Code of Haitian Environmental Laws, Annotated and Compiled
- Compiled and annotated by Jean André Victor in October 1995 for UNDP project HAI/92/001.
- The author describes it as the first compilation to bring natural resources, agriculture, livestock, population, heritage and biodiversity norms under one outlook.
- Parts cover soil, water, trees and forests, fishing, hunting, protected areas, natural and historical heritage, agriculture and public hygiene.
- Part I treats the constitution as the parent law on the environment.
- The author warns the work may contain imperfections and gaps.
Compiled and annotated by Jean André Victor in Port-au-Prince in October 1995, under UNDP project HAI/92/001 for the Environmental Coordination and Monitoring Unit, with help from students of the Quisqueya University faculty of agriculture and environment. The author says it is the first work to bring together, under one outlook, norms on natural resources, agriculture, livestock, population, architectural and historical heritage and biodiversity conservation. The code is divided into parts: the constitution and the environment, soil resources, water resources, trees and forests, fishing, hunting, protected areas, natural and historical heritage, agriculture and public hygiene. Each part reproduces the laws, decrees and orders in force with annotations. The text runs to 325 pages.
How to cite
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 1995, Code of Haitian Environmental Laws, Annotated and Compiled, https://archivesjuridiquesht.com/archives/7