En 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.
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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 MexicoSentencia de la Corte Constitucional de Colombia (T-348/2012)
15/06/2012 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment ColombiaAcción de Tutela instaurada por una asociación de pescadores contra varias entidades públicas y un consorcio que desarrolla un proyecto de infraestructura vial para que se amparen varios de sus derechos fundamentales como el derecho al trabajo y a la vida digna.
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.
Ley para la Gestión Integral de Residuos (Ley No. 8839)
24/06/2010 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Climate Change Environmental education Environmental assessment Costa Rica Esta Ley tiene por objeto regular la gestión integral de residuos y el uso eficiente de los recursos, mediante la planificación y ejecución de acciones regulatorias, operativas, financieras, administrativas, educativas, ambientales y saludables de monitoreo y evaluación.
Planning and Subdivision Act (No. 4 of 2010)
16/03/2010 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Cities BahamasThe objects and purposes of this Act are to provide for a land use planning based development control system led by policy, land use designations and zoning, promote sustainable development in a healthy natural environment, maintain and improve the quality of the physical and natural environment...
Save Guana Cay Reef Association Ltd and Others v. the Queen and Others
17/11/2009 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment BahamasAn appeal was lodged before the Privy Council against the Court of Appeal of Bahamas upholding the approval by the Government of the Bahamas, in principle, of a proposed large-scale development in the north-west part of Great Guana Cay, both on land and in the sea, with far-reaching economic,...
Sentencia de la Corte Constitucional de Colombia (C-443/2009)
08/07/2009 Rights: Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Mining ColombiaDos particulares solicitaron la declaratoria de inconstitucionalidad de enunciados normativos contenidos en el artículo 34 de la Ley 685 de 2001. La demanda fue admitida el 08 de septiembre de 2008.
People United Respecting the Environment (PURE) et al v. Environmental Management Authority et al
16/06/2009 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Trinidad and TobagoTwo public spirited organizations applied for judicial review of the decision of the Environmental Management Authority to grant a certificate of environmental clearance (CEC) for the construction of an Aluminium Smelter plant at Union Village, La Brea.
Delapenha Funeral Home Limited v. The Minister of Local Government and Environment
13/06/2008 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment JamaicaA funerary services company presented an application for judicial review of the decision of the Minister of Local Government and Environment ordering the cessation of the company’s development of a cemetery until a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) had been conducted.