Comoros has established standards to manage the coastal resources and environmental quality through installing both domestic and international laws. Article 18 of the Environmental Code also stipulates that the State must ensure the protection of the soil and subsoil, water resources and the marine environment, the atmosphere and biological diversity.
The Decree No. Framework Law No. It stipulates that development and planning projects should be subject to environmental impact assessment. Decree of 19 April this decree is specific to ecological assessment, including the list of works, developments or structures that should be subject to an impact assessment. To date, however, no measures have been taken to enforce the decree.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Convention on Biological Biodiversity This Convention supports Comoros to conserve biological diversity, promote the sustainable use of its components, and encourage equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. Such equitable sharing includes appropriate access to genetic resources, as well as appropriate transfer of technology, considering existing rights over such resources and such technology.
The Convention places a duty on States Parties to conserve biological diversity within their jurisdiction, as well as outside their jurisdiction in certain cases art. The Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in , provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.
One of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted is Goal Life below water, which aims to sustainably manage, use and protect marine and coastal ecosystems from pollution, as well as address the impacts of ocean acidification. Target 5 of the SDG 14 is to conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information by The park includes 10 community-managed marine reserves covering km 2 of ocean, adapts a collaborative and community-based approach to management of the marine resources on which the lives and livelihoods of the islanders depend [14].
