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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.

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Chicken exports rise 16.5%
3.815 million tonnes of chicken meat were exported by Brazil between January and August 2026, 16.5% more than in the same period of 2025; revenue reached USD 7.543 billion.
Retail potato price rises 69.1%
69.1% was the increase in the retail price of smooth-skinned potatoes in Paraná between August and September 2026, rising from BRL 4.15 to BRL 7.01 per kilogram.
Wheat crop quality deteriorates
182 thousand hectares of wheat remained to be harvested in Paraná: 12% of the area was in poor condition, 42% in average condition, and 46% in good condition.
Production reaches 78.7 million pounds
78.7 million pounds of shrimp were produced by Honduras from January through August 2026, compared with 76 million pounds during the same period of 2025.
Loss of 13 million pounds
13 million pounds of shrimp are estimated to have been lost because of drought and high salinity, reducing the annual production target from 159 million to 146 million pounds.

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Law 26331 Law on minimum budgets for environmental protection of native forests (Argentina)

Establishes the minimum environmental protection budgets for the enhancement, restoration, conservation, use and sustainable management of native forests.

Organic Law for the Provision of Drinking Water and Sanitation Services (HE) (Venezuela)

Article 1. The purpose of this Law is to regulate the provision of the. Public Drinking Water Services and CIT: Sancamicnto, to establish the system of supervision, control and evaluation of such serv...

Law 3239/07 "On the Water Resources of Paraguay"(Paraguay)

The purpose of this Law is to regulate the sustainable and comprehensive management of all waters and the territories that produce them, regardless of their location, physical state or natural occurre...

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

National Policy on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utiliza...

This policy establishes a national framework to regulate access to Guyana's genetic resources and ensure that benefits arising from their utilization are shared fairly and equitably. It establishes me...

The Drainage and Irrigation Act (EN)(Guyana)

An Act to provide for the establishment of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority for ensuring that water resources are located, evaluated, conserved and utilised for the greatest national adv...

Organic Law of the Environment (Venezuela)

This Law aims to establish the provisions and guiding principles for environmental management, within the framework of sustainable development as a fundamental right and duty of the State and society,...

LOSAN: Organic Law on Food and Nutrition Security of Brazil - Law No. 11,346/2006

National legal framework that creates the National Food and Nutrition Security System (SISAN) to ensure the human right to adequate food. It establishes the definitions, principles, guidelines, object...

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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

National Strategic Plan 2005-2025 (Barbados)

The National Strategic Plan (NSP) of Barbados 2005-2025 sets out Government's main development agenda for the 20 year period 2005-2025. Goal four of the NSP is aimed at specifically of ""Building a Gr...

Environmental Management Decree (EN)(Haiti)

Assigns coordination responsibilities to the Ministry of the Environment.

Law No. 28585: Establishment of Peru's Technified Irrigation Program (2005-2026)

Law No. 28585, establishing the Technified Irrigation Program, provided Peru with a legal framework to promote the progressive replacement of traditional agricultural irrigation systems with technifie...

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