Common use of National Clause in Contracts

National. The Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism is the government body in charge of nature conservation. The Nature Conservation Act Ordinance-Law 69.041, 1969 defines national parks. Law 82.002, 1982, defines faunal and game reserves and lists species for which hunting and trapping are prohibited. There are 4 main categories of PA in DRC: - National parks (9) - Game reserves (1) - Forest reserves (7) - Faunal reserves (2) There are also areas set aside for hunting purposes and for scientific purposes. All these are managed by the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN). A Forest Code was established in 2003, under which the state owns all forests and defines legitimate uses for them. Legal mechanisms and zoning system are to follow. There is concern as to the fact that forest people‘s rights are recognised, and there has been little civil society involvement in the formulation of this code. Forest exploitation taxes are very low, US$ 0.06/ha; the World Bank estimates that 600,000km² will be zoned as production forests. Timber extraction will be facilitated by more than 270 million dollars promised donors funds, equivalent to more than 5,000km of unpaved roads, or more than 1,000km of paved roads. In 2008, the ICCN published a National Strategy for Community Conservation to facilitate the legal and institutional framework for innovative community reserves such as those in Walikale and Xxxxx which protect important populations of Eastern Lowland Gorillas.

National. The Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism is the government body in charge of nature conservation. The Nature Conservation Act Ordinance-Law 69.041, 1969 defines national parks. Law 82.002, 1982, defines faunal and game reserves and lists species for which hunting and trapping are prohibited. There are 4 main categories of PA in DRC: - National parks (9) - Game reserves (1) - Forest reserves (7) - Faunal reserves (2) There are also areas set aside for hunting purposes and purposes, for scientific purposes. All these are managed by the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN). A Forest Code was established in 2003, under which the state owns all forests and defines legitimate uses for them. Legal mechanisms and zoning system are to follow. There is concern as to the fact that forest people‘s rights are recognised, and there has been little civil society involvement in the formulation of this code. Forest exploitation taxes are very low, US$ 0.06/ha0.06 US$/ha; the World Bank estimates that 600,000600.000km² will be zoned as production forests. Timber extraction will be facilitated by more than 270 million millions dollars promised donors funds, equivalent to more than 5,0005000km of unpaved roads, or more than 1,0001000km of paved roads. In 2008, the ICCN published a National Strategy for Community Conservation to facilitate the legal and institutional framework for innovative community reserves such as those in Walikale and Xxxxx which protect important populations of Eastern Lowland Gorillas.