Tropical Coasts

Vol. 10 No. 1 Pull-Out Section July 2003

National Efforts
of East Asian Countries
Towards Sustainable
Development

GEF/UNDP/IMORegionalProgramme
onPartnershipsinEnvironmentalManagement
fortheSeasofEastAsia
 National Efforts
of East Asian Countries
Towards Sustainable
Development

T
his material is a partner document and reference of the
article Coastal and Ocean Governance of the Seas of
East Asia: Towards an Era of New Regional
Cooperation and Partnerships by Chua Thia-Eng, Stella Regina
Bernad and Maria Cecilia San.

Please cite as: Chua, T-E, S.R. Bernad and M. C. T. San, 2003.
Coastal and ocean governance of the Seas of East Asia:
Towards an era of new regional cooperation and partnerships.
Trop. Coasts 10 (1) 52-61.

This compilation was made as a result of a desk survey on

efforts of East Asian countries towards sustainable
development, particularly relating to the coastal and marine
environment and resources. The following areas were
examined:

· Development of National Agenda 21 or strategy for

sustainable development
· Establishment of a national institute for marine affairs
· Institutional arrangements
· National legislation
· Ratification of international instruments

PEMSEA does not warrant that the list is accurate, complete or

updated. Any comments on, corrections of, and contributions to
the compilation are welcome.
 National
Agenda 21/ National Institutional National Legislation Accession to
Post-UNCED Institutes/ Arrangements International
Strategy for Centers Instruments
Sustainable
Development

• National • National Committee on • Petroleum Mining Act • MARPOL 73/78,

Environmental the Environment (1993) • Petroleum Pipelines Act Annexes I & II
Strategy • Ministry of • Mining Act (1986)
Development - • Forest Act • CITES (1990)
Environment Unit (1993), • Fisheries Act • UNCLOS (1996)
Lands Department, Town • Fishery Limits Act • CLC Protocol
and Country Planning • Wildlife Protection Act (2002)
Department, Public • Water Supply Act • FUND Protocol
Works Department • Poisons Act (2002)
• Ministry of Industry and • Town and Country Planning
Primary Resources - (Development Control) Act
Brunei

Agriculture Department, • Municipal Board Act

Industries Department, • Ports Act
Forestry Department, • Land Code
Fishery Department • Merchant Shipping Act
• Ministry of • Agricultural Pests and Noxious Plants
Communications - Act
Marine Department • Air Navigation Act
• Office of the Prime • National Forestry Policy
Minister - Petroleum
Unit

• Ministry of Environment • Sub-Decree on Harbor Rules for Foreign • World Heritage

(1993) Ships (1983) Convention
• Ministry of Agriculture, • Law on Fisheries Management and (1991)
Forestry, and Fisheries Administration (1987) • MARPOL 73/78,
• Ministry of Public Works • Decree Law on Forestry Administration Annexes I-V
and Transportation (1988) (1994)
• Ministry of Industry, • Petroleum Regulation (1991) • UNFCCC (1995)
Mines, and Energy • Law of Land Management of • Biodiversity
• Council for the Urbanization and Construction (1994) Convention
Development of • Royal Decree on the Creation and (1995)
Cambodia Designation of Protected Areas (1994) • GPA (1995)
• National Committee for • Law on Environmental Protection and • CITES (1997)
Land Use and Natural Resource Management (1996) • Ramsar
Urbanization • Draft Law on Mineral Exploitation Convention
and Mining Resources (1997) (1999)
• Law on Forestry Management (1998) • CLC Protocol
• Sub-Decree on Water Pollution Control (2001)
Cambodia

