Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/285 |
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4.99. Gabon offers opportunities for the development of tourism aimed at business travellers interested in the exploitation of its natural resources. There is also potential for leisure tourism and for ecotourism, thanks to the country's exceptional fauna and flora. In order to protect the latter and promote the development of ecotourism in Gabon, in 2002 the State created a network of 13 national parks and conservation areas covering 11.5 million hectares (11.25% of the territory). In return for fiscal and customs incentives received, tourism enterprises and firms participating exclusively in an approved project should undertake to give priority to recruiting Gabonese workers and to comply with environmental protection standards.
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Natural resources
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/285 |
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4.99. The authorities have indicated that several projects have been under way since 2011 with the assistance of foreign partners:
• a project for the transfer of water from the Oubangui River to Lake Chad, whose energy components as pertains to Palambo and the Kotto River is very important for the CAR; the Central African Republic has expressed many reservations about the impact of the proposal, which involves taking water from the Kotto River and transferring it to Lake Chad. The Kotto and the Ouaka flow into the Oubangui River, which is an international waterway shared by three countries, namely the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. Transferring the waters of the Oubangui by canals would mean a loss of flow at its crest line. The plan is to divert and transfer water from the Kotto and Ouaka. The draft feasibility study has been validated and there have been calls for an environmental study of the project and all its potential social and economic impacts on the areas watered downstream by the Oubangui once the transfer has begun;
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/285 |
S-IV§4.99 |
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4.99. The authorities have indicated that several projects have been under way since 2011 with the assistance of foreign partners:
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• the emergency project in response to the energy crisis (PURCE). Some 45,000 energy saving lamps have been distributed to about 19,500 households. An invitation for tenders has been issued for the supply of roughly 5,000 prepayment meters; 100 km of low voltage network and 70 km of MV/LV network have been rehabilitated, 15 MV/LV transformer stations have been rehabilitated and equipped;
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/285 |
S-IV§4.99 |
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4.99. The authorities have indicated that several projects have been under way since 2011 with the assistance of foreign partners:
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• in the realm of renewable energy, a memorandum of understanding was signed in August 2011 with the French company Helios énergie to develop, build and operate 20 MW solar photovoltaic power stations to supply electricity to the towns of Berberati, Carnot, Bouar, Bossangoa, and Bambari;
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WT/TPR/S/285 |
S-IV§4.99 |
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4.99. Chad's tourist attractions include the sand dunes and mountains in the Saharan zone, prehistoric remains, thermal sources, lakes (particularly those of Ounianga), rock paintings, volcanic craters, national parks (Zakouma, Manda and Sena Oura) and the Mayo Kebbi wildlife reserve. The Ounianga lakes have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since July 2008. Tourism is underdeveloped, however.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/309 |
S-IV§40 |
Brunei Darussalam |
2014 |
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To ensure domestic supply and for environmental reasons, Brunei continues to restrict imports and exports of timber and products thereof (sections 3.1.5.2 and 3.2.3).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/358/REV.1 |
S-IV§40 |
Brazil |
2017 |
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Agricultural insurance support continued to be provided to producers through four main programmes, either in the form of insurance premium subsidies covering the difference between a fixed premium and market rates through a discount in the fee to farmers (fixed percentage), or by compensating farmers for production losses due to natural disasters. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/324 |
S-IV§40 |
Southern African Customs Union (SACU): Eswatini |
2015 |
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(…) Currently, there are 46 technical committees for different economic sectors [17], with over 200 members, including a range of public and private sector representatives (local authorities, industry, trade, consumers, academia and civil society). (…)
[17] Sectors include: general services, food and agriculture, health and safety, information technology, environment, electrical and mechanical engineering, building and construction materials, and chemicals and textiles.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/326 |
S-IV§40 |
Thailand |
2015 |
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Government assistance to the fisheries sector comprises disaster relief payments and management, research and enforcement services; in 2014 these amounted to over B 881 million (Table 4.9). The authorities indicated that a big increase in disaster relief payments in 2011 for the marine capture and in 2011/12 for the aquaculture sector was due to the more frequent incidence of storms and floods in the country.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/316/REV.1 |
S-IV§40 |
New Zealand |
2015 |
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New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZETS), in place since 2008, is part of the overall energy strategy. After a first review in 2011, amendments to the NZETS were passed in 2012 with the purpose of reducing its cost impact on businesses and households, improving its operation and making it more flexible. Some transitional provisions were extended until the next review in 2015.
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