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Four CQ waste companies shut down and fined $32K

Four CQ waste companies shut down and fined $32K

$100,000 in fines for illegal waste operators

Date Time $100,000 in fines for illegal waste operators Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs The Honourable Meaghan Scanlon More than $100,000 in fines have been issued in the past three months to people who have been illegally operating in the waste industry in Queensland. The Department of Environment and Science (DES) has also issued 16 Direction Notices to immediately cease activities for operators in breach of the Environmental Protection Act 1994. Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said ensuring waste was handled appropriately was fundamental to protecting the environment and our communities. Guaranteeing licensed waste operators who follow the law are protected from operators who are not licensed is also important to the economy, she said.

The Governance of Natural Resources in Nepal- 5 – Telegraph Nepal

Asta-Ja Framework: Asta-Ja is a theoretically grounded grassroots-based planning and management framework for conservation, development, and utilization of natural and human resources. Asta-Ja means eight of the Nepali letter “Ja” [Jal (water), Jamin (land), Jungle (forest), Jadibuti (medicinal and aromatic plants), Janashakti (manpower), Janawar, (animals), Jarajuri (crop plants), and Jalabayu (climate)]. Asta-Ja promotes accelerated economic growth and socio-economic transformation of the nation. It is a scientific, holistic, systematic, self-reliant, and multidisciplinary framework for the conservation, development, and utilization of Asta-Ja resources. The eight elements of the Asta-Ja system are very intricately linked and strongly connected. Hence, it is important to have sustainable conservation and development of each of the eight elements of Asta-Ja for better functioning of the entire system.