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(…) The Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) is the body responsible for sanitary and phytosanitary protection, as well as for renewable natural resources; the SAG is also required to facilitate export and import trade and to supervise the process of certification of export products. The National Forest Corporation (CONAF) is the entity responsible for promoting the sustainable use of the country's forest resources, administering the instruments for the development of forestry and promoting the generation of environmental services. (...)

CAFTA-DR contains rules on government procurement and commitments to open the market to participation by foreign businesses above certain thresholds. The provisions on the environment commit the Parties to ensuring that their laws and policies provide for high levels of environmental protection. 

Brazil remains committed to providing South-South trade-related cooperation within the WTO Aid-for-Trade (AFT) initiative, particularly in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Brazil's AFT strategy is focused on the biofuels , agriculture, and energy sectors. 

The Government began its pricing reform on energy and resource products so that prices can reflect the market demand and supply, the scarcity of resources, and the cost of environmental damage

Non‑economic prohibitions are those which are imposed for reasons of international policy, public safety or national defence, public morality and health, protection of the artistic and cultural heritage, and conservation of natural resources

The Cohesion Fund is intended to contribute to projects in the fields of environment and transport infrastructure.

Thailand plays important roles in financial and technical assistances to her neighbours through cooperation under the Greater Mekong Subregion work program which consists of 9 areas with energy; natural resources and environment; and agriculture among others

Sri Lanka is a party to the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Agreement which identifies between its priority sectors areas such as energy and environment and disaster management

The President intends to create a sovereign wealth fund to finance the Government’s more immediate environmental objectives linked to global warming and the consequent rise in sea levels (e.g. relocation of the population).

(...) China's policy based on environmental and overcapacity considerations has been implemented to reduce that share. The short-term objectives are that by 2020: the proportion of non-fossil energies in total primary energy consumption should be around 15%; the proportion of natural gas consumption should reach 10%; and the carbon dioxide emission per unit of GDP should decrease by 40%-45% compared to 2005.