(1999) • FUND
• Draft Water Law (1999) Protocol
• Land Law (2001)
• Cambodian Constitution • Basel
• National Environment Plan Convention
• Draft Legislation: Law on Petroleum (2001)
Exploration and Development; Sub-
Decree on Environmental Impact
Assessment; Sub-Decree on Air Pollution
Prevention; Sub-Decree on Water Quality;
Sub-Decree on Waste Management; Sub-
Decree on Hazardous Substances; Sub-
Decree on National Committee on Land
Use, Urbanization, and Construction;
Sub-Decree on Construction Permits
 National
Agenda National
21/ Institutional
Institutional National Legislation
National Legislation Accession Accession
to to
National Institutional National Legislation
Post-UNCED Arrangements
Institutes/ Institutes/Arrangements International
International
Arrangements
Strategy Center
for InstrumentsInstruments
Instruments
Centers
Sustainable
Development

• Center for • Ministry of Land • Law on the Protection of the • MARPOL 73/78,
Environment and Environment Environment (1986) Annexes I-V
Protection and Protection - • Fishery Law (1995) (1985)
Development Environmental • Law of Marine Pollution Control (1997) • UNFCCC (1994)
• West Sea Protection • Law of Water Resource (1997) • Biodiversity
Oceanographic Department • Valuable Animals Protection Law (1998) Convention (1994)
Institute • Department of Urban • Land Planning Law (2002) • World Heritage
Administration and • Maritime Transportation Law Convention (1998)
DPR Korea

Management • Maritime Administration Supervisory Law

• Maritime • Land Law
Administration • Water Law
Bureau • Forestry Law
• State Planning • Aquaculture Law
Commission • Law on Fish-Breeding
• National • Law on Fishery Resource Conservation
Coordinating • Land and Environment Protection Control
Committee for Law
Environment • Underground Resources Law
• Administrative • Municipal Administration Law
Council - Committee
of Environmental
Protection

• Singapore • Prime Minister's • Master Plan (1958) • CITES (1986)

Green Plan Office - Anti-Pollution • Concept Plan (1971) • MARPOL 73/78,
Action Unit (1964) • Clean Air Act (1971) Annexes I, II, III,
Programme • Ministry of • Parks and Trees Act (1975) V & VI (1990,
Environment (1972) - • Water Pollution Control and Drainage Act 1994, 1999,
Pollution Control (1975) 2000)
Department, • Petroleum Act (1980) • UNCLOS (1994)
Environmental Health • National Parks Act (1990) • Biodiversity
Department, National • Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act Convention
Environmental (1990) (1995)
Agency (2002) • Revised Concept Plan (1991) • Basel
• Ministry of • Draft Environmental Policy and Management Convention
Communications Act (1994) (1996)
• Ministry of National • Code of Practice for Pollution Control (1997) • UNFCCC (1997)
Development • Control of Vectors and Pesticides Act (1998) • CLC Protocol
• Maritime and Port • Merchant Shipping Act (1998) (1997)
Authority of • Hazardous Waste Act (1998) • FUND Protocol
Singapore

Singapore • Environmental Pollution Control Act (1999) (1997)

• Environmental (Public Health) Act (1987) • OPRC (1999)
Malaysia

• Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Act

• Factories Act
• Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation) Act
• Radiation Protection Act
• Poisons Act
• Planning Act
• Fisheries Act
• Wild Animals and Birds Act
• Public Utilities Act
• Sand and Granite Quarries Act
• Control of Imports and Exports Act
• Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects Act
• Control of Plants Act
• Endangered Species Act
 National
Agenda 21/ National Institutional National Legislation Accession to
Post-UNCED Institutes/ Arrangements International
Strategy for Centers Instruments
Sustainable
Development

