accordance with the Cabinet policy objectives for agriculture, which are, among others, the establishment of the "Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)'s Strategy for Preventing Global Warming".