National Environmental Policy 2021

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Category: Executive

Document Type: Policy

Role: Previous Version

Tanzania's National Environmental Policy establishes a national framework for coordinated environmental management to improve welfare for present and future generations, addressing issues like land degradation, water, biodiversity, forests, pollution, climate change, and biotechnology.

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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY
VICE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
DAR ES SALAAM
DECEMBER 1997
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Table of Contents
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CHAPTER TWO
THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER THREE
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OVERALL POLICY OBJECTIVES
9
SECTORAL AND CROSS-SECTORAL
POLICIES
10
Cross-sectoral Policies
10
Addressing Poverty
10
Demographic dynamics
11
Land tenure
12
Technology
13
Biodiversity
13
Public Participation and Education
14
Private Sector and NGOs
16
The Enhanced Role of Women
17
Sectoral Policies
18
Agriculture
Livestock
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Water and Sanitation
20

Tags: Gender, Agriculture, Investment, Land Use, Water Management, Development, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Degradation, Air Pollution, Redd+ And Lulucf, Technology, Energy Supply, Future Generations, Lulucf, Oceans, Institutions / Administrative Arrangements, Mitigation, Wetlands, Equity, Rivers, Natural Resources, Water, Funding, Adaptation, Adaptation Planning, Energy Demand, Deforestation, Environmental Impact Assessment, Regulation, Transport, Intergenerational, Governance, Climate Change Risks, Policy

Sector: Energy;Industry;LULUCF;Transport;Water

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