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Policy frameworks

Guidelines, strategies, regulations, resolutions and agreements, at the international, regional, national and subnational levels that configure the actions of the State.

DID YOU KNOW?

Global biodiversity hotspots
33% of global biodiversity hotspots are located in grassland regions threatened by agricultural expansion (Kan et al., 2026).
Global terrestrial carbon
Between 20% and 35% of the world's terrestrial carbon is stored in grasslands, ecosystems currently under increasing agricultural pressure (Kan et al., 2026).
Change of land use
6% of global land use change is attributed individually to countries such as Russia, India, China, and the United States (Kan et al., 2026).
Ecosystem conversion
13% of the global conversion of natural ecosystems is concentrated in Brazil, the country with the highest recorded proportion (Kan et al., 2026).
Conversion of grasslands and wetlands
The conversion of grasslands and wetlands to agriculture is progressing almost 4 times faster than deforestation worldwide (Kan et al., 2026).

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Water and Sewerage Act (EN)(Santa Lucía)

An act to provide for the management of water resources and to services throughout Saint Lucia and for related matters

Water and Sewerage Authority Act (EN)(Santa Lucía)

An act to make a provision for a national policy for water, for the establishment of an Authority to be known as the Water Sewerage Authority, for conferring on that Authority functions as to water, i...

National Water Policy (EN)(St Lucia)

The Policy seeks to promote the concept of freshwater as a socially-vital, economic good that requires a coordinates and participatory management approach to sustain economic growth and to reduce pove...

National Envoroment Policy (EN)(Santa Lucía)

The National Environment Policy provides the broad framework for environmental management in Saint Lucia, and establishes links with policies and programmes in all relevant sectors of economic and soc...

Watercourses and Waterworks Ordinance (EN)(San Cristóbal y Nieves)

This Ordinance provides for the establishment of the Water Board. The Board shall control, manage, maintain and supervise all watercourses and waterworks in the distribution area ("the Colony") and sh...

National Environmental Action Plan of Saint Kitts and Nevis (EN)(Saint Kitts and Nevis)

The St. Kitts and Nevis National Environmental Action Plan 1994 is a multi-sectoral policy that analyses the environmental issues affecting St. Kitts and Nevis in a comprehensive, multi-sectoral frame...

Central Water and Sewerage Authority Act (EN)(San Vicente y las Granadinas)

An Act to make better provision for the conservation, control, apportionment and use of water resources of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and for purposes incidental thereto and connected therewith

The National Irrigation Authority Act (EN)(San Vicente y las Granadinas)

It mandates NIA, in collaboration with the CWSA, to investigate the water resources of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and advise the Minister on matters relating to improving or expanding existing i...

The Forest Resource Conservation Act (EN)(San Vicente y las Granadinas)

It charges the Director of Forestry with the protection and preservation of water resources in forest reserves, cooperative forests, conservation areas and along streams and rivers in cooperation with...

The Public Health Act (EN)(San Vicente y las granadinas)

It defines the functions of the Public Health Department, which include “to promote the public health and the prevention, limitation and suppression of communicable or preventable diseases within Sa...

The Environmental Health Services Act (EN)(San Vicente y las granadinas)

It further emphasizes pollution control. It is the responsibility of the Minister to regulate, monitor and control the actual and likely contamination or pollution of the environment from any source

The Forest Resource Conservation Act (EN)(San Vicente y las granadinas)

An Act to make provision for the conservation, management and proper use of the forests and watersheds, the declaration of forest reserves, cooperative forests and conservation areas, the prevention a...