Law of 17 April 2018 on territory planning

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This law updates the legal framework on land planning in the country, notably to ensure that sustainable development principles are enshrined into territorial activities.

Art. 1 states the specific objectives of the law, including:

Objective 3: preserve the landscapes by guaranteeing their integrity and by maintaining the agricultural and forestry functions, viticultural, ecological, recreational and climatic

Objective 8: maintain climatic regulation surfaces, ecological corridors between different habitats and natural biotopes, and

Objective 9: reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, by organising natural carbon sequestration.

The document further defines land planning with regard to renewable energy projects.