1. The institutions in charge of environmental protection and management
456. Within the Ministry, there are technical departments that contribute directly to
the protection and management of the environment, notably:
- the Directorate of the Environment responsible for overseeing the application
of government's environmental policy;
- the Directorate of Forest Resources responsible, inter alia, for coordinating
activities related to forests, fauna and wetlands, proposing draft national forest
resources and wetland policies, developing national parks and wildlife
reserves, creating protected areas for the conservation of the territory's
biodiversity;
- the institutions attached:
o the Forests Development and Exploitation Agency (ODEF) responsible
for the management of State forests.
o the National Environmental Management Agency (ANGE).
457. The other institutions responsible for environmental management are provided
for by Law No. 2008-005 of 30 May 2008 on a framework law on the environment,
Law No. 2008-009 of 19 June 2008 on the Forest Code and Law No. 2009-001 of 6
January 2009 relating to the prevention of the biotechnological risks. These
institutions are:
- the National Commission for Sustainable Development (CNDD): consultative
body responsible for monitoring the integration of the environmental
dimension into development policies and strategies;
- the National Agency for Environmental Management (ANGE): public
institution supporting the implementation of the national environmental policy
as defined by the government within the framework of the National
Environmental Action Plan (PNAE);
- the National Environmental Fund (FNE): a public institution administered by a
management committee made up of representatives of the government, NGOs
and local authorities. Its resources are intended to finance the national
environmental policy;
- a special Treasury Fund called the National Forest Development Fund (FNDF).
Its revenue is exclusively earmarked for financing forest resource development
operations;
- Advisory committees for forest resources established throughout the national
territory. Their mission is to assist decision-making concerning the
management of forest resources.
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