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The constitution allows the parliment to delegate legislative authority on environmental matters to the Government. Such delegation was effected by law 3/2012 which sets out board directives for the Government to legislate for the protection of the environment. The law promoted the enactment of Decree-Law 26/2012 the Basic Law on the environment which contains a section on solid waste management

The importance of healthy mangroves to a Pacific island village is shared with a group of children by an elderly storyteller. His tale highlights the benefits and purposes of the mangroves, and the dangers that face them: pollution, over-use of resources, and destruction by greedy developers.