Declaration of Matnakara Water Protection Zone (Tagabe River) (Cap 281)
Made 2004-07-12 · Text as of 2026-10-01
Public law and official guidance, published as research. Not legal, tax or financial advice.
About this law
- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Subjects
- Water
- Keywords
- water conservation zone, zoning, basin/catchment/watershed, inland waters, water resources management
Where to read it
No source link is recorded for this law.
Text
The law's own text, section by section, as held. Each section has its own link.
Declaration of Matnakara Water Protection Zone (Tagabe River) [Cap 281] Commencement: 12 July 2004 DECLARATION OF THE MATNAKARA WATER PROTECTION ZONE (TAGABE RIVER) Published Gazette No. 19 of 2004 1. Declaration of Matnakara Water Protection Zone (1) The areas marked on the map that is attached to this instrument are declared as the Matnakara Water Protection Zone. (2) The Matnakara Water Protection Zone is divided into Zone 1, Zone 2 and Zone 3. 2. Purposes for the declared Zone The purposes for which the Matnakara Water Protection Zone is declared are: (a) to protect the quality and quantity of the Tagabe river as the only current water source for Port Vila, and the nearby settlements; and (b) to create a sustainable multi-purpose land use management water catchment model to be replicated in other watersheds in Vanuatu.