• China's • China • State Environmental • Maritime Harbour Supervision Statutes • Whaling Convention
Agenda 21 - Institute for Protection (1953) (1980)
The White Maritime Administration • Regulations for the Protection and • CITES (1981)
Paper on Affairs • State Oceanic Reproduction of Aquatic Resources • MARPOL 73/78,
China's • Center for the Administration (1979) Annexes I, II, III & V
Population, Management • Leading Group of • Environmental Protection Law (1979) (1983, 1994, 1988)
Environment, of China's China's Agenda 21 • Marine Environmental Protection Law • London Convention
and Agenda 21 (1992) (1982) (1985)
Development (1992) • Ministry of Land and • Regulations for the Prevention of • World Heritage
in the 21st Environmental Marine Pollution by Ships (1983) Convention (1985)
Century Protection - • Law on Prevention and Control of Water • Intervention
(1994) Department of Land Pollution (1984) Convention and
• Forestry and Environmental • Forest Law (1984) Protocol (1990)
Action Plan Protection • Regulations for Ocean Dumping • Basel Convention
for China's • Ministry of Fishery Management (1985) (1992)
Agenda 21 • Grassland Law (1985) • Ramsar Convention
(1995) • Land Management Law (1986) (1992)
• China's • Fisheries Law (1986) • UNFCCC (1993)
Ocean • Law on Prevention and Control of Air • Biodiversity
Agenda 21 Pollution (1987) Convention (1993)
and Action • Water Resources Law (1988) • Salvage
China

Plan (1996) • Wildlife Protection Law (1988) Convention (1994)

• China's Water • Urban Planning Law (1989) • GPA (1995)
Conservation • Prevention of Pollution Damage to • UNCLOS (1996)
Agenda 21 Marine Environment by Land-Based • OPRC (1998)
Sources (1990) • CLC Protocol (1999)
• Law of Territorial Seas and Contiguous • FUND Protocol, for
Zone (1992) application in Hong
• Maritime Transportation Safety Law Kong SAR (1999)
(1993)
• Law on Agriculture (1993)
• Law on Electricity (1995)
• Law on Prevention and Control of
Pollution Caused by Solid Wastes (1995)
• Law on Prevention and Control of Noise
Pollution (1996)
• Law on Coal Mining (1996)
• Law on the Exclusive Economic Zone
and Continental Shelf (1998)
• Water and Soil Conservation Law (1999)
• Marine Use Law
• Mineral Resources Law
• Sea Area Use Management Law
• Constitution of the People's Republic of
China
• Coastal Engineering Pollution Regulations
China

• Offshore Source Pollution Regulations

• Submarine Cables and Pipelines
Regulations
• Ship Source Pollution Regulation
• Aquatic Wildlife Protection Regulations
• Natural Reserve Regulations
• National Plan for Implementing the Marine
Development Programme
 National
Agenda 21/ National Institutional National Legislation Accession to
Post-UNCED Institutes/ Arrangements International
Strategy for Centers Instruments
Sustainable
Development

• Indonesia • Padjadjaran • Ministry of Environ- • Forestry Act (1967) • CITES (1978)

Agenda 21 University - ment (1978) • Indonesia's Continental Shelf • UNCLOS (1986)
(1997) Indonesian • Ministry of Marine Act (1973) • MARPOL 73/78,
Center for Affairs and Fisheries • Local Government Act (1974) Annex I & II
the Law of (2000) • Basic Provisions for the (1986)
the Sea Management of the Living • World Heritage
Environment Law (1982) Convention
• Indonesia's Exclusive (1989)
Economic Zone Act (1983) • Ramsar
• Fishery Law (1985) Convention
• Circular on the Procedure to (1992)
Minimize Environmental • Basel
Pollution and Destruction Convention
(1987) (1993)
• Ministry of Environment Decree • UNFCCC (1994)
on Guidelines on Coastal Water • Biodiversity
Quality Standards (1988) Convention
• Regulation on the Control of (1994)
Water Pollution (1990) • GPA (1995)
• Law on the Conservation of • CLC Protocol
Natural Resources and (1999)
Ecosystems (1990)
• Law on Agricultural Systems
(1992)
• Sea Transportation Law (1992)
• Spatial Use Management Law
(1992)
• Cultural Preservation Law
(1992)
• Regulation on Environmental
Impact Assessment (1993)
• Regulation on Hazardous and
Toxic Waste Management (1994)
• Territorial Waters Law (1996)
• Environmental Management Act
(1997)
• Basic Forestry Act (1997)
• Revised Forestry Act (1999)
• Regional Government Law
(1999)
• Law on Regional Governance
(1999)
Indonesia

