Laws and policies for land and water resource management
The Cape Verde's Juridical System integrates a set of legal dispositions which regulate many environmental issues, particularly, the conservation of nature, air, water, soils, noises and environmental Policy tools:
- Law nº 86/IV/93, of 26, July which defines the Baselines of the Environmental Policy
- Order in Council n.º 14/97, of 1 of July that develops the Baselines of the Environmental Policy
- Order in Council nº 29/2006, establishes the juridical regime of the validation of the Environmental Impact of public or private Projects susceptible to bring effects on the environment.
- Law n.º 102/III/90, 29 of December, establishes the Bases of the Natural and Cultural patrimonies
- Order in Council n.º 3/2003, 24 of February, establishes the Juridical Regime of the Protected Areas
- Order in Council n.º 40/2003, 27 of September, establishes the juridical regime of the natural reserve of Santa Luzia Island
- Order in Council n.º 5/2003, 31 of March, defines the National System for the protection of air.
- Order in Council n.º 31/ 2003 of 1 September, establishes the essential requirements to be considered in the elimination of solid urban residues, industrial and others and a respective control, in order to protect the environment and human health
- Order in Council n.º 6/2003, of 31 March, establishes the juridical regime of licensing and exploitation of quarries.
- Order in Council n.º 2/2002, of 21 January that prohibits the extraction and exploitation of sand hill from Beaches, Rivers, Costal and the territorial sea.
- Order in Council nº 81/2005 of 5 December, that establishes the Environmental Information System and the Juridical Regime
- Order in Council n.º 22/98, of 25 May that approves minimum norms related to the elaboration and approval of constructive projects, the invoicing and conditions of security of diurnal use of an entertaining building
