Adopted at Escazú, Costa Rica, on 4 March 2018, the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean has as its objective to guarantee the full and effective implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean...
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Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean
22/04/2021 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Certification Cities Environmental education Energy Environmental assessment GenderEnvironmental Framework Act (No. 97 of 2020)
07/05/2020 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Indigenous peoples Suriname The Environmental Framework Act contains rules for sustainable environmental management in Suriname. It aims to develop a national environmental strategy and planning for sustainable development under a coordinated approach.
Minamata Convention on Mercury
16/08/2017 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Environmental education Environmental assessment Mining Pollutant Release RegisterThe Minamata Convention, in force since August 2017, was adopted at the 2013 Plenipotentiary Conference in Kumamoto, Japan. The aim of this global treaty is to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic and other releases of mercury and mercury compounds.
Política Nacional de Educación Ambiental de Guatemala (Acuerdo Gubernativo No 189-2017)
01/08/2017 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Climate Change Environmental education Environmental assessment Gender Indigenous peoples GuatemalaLa Política busca implementar programas y procesos de educación ambiental formal, no formal e informal con enfoque multicultural y de equidad, que permita la sensibilización de la sociedad para la adopción de actitudes responsables en la conservación de los bienes y servicios ambientales.
Código Orgánico del Ambiente
12/04/2017 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Environmental education Environmental assessment Indigenous peoples EcuadorEl presente Código tiene por objeto garantizar el derecho de las personas a vivir en un ambiente sano y ecológicamente equilibrado, así como proteger los derechos de la naturaleza.
Sentencia de la Corte Constitucional de Colombia (T-800 de 2014)
31/10/2014 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Indigenous peoples ColombiaUn miembro de la comunidad raizal solicita la protección del derecho fundamental a la consulta previa y la integridad cultural de los integrantes de su comunidad que habitan en la isla de Providencia alegando la falta de participación en el desarrollo de un proyecto turístico en la isla, a...
Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management et al v. Attorney General et al
03/04/2014 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment BelizeA multinational company applied for permission to engage in exploratory oil drilling in the Sarstoon Temash National Park. The Environmental Impact Assessment for the proposed project was subject to a public consultation, held by the Department of Environment on 25 October 2012.
Sentencia de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México (Amparo No. 631/2012)
08/05/2013 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental education Environmental assessment Indigenous peoples MexicoEn el año 2010 el Estado Mexicano impulsó el proyecto “Acueducto Independencia” que pretendía trasvasar alrededor de 60 millones de metros cúbicos de agua desde la presa “El Novillo” –ubicada en la cuenca del Río Yaqui- hasta la cuenca del Río Sonora, para la ciudad de Hermosillo.
Ley General de Cambio Climático
06/06/2012 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Climate Change Environmental education Environmental assessment MexicoLa ley establece disposiciones para enfrentar los efectos adversos del cambio climático y regular las acciones para la mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático en México.
Jamaica Environment Trust v. Natural Resources Conservation Authority and Natural Environment & Planning Agency
13/10/2011 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment JamaicaOn 16 February 2007 Jamaica’s National Works Agency (NWA) submitted applications for the construction and dredging projects in the Palisadoes, an area with significant historical, ecological and cultural value.