THE GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No. 65/2010/ND-CP
Hanoi, June 11, 2010
 
DECREE
DETAILING AND GUIDING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE BIODIVERSITY LAW
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the November 13, 2008 Biodiversity Law;
At the proposal of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment,
DECREES:
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This Decree details and guides the implementation of a number of articles of the Biodiversity Law regarding biodiversity conservation planning, conservation zones, conservation and sustainable development of organisms and conservation and sustainable development of genetic resources.
Article 2. Subjects of application
This Decree applies to domestic organizations, households and individuals; foreign organizations, agencies and individuals and overseas Vietnamese directly carrying out activities of or related to the conservation and sustainable development of biodiversity in Vietnam.
Article 3. Order and procedures for elaborating and approving a national master plan on biodiversity conservation
1. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, concerned ministries and ministerial-level agencies, and People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities (below referred to as provincial-level People's Committees) in. elaborating, appraising and submitting to the Prime Minister for approval a national master plan on biodiversity conservation according to the following order and procedures:
a/ Surveying to identify biodiversity conservation needs and elaborating a national master plan on biodiversity conservation:
b/ Collecting opinions of concerned ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial-level People's Committees;
c/ Appraising the national master plan on biodiversity conservation;
d/ Submitting the national master plan on biodiversity conservation to the Prime Minister for approval.
2. The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment shall set up an intersectoral appraisal council and assume the prime responsibility for the appraisal. The council shall take responsibility for the contents and feasibility of the national master plan on biodiversity conservation.
The intersectoral appraisal council shall make decisions by majority vote.
The intersectoral appraisal council is composed of 9 members, including the chairman being a leader of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and members being department-level representatives of the Ministries of Planning and Investment; Natural Resources and Environment; Agriculture and Rural Development; Science and Technology; Culture, Sports and Tourism; and Health, and a number of biodiversity specialists.