Government of São Tomé and Príncipe - Environmental Law No. 10/99

This law provides the basic legislation on environmental protection and sustainable development. It affirms the right to environment and lists the basic principles such as prevention and precaution, ecosystems’ carrying capacity, adequate management and use, participation and access-to-information, user-pays and polluter-pays. The Law defines objectives and measures to be implemented in the environmental policy. It advocates for the reuse of waste.