• Law on Fiscal Balance between

the Central Government and the
Region (1999)
• Government Regulation on
Marine Pollution and
Degradation Control (1999)
 National
Agenda 21/ National Institutional National Legislation Accession to
Post-UNCED Institutes/ Arrangements International
Strategy for Centers Instruments
Sustainable
Development

• National • Marine Policy • Ministry of • Wildlife Preservation and Game • Whaling

Agenda 21 Institute - Ship Environment Law (1918) Convention
Action Plan and Ocean • Ministry of Fishery • Natural Parks Law (1930) (1951)
Foundation • Ministry of Land, • Basic Law for Environmental Pollution • Intervention
• Center for Infrastructure, and Control (1967) Convention
Global Transport • Law Relating to the Prevention of (1971)
Environmental • Japan Council for Marine Pollution and Maritime • London
Research Sustainable Disaster (1970) Convention
Development • Agricultural Land Soil Pollution (1980)
• Council on Ocean Prevention Law (1970) • Ramsar
Development • Law Concerning the Development of Convention
Organizations for Environmental (1980)
Pollution Prevention (1971) • CITES (1980)
• Nature Conservation Law (1972) • MARPOL 73/78,
• Law for the Regulation of the Transfer Annexes I-V
of Special Birds (1972) (1983)
• Law for Special Measures for the Total • World Heritage
Emission Reduction of Nitrogen Convention
Oxides from Automobiles in Specified (1992)
Areas (1992) • Basel
• Law for the Conservation of Convention
Endangered Species of Wild Flora and (1993)
Fauna (1992) • UNFCCC (1993)
• Basic Environment Law (1993) • Biodiversity
• Green Government Action Plan (1995) Convention
• Air Pollution Control Law (1996) (1993)
• Container and Package Recycling • CLC Protocol
Law (1996) (1994)
• Law for Environmental Impact • FUND Protocol
Assessment (1997) (1994)
• Law on Exclusive Economic Zone and • OPRC (1995)
Continental Shelf • UNCLOS
• Shoreline Law (1996)
• Port and Harbor Law • GPA (1999)
• River Law
• Fishing Port Law
• Basic Law on Fisheries
• Water Pollution Control Law
• Town Planning and Zoning Law
• Urban Parks Law
• Urban Green Space Conservation Law
• Sewage Law
• Noise Regulation Law
• Law on Urgent Promotion of Waste
Disposal Facility Construction
Japan

• Waste Disposal and Public Cleansing

Law
• Environmental Pollution Control
Expense Sharing Law
• Law Concerning the Settlement of
Environmental Pollution Disputes
• Law for Special Fiscal Measures
for the Prevention of Pollution
 National
Agenda 21/ National Institutional National Legislation Accession to
Post-UNCED Institutes/ Arrangements International
Strategy for Centers Instruments
Sustainable
Development

• Malaysia • Maritime • Ministry of Science, • Waters Act (1920) • CITES (1977)

