The Government&#39;s medium-term policy is geared towards creating an economic environment that encourages economic growth and reduces poverty, environment-friendly and equitable growth. It is in this context that the Government prepared the Second National Action Plan for the Environment (PANA II), for 2004-2014, with the general objective of providing strategic guidance to guide the rational use of natural resources and the sustainable management of economic activities.. PANA II aims to respond to Cape Verde&#39;s diversity in topographical and agro-ecological terms, which manifests itself in different environmental concerns and opportunities in each municipality. The document identifies as priority environmental problems: i) the deficient availability of water of appropriate quality for consumption household and the development of economic activities; ii) the loss of marine and terrestrial biodiversity; iii) deficient basic sanitation with harmful effects on public health and tourism development;