Environment

1. To identify and establish woodlots and consolidated gardens, irrigation and schemes and grazing schemes.
2. To consider siting of dams and recommend issuing of water permits to council.
3. To take responsibility for reclamation of degraded natural resources.
4. To consider resettlement lists and recommend to council.
5. To take measurement for the conservation of improvement through issuing of permits and monitoring the use of natural resources including soil, water, trees, grass, wildlife and control pollution.
6. To provide and prescribe means for the control, prevention, and extinguishing of bush fires.
7. To establish, promote and maintain fisheries and fish dams.
8. To provide and maintain dip tanks, fencing, stock pens, slaughter facilities and watering points for livestock.
9. To provide facilities for marketing of agricultural produce.
10. To control the grazing of stock on land under council.
11. To cultivate and farm land owned, or controlled by council.
12. To take measures to control, suppress outbreaks of, or exterminate insects, pests and vermin that affect agricultural produce.
13. To formulate bylaws governing the operations of Lands, Agriculture and Natural Resources.
14. To ensure environmental impact assessments are done on new projects.
15. To support farmers ’groups especially during shows and field days.
16. To implement land use plans and control illegal settlements.
17. To consider land disputes.
18. To promote and encourage eco –tourism.
19. Preparation, implementation and monitoring of committee budgets.

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