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Nature conservation law in Lesotho is presently fragmented
and is characterized by pieces of legislation, which do not
adequately create the required environment and institutional
arrangements for sound management of biological resources.
Component 8 will assist in drafting a comprehensive national
law for nature conservation and this will provide for the
establishment of appropriate and effective institutional
arrangement for nature conservation at all levels. To
facilitate effective implementation of the law, capacity
building in nature conservation and land-use planning will
also be necessary.
An attempt to draft nature conservation law was earlier made
by the MTEC. The process was so advanced that, the review of
existing national and regional laws had already started but
the initiative was never completed as planned due to
inadequate resources.
Lesotho currently does not have a policy that specifically
addresses nature conservation. The Environment Act of 2001
will, however, serve as a useful policy framework upon which
the proposed nature conservation law will be based.
The PCC has established a Task Force to provide technical
backstopping for the implementation of component 8, and the
Terms of Reference for the consultant who will be recruited
to draft the law have been prepared by the MTEC Legal
Officer. The Legal Officer will also be attached to the MDTP
as counterpart for purposes of capacity building for a
period of three months. |
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