Vision 2020 Institute of Technology, and • Merchant Shipping Ordinance • World Heritage
Malaysia Environment - (1952) Convention
Department of • Poisons Act (1952) (1988)
Environment • Land Conservation Act (1960) • Basel
• National Council for the • Port Authorities Act (1963) Convention
Environment • National Land Code (1965) (1993)
• Cabinet Committee on • Petroleum Mining Act (1966) • UNFCCC (1994)
Ocean Affairs (1998) • Continental Shelf Act (1966) • Biodiversity
• Factories and Machinery Act (1967) Convention
• Protection of Wildlife Act (1972) (1994)
• Petroleum Development Act (1974) • Ramsar
• Petroleum and Electricity (Control Convention
of Supplies) Act (1974) (1995)
• Pesticide Act (1974) • CLC 1969
• Environmental Quality Act (1974) Convention
• Local Government Act (1976) (1995)
• Town and Country Planning Act • FUND 1971
(1976) Convention
• National Parks Act (1980) (1995)
• Exclusive Economic Zone Act (1984) • GPA (1995)
• National Forestry Act (1984) • UNCLOS (1996)
• Fisheries Act (1985) • MARPOL 73/78,
• Environmental Impact Assessment Annexes I, II &
Ordinance (1987) V (1997)
• Environmental Impact Assessment • OPRC 1997
Order, 1987
• Scheduled Wastes Regulations,
1989
• Mineral Development Act (1994)
• Environmental Quality Act
• Exclusive Economic Zone Act
• Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution)
Act 1994
• The Merchant Shipping Ordinance
(Part VA on Pollution from Ships)
• Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution)
Act (1994)
Malaysia
 National
Agenda 21/ National Institutional National Legislation Accession to
Post-UNCED Institutes/ Arrangements International
Strategy for Centers Instruments
Sustainable
Development

• Philippine • Philippine • Department of • Public Land Act • London

Strategy for Center for Environment and • National Air and Waters Law Convention
Sustainable Marine Natural Resources (1964) (1973)
Development Affairs, Inc. (1987) - Environmental • Coast Guard Law (1974) • CITES (1981)
(1989) • Department Management Bureau, • Fisheries Decree (1975) • Whaling
• Philippine of Foreign Forest Management • Revised Forestry Code (1975) Convention
Agenda 21 Affairs - Board, Land • Code on the Sanitation of the (1981)
(1997) Center for Management Bureau, Philippines (1975) • UNCLOS (1984)
Marine and Mines and • Pollution Control Law (1976) • World Heritage
Ocean Geosciences Bureau, • Marine Pollution Decree Convention
Affairs Protected Areas and (1976) (1985)
Wildlife Bureau • Water Code of the Philippines • Basel
• Department of (1976) Convention
Agriculture • Philippine Environmental (1993)
• Department of Policy (1977) • Biodiversity
Science and • Philippine Environmental Convention
Technology Code (1977) (1993)
• Department of Interior • Anti Smoke-Belching Law • Ramsar
and Local (1977) Convention
Government • EIA Decree (1978) (1994)
• Department of • Plant Quarantine Law (1978) • Migratory
Transportation and • Philippine Constitution (1987) Species (1994)
Communications • Comprehensive Agrarian • UNFCCC (1994)
• National Economic Reform Law (1988) • GPA (1995)
Development • Toxic Substances and • CLC Protocol
Authority Hazardous and Other Nuclear (1997)
• Philippine Council for Wastes Control Act (1990) • FUND Protocol
Sustainable • Local Government Code (1997)
Development (1991) • MARPOL 73/78,
• People's Small-Scale Mining Annexes I-V
Act (1991) (2001)
• Seed Industry Development
Act (1992)
• National Integrated Protected
Areas System Act (1992)
• National Marine Policy (1994)
• Water Crisis Act (1995)
• Philippine Mining Act (1995)
• Agriculture and Fisheries
Philippines

Modernization Act (1997)

