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Environmental Protection and Preservation Act of the Maldives

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Sectors: Economy-wide

This short Act provides the basis for the powers of the Ministry of Planning, Human Resources and Environment to enact any regulations necessary for environmental protection. While the Act does not specify climate change it does provide the government with the ability to terminate any projects that are deemed to have an undesirable impact on the environment.

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Environmental Protection and Preservation Act of the Maldives
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