Environmentally Sensitive Area (Aripo Savannas Strict Nature Reserve) Notice, 2007 (L.N. No. 152 of 2007).

This Notice provides for the designation by the Environmental Management Authority the Aripo Savannas Strict Nature Reserve as an environmentally sensitive area (“ESA”) in the sense of section 41 of the Environmental Management Act. The Notice shall not apply to private land in the Area. The purpose of the designation is the achievement of objectives as set out in part II of the Schedule to this Notice. The Schedule also sets out limitations of the use of land and permitted and mitigating measures. The principal objective of the designation is the protection of wildlife and biodiversity and compliance with international agreements in these fields, notably CITES and the UN biodiversity Convention. One of the objectives of the designation is the effective control of the watershed of the area for maintaining the water quality and quantity within the Long Stretch Forest Reserve.