• Philippine Fisheries Code
(1998)
• Philippine Clean Air Act
(1998)
• Ecological and Solid Waste
Management Act (2000)
• Wildlife Resources
Conservation and Protection
Act (2001)
 National
Agenda 21/ National Institutional National Legislation Accession to
Post-UNCED Institutes/ Arrangements International
Strategy for Centers Instruments
Sustainable
Development
Institutional National Legislation Accession to
Arrangements
• National • Korea • Ministry of • International
Prevention of Public Nuisance Act (1963) • Whaling
Action Plan Maritime Environment • Instruments Act (1977)
Environmental Preservation Convention
for Agenda Institute • Ministry of • National Park Act (1980) (1978)
21 • Korea Ocean Marine • Fisheries Act (1990) • MARPOL 73/78,
• Green Vision Research Affairs and • Water Environment Preservation Act (1990) Annexes I, II,
21 and Fisheries • Natural Environment
• London Conservation Act III & V (1984,
• Ocean Development (1996) (1991) Convention 1996)
Korea 21 Institute • Waste Management(1973)Act (1991) • World Heritage
• Korea • Sewage Act (1991)
• CITES (1981) Convention
Environment • Marine Pollution Prevention Act (1991)
• Whaling (1988)
Institute • Act on DamageConvention
Compensation of Oil-Spills • London
(1992) (1981) Convention
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• UNCLOS (1984) Act (1993)
(1993) • World Heritage • UNFCCC (1993)
• Basic Environmental Policy Act (1999)
Convention • CITES (1993)
• Act for Environmental,
(1985) Traffic, and Disasters • Basel
Impact Assessments
• Basel (1999) Convention
• Coastal Management Act (1999)
Convention (1994)
• Wetland Conservation
(1993) Act (1999) • Biodiversity
• Public Waters• Management
Biodiversity Act (1999) Convention
• National Integrated Coastal Management
Convention (1994)
Plan (2000) (1993) • GPA (1995)
• National Plan• on Coastal Zone Development
Ramsar • UNCLOS (1996)
• Submarine Mineral Resource Development
Convention • Ramsar
Act (1994) Convention
• Island Ecosystem Conservation Act
• Migratory (1997)
• Coral Resources Development
Species (1994) and • CLC Protocol
Conservation• Decree
UNFCCC (1994) (1997)
• Air Environment
• GPA Preservation
(1995) Act • FUND Protocol
• Noise and Vibration Regulation Act
• CLC Protocol (1997)
• Soil Environment Conservation Act • OPRC (1999)
Republic of Korea

(1997)
• Hazardous Chemical Materials Management
• FUND Protocol
Act (1997)
• Conflict Resolution
• MARPOL on Environmental
73/78,
Pollution Damage Act I-V
Annexes
• City Planning Act
(2001)
• Local Autonomy Act
• Act on Utilization and Management of the
National Territory
• Wildlife Protection and Hunting Act
• Sewage and Animal Wastewater Treatment
Act
• Legislation on Resource Reuse and
Promotion of Recycling
• Legislation on Waste Treatment Facilities
and Support for Local Community
• Legislation on Transboundary Movement
and Treatment of Wastes
• Special Act on Environmental Crime and
Punishment
• Drinking Water Supply Act
• Drinking Water Management Act
• Legislation on Environmental Technology
Development and Support\
• Environmental Improvement Special
Accounting Act
• Environmental Improvement Cost Allocation
Act
 National
Agenda 21/ National Institutional National Legislation Accession to
Post-UNCED Institutes/ Arrangements International
Strategy for Centers Instruments
Sustainable
Development

• Thailand's • Thailand • Ministry of Science, • Navigation in Thai Waterways • CITES (1983)

