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Tabl e 4. 3 Important Law and Legislations regarding environment and natural resources in Libya
Law and Legislations
Main objectives
Law 15 of 1992
Protection of agricultural lands, pastures and forests and converting
them to irrigated agricultural lands
Law 72 of 1988
Establishment of the Arab Center for Desert Research and
development of desert communities
Law 15 of 1984
Protection of animals and trees, and to prevent hunting wild animals,
and the prevention of trees cutting because of urban expansion
Law 1 of 1983
Agricultural inspection
Law 790 of 1982
Organization of drilling operations and the preservation of water
sources
Law 7 of 1982
Protection of the environment
Law 5 of 1982
Protection of pastures and forests
Law 827 of 1980
The establishment of the General Authority for Scientific Research
and its bodies specialized in various fields
Law 46 of 1972
Protection of shrub land
Law 26 of 1972
The establishment of a public board of water responsible for
proposing public policies and legislations concerning water, and
follow up their implementation, as well as overseeing the
follow-up projects related to water abstraction, digging wells and
methods of using them
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Constraints and Prospects
Despite the efforts and achievements made, so far the factors and causes, man-
ifestations and harmful effects of desertification need special attention in Libya.
Researchers, natural resources managers and conservationists highlighted a number
of obstacles and challenges that need to be confronted by all possible means includ-
ing: (i) Scarcity of water resources and successive seasons of drought, which limit
the success of agricultural projects, land reclamation and cultivation (ii) Increasing
levels of food deficit as a result of rapid population growth, and the widening gap
between production and consumption rates, and the continued expansion of urban
areas which causes damage to agricultural production (iii) Erroneous practices of
local people and unfettered exploitation of natural resources with no thought about
sustainable use (iv) Lax and inconsistent application of the provisions and legal
regulations and legislation governing relations between citizens and natural and
environmental resources (v) The absence of a comprehensive database of natural
resources in terms of importance and restriction for their uses, and (vi) Weakness of
skilled manpower and specialized staff in the field of protection of natural resources
and combating desertification (Libyan Department of Urban Planning 2005 ).
 
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