Chương IV Nghị định 109/2003/NĐ-CP: Phát triển bền vững các vùng đất ngập nước

Chapter IV

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SUBMERGED AREAS

Article 17.- Responsibilities of organizations and individuals carrying out activities in submerged areas

Organizations and individuals carrying out activities of exploiting resources in submerged areas shall have:

1. To protect peculiar ecological systems and conserve bio-diversity and wild animals, especially endemic, rare and precious varieties and species being in the danger of extinction.

2. To protect saline water-preventing and/or fresh water-retaining works, as well as irrigation works and flood-control systems.

3. To protect landscape, environment, cultural values and historical relics in submerged areas.

Article 18.- Activities of agricultural cultivation

1. To restrict the use of chemical fertilizers, chemicals and plant protection drugs in cultivation, thus degenerating, deteriorating and depleting submerged land, especially coastal estuary land.

2. The State encourages the use of organic fertilizers and microbiological fertilizers as well as the application of farming methods which do not cause adverse impacts on the ecological systems and bio-diversity of submerged areas.

Article 19.- Activities of aquaculture

1. To encourage the application of the aquacultural forms which do not cause adverse impacts on the environment, combine industrial aquaculture with ecological aquaculture and aquaculture after the forestry-fishery or agriculture-fishery models.

2. To restrict concentrated industrial aquaculture covering too large acreage in submerged areas which need to be conserved and sustainably developed.

3. The aquaculture must ensure conditions on sanitation and environmental protection, avoid the spread of epidemics among fauna and flora ecological systems in submerged areas.

Article 20.- Activities of exploring and exploiting earth, stone, sand and gravel

The exploration and exploitation of earth, stone, sand and gravel in submerged areas must be permitted by competent State agencies and comply with the provisions on traffic safety, environmental protection and other relevant regulations.

Article 21.- Tourist, cultural and commercial activities

1. The State encourages the development of ecological tourism and the organization of traditional and folklore festivals in submerged areas with a view to raising people’s sense of protection of nature and environment.

2. Organizations and individuals participating in tourist, cultural and commercial activities in submerged areas shall have to protect natural resources, ecological systems and environment.

3. Activities of organizing festivals, visits and tours in submerged land conservation zones must be consented by, and comply with the guidance of, agencies managing submerged areas.

Article 22.- Activities of work construction

For works built in submerged areas, reports on evaluation of environmental impacts must be elaborated and approved by competent State agencies and the requirements stated in decisions approving reports on evaluation of environmental impacts must be strictly complied with.

Article 23.- Waterway traffic activities

1. Waterway traffic means must have equipment for prevention and combat of incidents; must not discharge assorted wastes and oil dregs untreated or treated below the environmental standards into water sources.

2. For the dredging of riverbeds and channels in submerged land conservation zones, reports on evaluation of environmental impacts must be elaborated and submitted to competent State agencies for approval; the requirements stated in the reports on evaluation of environmental impacts must be strictly complied with.