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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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Grenada National Water Policy (EN)(Granada)

The Goal of Grenada’s National Water Policy is to provide sustainable management of the country’s water resources, through stakeholder participation and contribution to economic, social, and envir...

Grenada Drought Management Plan (EN)(Granada)

The Drought Plan which provides a coordinated and consistent program and a framework for integrating public and private; sector actions to reduce the impact of human suffering from droughts is based o...

Environmental Protection Act (EN)(Guyana)

An Act to provide for the management, conservation, protection and improvement of the environment, the prevention or control of pollution, the assessment of the impact of economic development on the e...

East Demerara Water Conservancy Act (EN)(Guyana)

An act to establish the East Demerara water conservancy for the purpose of making better provision for the supply of water in East Demerera to provide for the management of the conservancy and for pur...

Guyana`s National Drought Mitigation and Adaptation Plan (EN)(Guyana)

The National Drought Mitigation and Adaptation Plan is a national policy with a cross-sectoral approach. The purpose of the policy is to facilitate proactive, coordinated, and effective planning, prep...

Framework Water Law (EN)(Haiti)

Defines organizational responsibilities for drinking water provision and established a national water management agency.

Ministry of the Environment Environmental Action Plan (EN)(Haiti)

Defined a vision for environmental management, including land use and watershed management plans

Water Resources Law 1995 (Jamaica)

Jamaica created a unified legislative framework for the management and development of Jamaicas water resources. It supports the planning of water resources and emphasizes their equitable allocation. H...

National Water Comission (EN)(Jamaica)

There is hereby established a body to be called the National Water Comission which shall be the body corporate with perpetual successions and a common seal and with power to adquire, hold and dispose ...

The Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act (EN)(Jamaica)

An act to provide for the management, conservation and protection of the natural resources of Jamaica, to establish a Natural Resources Conservation Authority, to make consequential amendments to cert...

Political Constitution of Panama

Combat communicable diseases through environmental sanitation, the development of the availability of drinking water and adopting immunization, prophylaxis and treatment measures provided collectively...

General Water Law (Panama)

1. The purpose of these Laws is to regulate the use of continental and insular waters of the State, guaranteeing their sustainability in availability, quality and quantity, through the integrated mana...