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Hazardous Substances Ordinance 14 of 1974 To provide for the conservation, use, management and control of land situated in mountain catchment areas, and to provide for matters incidental thereto. “Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the combating and prevention of soil erosion, the conservation, improvement and manner of use of the soil and vegetation and the protection of the water sources in the Republic and the territory of South-West Africa and to provide for matters incidental thereto.” “To promote the sustainable management of the environment and the use of natural resources by establishing principles for decision making on matters affecting the environment to establish the Sustainable Development Advisory Council to provide for the appointment of the Environmental Commissioner and environmental officers to provide for a process of assessment and control of activities which may have significant effects on the environment and to provide for incidental matters.” Land, water and natural resources below and above the surface of the land and in the continental shelf and within the territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone of Namibia shall belong to the State if they are not otherwise lawfully owned. (l) maintenance of ecosystems, essential ecological processes and biological diversity of Namibia and utilization of living natural resources on a sustainable basis for the benefit of all Namibians, both present and future in particular, the Government shall provide measures against the dumping or recycling of foreign nuclear and toxic waste on Namibian territory.Īrticle 100: Sovereign Ownership of Natural Resources The State shall actively promote and maintain the welfare of the people by adopting, inter alia, policies aimed at the following: (c) the duty to investigate complaints concerning the over-utilization of living natural resources, the irrational exploitation of non-renewable resources, the degradation and destruction of ecosystems and failure to protect the beauty and character of Namibia Īrticle 95: Promotion of the Welfare of the People The functions of the Ombudsman shall be defined and prescribed by an Act of Parliament and shall include the following: The following sections and subsections deal directly with issues relating to the environment. The Namibian Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly and became effective at the country’s independence on midnight 21 March 1990 as provided for by Article 130. This is a non-exhaustive list of the most important legislation affecting environmental law issues in Namibia. 23 1 Sources of environmental law in Namibia A Domestic constitution and legislation G African customary law and rights of indigenous peoples. 1ĭ Climate change, natural disasters and air quality. 1Ī Domestic constitution and legislation.

#NAMIBIA AFRICA BOOK SERIES#

A series of extracts and resources compiled by Tariro Kamuti, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Risk Governance Programme, University of Cape Town, with supervision from Amy Sinclair, Managing Editor of the African Legal Information Institute (AfricanLII).ġ Sources of environmental law in Namibia.

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