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Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/236; WT/TPR/S/236/Rev.1 G-IV§21-22; S-IV§144 Mali 2010 Sectors Agriculture
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The Framework Law on Agriculture (LOA) aims to promote sustainable, modern and competitive agriculture
Keywords
Sustainable
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/237; WT/TPR/S/237/Rev.1 G-IV§32-33; 37; S-III§8-9, 71, 104, 106 Sri Lanka 2010 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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A few import restrictions (e.g. certain plants, some live fish, soil and living modified organisms) are maintained on environmental grounds among others
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Soil
Environment
Fish
Genetic
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/237; WT/TPR/S/237/Rev.1 G-VI§48; S-IV§16 Sri Lanka 2010 Sectors Agriculture
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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
Keywords
Organic
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/221; WT/TPR/S/221/Rev.1 G-III§71; S-I§18; S-III§5, 32 Maldives 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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Import restrictions and prohibitions are maintained for environmental reasons.
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Environment
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/271; WT/TPR/S/271 G-R-II§33; S-R-IV§363 East African Community (EAC): Rwanda 2012 Sectors Services
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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
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Conservation
Environment
Wildlife
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/227 G-III§42 Croatia 2010 Sectors Forestry
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Croatia has renewed the certificate in line with the certification criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) by 2011 for all state-owned forests (78%), which also facilitates placement on the market not only of logs but also of the products manufactured from certified raw materials
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Forest
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/257/Rev.1; WT/TPR/S/257/Rev.1 G-IV§45; S-III§46-47; Table III.7 Nepal 2012 Measures Ban/Prohibition
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Nepal prohibits or restricts the export of some products, and levies export taxes on others in order to protect the wildlife and conserve the biodiversity, the environment and exhaustible natural resources
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Bio
Conservation
Endangered
Environment
Forest
Natural resources
Wildlife
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/264; WT/TPR/S/264/rev.1 G-III§77-78; S-III§135, 147 China 2012 Measures Export licences
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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
Keywords
Conservation
Energy
Environment
Natural resources
Pollution
Sustainable
Eco
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/224 G-III§38; S-III§31 Georgia 2009 Measures Ban/Prohibition, Import licences
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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.
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Environment
MEAs
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/270; WT/TPR/S/270/Rev.1 G-III§31; S-III§74 Bangladesh 2012 Measures Export tariffs
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The Government has imposed export tax on bricks in order to discourage production of bricks on environmental reasons
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Environment