This Proclamation provides for the necessary framework to implement the Montreal Protocol concerning a system for licensing the import and export of controlled substances listed in the Annexes to the Protocol. “The Proclamation specifies powers and duties of the Authority and requires federal or regional government organ empowered by law to issue a business license or to control imports to refuse, grant, renew, suspend or cancel trade licenses in tandem with the decision of the Authority to refuse, grant, renew, suspend or cancel authorization.

These regulations are to establish the Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute as an autonomous federal government office having its legal personality. The Institute shall be accountable to the ministry of environment and forest. It shall, among other things: Identity, import, adapt, utilize, and generate technologies that significantly contribute to forest development; coordinate the environment and forest research activities carried out by environment and forest research centres or higher education institutes. The institute shall also work towards mitigating environmental degradation, desertification, and extinction of species, among other things.

This proclamation issues directives and detailed guidelines on crucial aspects of pollution control, including; management of hazardous waste, chemical, and radioactive materials, control of pollution, management of municipal waste, environmental standards, and environmental inspectors.

The Institute of Biodiversity Conservation and Research is established as an autonomous body of the Federal Government having its own juridical personality. The Institute shall be accountable to the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization. The institute shall be responsible for the conservation, research, development, and sustainable utilization of the country’s biodiversity. The proclamation details the powers and duties of the institute, the organization structure, and books of account, amount others.

A proclamation to ratify the Kyoto protocol on the reduction of greenhouse gases. The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change was adopted and ratified by the house of peoples’ representatives of Ethiopia.

These directives are subject to the biosafety proclamation. It contains details on transactions subject to the directives, as well as the procedures for storing and processing modified organisms.

The proclamation seeks to maximally reduce the adverse effects of solid waste on the environment while ensuring the benefits obtainable are equally maximised. It discusses, among other things, solid waste management planning, general obligations of urban administration, and inter-regional movement of solid wastes.

This represents the council of ministers’ regulations to provide for wildlife development, conservation, and utilization. It addresses terms definitions, management of wildlife conservation areas, prohibited activities, licenses, etc.

This directive is issued per the relevant articles of the biosafety proclamation. The directive applies to either land or air transport. It contains details on licensing the driver, as well as information on the application.

This directive is issued per the relevant articles of the biosafety proclamation. The directive applies to any and every transaction involving modified organisms. It contains details on general information, as well as specific information surrounding the modified organism.

These regulations address the designation of the Gambella national park. It is pursuant to the relevant sections and articles under the development, conservation, and utilization of wildlife regulation. It highlights chiefly, the location of the park, and its boundaries along a number of demarcation points referred to as beacons. It also discusses the administration of the park, its powers and duties, prohibited activities, and penalties, among other key pointers.

In recognition of the need to subject floriculture activities to good agricultural practices, in a bid to minimise adverse effects on the environment; the council of ministers issued the regulations to; develop a certification standard to gauge the adherence and compliance levels to the requirements, and to improve general performance and competitiveness of floriculture farms.

These regulations are issued under the relevant articles of the environmental pollution control proclamation of 2002. The regulation applies to factories operating in industrial sectors. It contains general obligations, licensing, monitoring, emergency response system, etc.

These regulations address the designation of the Bale national park. It is under the relevant sections and articles under the development, conservation, and utilization of wildlife regulation. It highlights chiefly, the location of the park, and its boundaries along several demarcation points referred to as beacons. It also discusses the administration of the park, its powers and duties, prohibited activities, and penalties, among other key pointers.

This directive applies to unintended releases of modified organisms, and other related incidents during the accident. It expressly states all emergency measures to be carried out in the case of a release, as well as the duties and powers of all relevant stakeholders.

These regulations address the designation of the Alitash national park. It is under the relevant sections and articles under the development, conservation, and utilization of wildlife regulations. It highlights chiefly, the location of the park, and its boundaries along several demarcation points referred to as beacons. It also discusses the administration of the park, its powers and duties, prohibited activities, and penalties, among other key pointers.

The directive acknowledges the need for a holistic risk assessment procedure to proceed with all transactions related to modified organisms. This is in a bid to standardize the entire procedure across the country. It defines key terms, discusses transactions subject to the directive, and expressly states the directives, among others.

Redesignation from ‘Semien Mountains National Park’ to ‘The Semien Mountains National Park’. It is under the relevant sections and articles under the development, conservation, and utilization of wildlife regulation. It highlights chiefly, the location of the park, and its boundaries along several demarcation points referred to as beacons.

This is an Act for the establishment of the Botswana Geoscience Institute for research purposes in geoscience and the exploration of minerals in Botswana and for other related matters.

These regulations put certain control measures in place. The control measures include Prohibition of importation or exportation of controlled substances, prohibition of importation, exportation or dealing after prohibition date, and prohibition of the importation of aerosols among others. it also provides guidelines regulating permits.