LAWS RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT
Currently, an array of laws, legislative decrees, and resolutions govern national policies on biodiversity conservation and land degradation, including policies for the protection of marine resources, the conservation of native agricultural varieties, and the goal of establishing a protected area on each of the inhabited islands of Cape Verde (and several of the uninhabited ones).

Cape Verde has ratified three conventions related to the environment and elaborated its Strategic Plans relating to these conventions.
In addition Cape Verde has also ratified 14 international agreements related to environment protection.

The country is a participating member of CILSS (Comité Inter-Etats pur la Lutte contre la Secheresse au Sahel), whose objective is to fight the consequences of drought in the Sahel through measures such as natural resources conservation projects, sustainable management of hydrologic resources, and scientific and technical cooperation.

List of Ratified Conventions/ Agreements:

• Convention on Biological Diversity
  
• Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes
• Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
• International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
• Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea