NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (DESERTIFICATION CONTROL AND DROUGHT MITIGATION) REGULATIONS, 2011

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (DESERTIFICATION CONTROL AND DROUGHT MITIGATION) REGULATIONS, 2011

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION:

PART IGENERAL PROVISIONS ON DESERTIFICATION CONTROL

1.       Application.

2.       Objectives.

3.       Principles.

Part II—REGULATIONS ON DESERTIFICATION CONTROL

4.       Duties of the Agency.

5.       The Role of States and Local Governments,

6.       Declaration of Specially Protected Areas.

7.       Desertification Control Guidelines.

8.       Permit.

9.       Implied Covenants.

10.     Duties of Land Owners and Users.

PART III—GENERAL PROVISIONS ON DROUGHT MITIGATION

11.     Application.

12.     Objectives.

13.     Principles.

PART IV-REGULATIONS ON DROUGHT MITIGATION

14.     Duties of the Agency.

15.     Duties of Relevant Line Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

16.     Duties of the State Enforcement Team.

17.     Duties of the Local Government Enforcement Team.

18.     Drought Mitigation Guidelines.

19.     Health and Nutrition.

20.     Prevention of Wildfire.

PART V-GENERAL

21.     Offences and Penalties.

22.     Interpretations.

23.     Citation.

PART VI-SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE I – List of Frontline States/Desertification Prone Areas in Nigeria.

SCHEDULE II – List of Desertification-Threatened/Buffer Zone States.

SCHEDULE III – Register of Specially Protected Areas.

SCHEDULE IV -Prohibited Activities in the Arid and Semi Arid Areas.

SCHEDULE V -Composition of the Federal Level Task Force.

SCHEDULE VI – Composition of the State Level Task Force.

SCHEDULE VII —Composition of the Local Government Level Task Force.

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (DESERTIFICATION CONTROL AND DROUGHT MITIGATION) REGULATIONS, 2011

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 34 of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) Act, 2007 and all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, MR JOHN ODEY, Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Environment, hereby make the following regulations.

[Commencement.]                                       [28th Day of April, 2011]

PART 1- GENERAL PROVISIONS ON DESERTIFICATION CONTROL  

Application.

1.       This Part shall apply to the control of desertification in all affected areas in Nigeria.

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