• Law nº 86/IV/93 , of 26 July that defines the Bases of Environmental Policies.
• Legislative-Decree n.º 14/97 , of 1 July that develops the Bases of Environmental Policies
• Law n.º 102/III/90 , of 29 December that establishes the Basis of the cultural and natural patrimony.
• Decree-Law n.º 3/2003 , of 24 February that establishes the Legal Protected Areas regimen.
• Decree-law nº 3/2003 , of 24 February, on the legal regimen of the National Protected Areas Network
• Decree-Law n.º 40/2003 , of 27 September that establishes the legal regimen of the Santa Luzia natural reserve.
• Decree-Law n.º 5/2003 , of 31 March that defines the National Air protection System.
• Decree n.º 31/ 2003 of 1 September that establishes the essential requirements to be considered in the elimination of urban, industrial and other solid residues and their respective monitoring, aiming at the protection of the environment and public health.
• Decree-Law n.º 6/2003 , of 31 March that establishes the legal regimen for licensing and exploration of quarries.
• Decree-Law n.º 2/2002 , of 21 January that prohibits extraction and exploration of dune sands in beaches and interior waters, along the coastal areas and territorial seas.
• Decree-Law nº 81/2005 of 5 December that establishes the Environmental Information System and its Legal Regimen.
• Decree-Law n.º 22/98 , of 25 May that approves the minimum norms for elaboration and approval of construction projects, insonorization and security conditions for functioning of night entertainment establishments.

• Decree-Law nº53/2005 of 8 August that defines the general principles of the sustainable utilization of fishing resources policy.
• Decree-Law nº 54/2005 of 22 August that regulates the activities of Industrial Fishing in the waters under national jurisdiction.
• Decree-Law nº19/2003 of 21 April that establishes the legal regimen for contracting foreign fishing boats.
• Decree-Law nº 9/2002 of 11 March that defines the attributions of the Competent Authority for inspection, sanitary control and certification of fishing products.
• Regulating Decree nº7/2002 of 30 December 2003 that establishes the conservation and protection measures for plant and animal species threatened with extinction.
• Regulating Decree nº10/2005 of 31 October that defines the regulations of the National Fishing Council.
• Regulation nº 6/2001 of 30 April that approves the regulations of the sanitary norms applicable to production and placement of fishing products in the market that are destined to human consumption.
• Regulation nº 10 /2002 of 3 June that regulates the conditions for attribution of authorization and sanitary licenses to establishments that deal with preparation and
• processing fishing products destined to human consumption, the fishing boats and factory ships, aiming at placement of fishing products in the market that are destined to human consumption and commercialization in the domestic market, export and import.
• Regulation nº 9/2002 of 3 June that approves the Regulation that fixes the maximum amounts of certain contaminants present in the fishing products destined to human consumption, collection and analysis methods for the official control
• Regulation nº 52/2005 of 19 September that approves the forms for issuing licenses industrial fishing for national and foreign boats.
• Regulation nº 56/2005 of 3 October that approves the new emoluments e taxes to be charged for issuing of licenses for boats engaged in industrial and artisanal fishing.
• Regulation nº 67/2005 of 12 December, which approves the Recreative and Sportive Fishing Licenses form.
• Regulation nº 68 /2005 of 12 December that approves the rates to be charged for issuing of and celebration of Agreements.
• Regulation nº 69/2005 of 12 December that establishes the creation of the regimen of registration of Industrial Fishing boats.
• Resolution nº5/2003 of 24 February that institutes 5th February as the National Fisherman Day.
• Resolution nº29/IV/93 of 16 July that approves the Treaty on maritime border delimitation between the Republic of Cape Verde and the Republic of Senegal.
• Resolution nº3/2005 of 21 February 2005 that approves the Management Plan of Fishing Resources.

• Law nº 21/IV/91 Establishing the objectives and policies of the tourist development – Boletim Oficial I S nº 52, of 20 December 1991 (rectification BO nº 7/92)
• Law nº 40/IV/92 Approving the Tax on Tourism – Boletim Oficial I S nº 14 of 06 April 1992
• Decree-Law nº 47/97 Approving the regulation of the Tax on Tourism – Boletim Oficial I S nº 27, of 14 July 1997
• Law nº 42/IV/92 Tourist Utility – Boletim Oficial nº 14, supplement, of 6 April 1992
• Decree-Law nº 68/92 Granting tourist merit to persons or groups, nationals or foreigners, which have distinguished themselves by services or initiatives relevant for national tourism – Boletim Oficial n º 24, 2 º supplement, of 19 June 1992
• Decree-Law nº 11/94 Creation, within the National Institutes of Tourism, of the Tourist Development Fund – Boletim Oficial I S nº 7, of 14 February 1994 - Alteration – Decree-Law nº 48/97 – Boletim Oficial I S nº 27, of 14 July 1997
• Decree-Law nº 55/VI/2004 Tourist Utility

INTEGRAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT ZONES

• Regulating Decree nº 2/93 Declaring as special tourist zones the sites identified as possessing especial interest for tourism – Boletim Oficial I S nº 2, of 1 February 1993
• Law nº 54/V/98 Revising nº 1 of the article 17º of the Legislative-decree nº 2/93, of 1 February - Boletim oficial I S nº 23, of 29 June 1998
• Regulating Decree nº 7/94 Establishing the Integral Tourism Development Zones – Boletim Oficial I S nº 20, of 23 May 1994
• Regulating Decree nº 18/97 Declaring the sites of Ponta de Pau Seco and Ponta Preta, on the island of Maio, as Integral Tourism Development Zones– Boletim Oficial I S nº 50 supplement, of 30 December 1997
• Decree-Law nº 65/98Declaring of public utility, the urgent expropriation of the terrains and existing buildings of the South West coast of the Municipality of Praia, declared as Integral Tourism Development Zone – Boletim Oficial I S nº 48, 3º supplement of 31 December 1998
• Regulating Decree nº 8/98 Declaring the zone of Baía das Gatas as Integral Tourism Development Zone – Boletim Oficial I S nº 48, 3º supplement of 31 December 1998
• Regulating Decree nº 9/98 Declaring the South West coast of the municipality of Praia, as Integral Tourism Development Zone – (rectification BO nº 9/99) Boletim Oficial I S nº 48, 3º supplement of 31 December 1998

• Decree-Law nº75/79 Defining the juridical regimen of the licences and concessions for the use of water resources;
• Law/II/84 Approving the Water Code – revised by the Legislative-Decree nº5/99 of 13 December (republication)
• Decree nº84/87 Regulating the National Register of Waters

• Legislative-Decree nº 9/97 Revising the system of juridical penalties of the plant protection regimen – Bulletin Oficial I S nº 17, supplement of 8 May 1997
• Regulation nº 55/97 Indicating ports and airports from where plant or plant products are imported and exported – Boletim Oficial I S nº 34, supplement of 9 September 1997
• Regulation nº 57/97 Indicating plant products that need an authorization from the General Direction of Agriculture - Boletim Oficial I S nº 34, supplement of 9 September 1997
• Regulation nº 58/97 Establishing the taxes to be paid during the inspection of imported plant products – Boletim Oficial I S nº 34, supplement de 9 of 9 September 1997
• Regulation nº 61/97 Approving the models of auto inspection and no-use as established in the nº 3 of the artº 13º of the Legislative-Decree nº 9/97, of 8 May
• Regulation nº 62/97 Approving the models of agronomic income - Boletim Oficial I S nº 35, of 15 September 1997
• egulation nº 63/97Approving the models of enquiry of authorization to import a phytosanitary products – Boletim oficial i S nº 35/97
• Regulation nº 64/97 Approving the models of authorization to retail phytosanitary products – Boletim Oficial I S nº 35/97

AGRARIAN REFORM / Revoked

• Law nº 78/III/90 Revising the basic law of the agrarian reform – 2º supplement Boletim Oficial nº 25Law nº 5/IV/91 Revoking the Agrarian Reform Commissions – Boletim Oficial I S nº 26 of 4 June 1991Decree-
• Law nº 98/91 Declaring the issues relatives to rural renting, partnership or lending belong to the competencies of the Juridical Tribunals – Boletim oficial nº 34 supplement of 24 August
• Decree-Law nº 190/91 Granting, because of the cost for the state, the municipality or the public collectivity, the goods of useful possession regimen– Boletim Oficial nº 52 2º supplement 30 December
• Regulation nº 26/92 Granting to the different services of the Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Rural Activities the non-juridical competencies until then hold by the Agrarian Reform Commissions – Boletim oficial nº23, 6 June 1992Law nº 87/IV/93 Revoking the Basic Law of the Agrarian Reform and the legislatives complementary tools, with exception of the Decree-Law nº 38/83, of 4 July – Boletim oficial I S nº 46, 6 December 1993 (rectification BO nº 9/94)

• Law nº 48/V/98 Regulating the forest activities – Boletim Oficial I S nº 13, of 6 April 1998

• Decree-Law nº 63/89 Base of the Legislation relative to the animals and husbandry – Boletim Oficial I S nº 36, of 14 September 1989

• Decree-Law nº 56/2005
  Approving the organisation of the Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries – Boletim Oficial I S nº 50, of 18 August 2005
• Regulating Decree nº 1/2002
  Approving the status of the INGRH – Boletim oficial I Series, nº16 of 3 June 2002
• Decree-Law nº 80/97
  Approves the status of the INIDA - Boletim Oficial I S nº 50, supplement of 30 December 1997
• Regulating Decree nº 7/2000
  Approving the status of the INMG – Boletim oficial I Series, nº26 of 28 August 2000
• Regulating Decree nº 124/92
  Approving the status of the INERF - – Boletim Oficial of 16 November 1992 – Alteration Decree-Law nº 72/97 – Boletim oficial I S nº 49, of 22 December 1997 (rectification BO nº 50 supplement, 30 December 1997)