The 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.
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Minamata Convention on Mercury
16/08/2017 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Environmental education Environmental assessment Mining Pollutant Release RegisterLey General de Ambiente (Ley No. 28.611)
15/10/2005 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Certification Cities Environmental education Environmental assessment Mining Indigenous peoples PeruEsta ley es la norma ordenadora del marco normativo legal para la gestión ambiental en el Perú.
Physical Planning Act (No. 5 of 2002)
09/05/2002 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Environmental assessment Mining DominicaThis Act makes provisions for the orderly and progressive development of land in urban and rural areas and to preserve and improve the amenities thereof and for the grant of permission to develop land and for other powers of control over the use of land in Dominica.
Development Control and Planning Act (No. 14 of 2000)
03/10/2000 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Cities Mining Saint Kitts & NevisThis Act makes provisions for the orderly and progressive development of land in both urban and rural areas and for the protection of the environment and improvement of the amenities thereof and provides for the grant of permission to develop land and for other powers of control over the use of...
Ley General sobre Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Ley No. 64)
18/08/2000 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Environmental assessment Energy Cities Environmental education Mining Dominican RepublicLa ley establece las normas para la conservación, protección, mejoramiento y restauración del medio ambiente y los recursos naturales, asegurando su uso sostenible.
Ley sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambiente (Ley 19300)
01/03/1994 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Certification Cities Environmental education Energy Environmental assessment Mining Indigenous peoples Pollutant Release Register ChileLa ley establece un marco general de regulación del derecho a vivir en un medio ambiente libre de contaminación, la protección del medio ambiente, la preservación de la naturaleza y la conservación del patrimonio ambiental.