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Agricultural Pests and Noxious Plants Act (Chapter 43)
An Act to provide for the protection of plants and cultivated products from diseases and to provide for the destruction of pests and noxious plants.
Water Supply Act (Chapter 121)
An Act to provide for the control and regulation of the supply of water.
Buffaloes and other cattle (restrictions on slaughter, export and transfer) Rules
These Rules, subject to the provisions of section 3 of the Buffaloes Act, prohibit the slaughter, export or transfer of cattle from one district to another without the permission of the Director of Agriculture.
Buffaloes Act, 1908 (Chapter 59)
An Act to provide for the control of buffaloes and cattle.
RIO+20 - Operative Manual
Get travel and event details on the Rio + 20 conference from this handbook .
Rio+20 and the World Congress of Chief Justices, Attorneys General and Auditors General
Despite many international conferences and important developments in environmental policy, law and governance, only insufficient progress has been made towards achieving many of the internationally agreed environmental goals, targets and objectives. Indeed, in implementing environmental law, including Multilateral Environmental Agreements, States have encountered many challenges in their quest for sustainable development and in improving the overall state of the global environment.
Bhutan Declaration
The Second South AsianJudicial Roundtable on Environmental Justice, supported by the Judiciary of Bhutan and the Asian Development Bank was held in Thimphu, Bhutanon 30-31 August 2013. The Conferencebrought together chief justices, judges, court officials and environmental experts from Afghanistan,Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives,Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Outcome-Rio+20 and the Declaration of Justice Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability
Rio+20Declaration on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability
Community Forest Rules, 1993 (Revised Edition)
These Rules provide for the formation of Community Forests Users Groups. Such groups shall be responsible for the managing and protection of community forests established on degraded forest or village waste land (sect. 4.1).
Bhutan Forest Act of 1969
This Act provides for the establishment of Forest Reserves and defines rules applicable to activities in such areas. The 31 sections of the Act are divided into 5 Chapters: Preliminary (I); Reservation of Forests (II); Rights and Concessions (III); Penalties and Procedures (IV); Miscellaneous (V). The present Act aims at consolidating the law relating to forests, the transit of forest produce and duty leviable on timber and other forest produce.