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The use of renewable energy is currently minimal.

Under the Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) offers an enormous carbon credit market potential, as the Congolese forest s constitute an important " carbon sink"

A tax on the exploitation of various natural resources introduced in 1999

The 2008 Farm Act continues and expands funding (about US$620 million) for federal agency procurement of bio-based products, construction and development of advanced biofuel refineries, biomass research and development, and biodiesel education (implemented programmes include: the Biorefinery Assistance programme, the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels, the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Agricultural Bioenergy Feedstock and Energy Efficiency Research and Extension Initiative)

According to Qatar National Vision 2030, Qatar intends to pursue responsible exploitation of oil and gas. To this end, it plans to establish a balance between reserves and production, and between economic diversification and the degree of depletion. It also intends to pursue technological innovations and fully develop the gas industry to provide clean energy. Long-term maintenance of its reserves is important for national security and sustainable development.

During the review period, the WTO Secretariat remained the largest provider of TRTA and capacity-building activities to Maldives. In 2010 and 2011, Maldives submitted four requests for technical assistance and capacity building in the areas of trade and development, customs valuation and trade facilitation, SPS and TBT, and trade in services. As a result, two national activities on customs valuation (2011) and SPS and TBT (2012) involving 44 participants were organized in the country. Between 2009 and 2015, Maldives was invited to 261 TRTA activities abroad (global, regional and national) and online (e learning); 113 officials/stakeholders participated in 54 of them, in areas such as market access, Aid for Trade, trade facilitation, government procurement, intellectual property rights, trade and environment, public health, SPS, agriculture, trade in services, and Doha Development Agenda issues.(...)

The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Act of 1999 provides for the regulation and control of the importation, storage, manufacture, sale, transportation, disposal, and use of pesticides and toxic chemicals. The Act is implemented by the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board, which comprises ten members from the Government and non-governmental organizations. The main function of the Board is to evaluate applications submitted for registration, to obtain licence or a research permit, and to grant or cancel licences. The board also advises the Minister on matters relevant to the making of regulations under the Act and monitors the implementation of these regulations. Imports of pesticides require a licence from the Pesticide Board, under the Drugs (Prevention and Misuse) Act No. 37 of 1978.

(…) In 2011/12, forestry, logging, horticulture, fruit-growing, aquaculture and fishing (section 4.2.3) were among the primary production activities benefiting from the highest effective rates of (combined) assistance.[28] (…)

[28] Assistance to forestry and logging has increased reflecting, inter alia, new structural adjustment packages for the Tasmanian forest industry (Productivity Commission, 2013d, Table 2.7).

The incentives granted under Law No. 57 07, as originally enacted, include: (a) exemption from import duties on plant, machinery and accessories needed to produce energy from renewable sources; (b) exemption from income tax (ISR) for a period of 10 years from the commencement of operations, with a maximum time limit of 2020, on income derived from the generation and sale of electricity, hot water, steam, motive power, biofuels or synthetic fuels, generated on the basis of renewable energy sources, and on income derived from the sale and installation of equipment, parts and systems produced in the national territory with a minimum value added of 35%, for companies whose installations have been approved by the CNE; (c) the reduction to 5% of the tax by way of payment of interest for external financing; and (d) a single income tax credit for firms that generate their own power amounting initially to up to 75% of the cost of investment in equipment, for a period of three years.

The Action Plan also emphasises the importance of protecting infrastructure from natural disasters and nuclear accidents, and sets out several objectives to improve the viability of the agricultural sector and productivity including:
(…) • Rebuilding exports after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plant accident as well as promotion abroad and introducing a system for protecting geographical indications; (...)