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LAW No 48/2018 OF 13/08/2018 ON ENVIRONMENT

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rwanda, Ministry of Environment and Land

2018rwandaEnvironment and Climate ChangeOther

The law determines ways and avenues to protect, conserve, and promote the environment onto cleaner and greener status. The law places the fundamental principle on environmental conservation on preventing activities considered to have negative impacts on the environment, pending a thorough scientific assessment. The law further orders persons or entities that engage in activities polluting the environment, to either make restitution, rehabilitation or go through punishment.