Action Plan for Institute of Technology, and Act (1913) • World
Sustainable Scientific and Environment - Department • Public Administration Act (1933) Heritage
Development Technological of Science Service, • Fishery Act (1945) Convention
• Environmental Research Pollution Control • Forestry Act (1947) (1987)
Vision 2020 • Thailand Department, Department • National Park Act (1961) • UNFCCC
Environment of Environmental Quality • Forest Reserve Act (1964) (1994)
Institute Promotion, Office of the • Poisonous Substances Act (1967) • GPA (1995)
• Thailand National Research Council • Mineral Act (1967) • Basel
Development of Thailand, Office of • Petroleum Act Nos. 1-5 (1971, Convention
Resource Atomic Energy for Peace, 1973, 1979, 1989, 1991) (1997)
Institute National Science and • Environmental Act (1975) • Ramsar
Technology Development • Land Reform for Agriculture Act Convention
Agency, Office of (1975) (1998)
Environmental Policy and • City Planning Act (1975) • OPRC (2000)
Planning, Waste Water • Prevention of Ships Collision
Management Authority Act (1979)
• Ministry of Industry • Groundwater Act Nos. 1-2 (1977,
• Ministry of Interior - 1992)
Forest Protection • Environmental Quality Act (1992)
Division, Department of • Enhancement and Conservation
Public Works, Department of National Environmental
of Local Administration Quality Act (1992)
• Ministry of Agriculture • Factories Act (1992)
and Cooperatives - • Cleanliness and Orderliness of
Fishery Department, Royal the Country Act (1992)
Forest Department, • Hazardous Substances Act (1992)
National Wildlife • Forest Plantation Act (1992)
Protection and Reserves • Energy Conservation Promotion
Board, Board of Land Act (1992)
Development • Wildlife Conservation and
• Ministry of Transport - Protection Act (1992)
Harbor Department • Policy and Prospective Plan for
• National Environment Enhancement and Conservation
Board of National Environmental
• Agenda 21 Subcommittee Quality 1997-2016 (1996)
of National Environment • Environmental Quality
Board (1992) Management Plan 1999-2006
• National Committee for (1997)
Thai Marine Policy and • National Plan
Sea Restoration (1996) • Action Plan for Coastal
• National Committee for Resources and Environmental
Thailand

Sustainable Development Management

(2000) • National Plan for Mangrove
• Ministry of Natural Management
Resources and • Master Plan for Coral Reef
Environment (2002) Management
• Environmental Management Plan
and Action Plan for Coastal
Aquaculture
• Proclamation on the EEZ
• Environmental Impact
Assessment Order
• National Contingency Plan for
Combating Oil Spill
 National
Agenda 21/ National Institutional National Legislation Accession to
Post-UNCED Institutes/ Arrangements International
Strategy for Centers Instruments
Sustainable
Development

• National Plan for • Committee on • Ministry of • Act on Forest Protection • World

Environment and Frontier Environment and (1975) Heritage
Sustainable Issues - Natural Resources • National Conservation Convention
Development Centre for (2002) - Vietnam Strategy (1986) (1987)
1991-2000 (1991) Ocean Environment • Law on the Conservation • Ramsar
• Environmental Research and Protection Agency of Living and Aquatic Convention
Vision 2020 Information • Ministry of Resources (1989) (1989)
• National Fisheries • Vietnam Maritime Code • MARPOL 73/78,
Strategy for • Ministry of (1990) Annex I & II
Environmental Agriculture and • Law on Forest Protection (1991)
Protection 2001 - Rural and Development (1991) • UNCLOS (1994)
2010 (2001) Development • Law on Land Use (1993) • UNFCCC (1994)
• National • Ministry of • Law on Petroleum (1993) • Biodiversity
Environmental Industry • Oil and Gas Law (1993) Convention
Action Plan • Ministry of • Law on Environment (1994)
2001-2005 (2001) Transport - Protection (1994) • CITES (1994)
Vietnam Maritime • Environmental Quality • Basel
Bureau Standards (1995) Convention
• Office of the • Biodiversity Action Plan (1995)
Government - Oil (1995) • CLC Protocol
and Gas General • Draft Vietnam (2003)
Department Environmental Action Plan
(1995)
• Law on Minerals (1996)
• Water Law (1998)
• Master Plan for Energy
Conservation and
Efficiency (1998)
• Regulation on Foreign
Ships (1980)
• Constitution (1992)
• Petroleum Law
• National Strategy for
Environmental Protection
2001-2010 (2001)
• Draft Legislation: Law on
Fisheries
Vietnam
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