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 Protection and Management Act (No. 10 of 2019)
06/06/2019 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Environmental education Gender Indigenous peoples Pollutant Release Register Antigua and BarbudaThis act seeks to ensure that decisions pertaining to the environment are made in an integrated manner, in collaboration with appropriate authorities, non-governmental organizations and other persons, provides for preventive and remedial measures for the control and mitigation of all forms of...
Green State Development Strategy: Vision 2040
01/05/2019 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Certification Environmental education Energy Gender Mining Indigenous peoples GuyanaThe Green State Development Strategy: Vision 2040 is Guyana’s twenty-year, national development policy that reflects the guiding vision and principles of the ‘green agenda’: “An inclusive and prosperous Guyana that provides a good quality of life for all its citizens based on sound education and...
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-622 de 2016)
10/11/2016 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Environmental education Mining Indigenous peoples ColombiaUn centro de estudios interpone Acción de tutela en representación de comunidades étnicas que habitan la cuenca del río Atrato en contra de la Presidencia de la República y otros.
Ley de Cambio Climático (Decreto 297-2013)
10/11/2014 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Climate Change Environmental education HondurasLa ley establece los principios y regulaciones necesarios para planificar, prevenir y responder de manera adecuada, coordinada y sostenida a los impactos que genera el cambio climático en Honduras.
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity
12/10/2014 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Environmental education Indigenous peoplesThe Nagoya Protocol, in force since October 2014, is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Its objective is to achieve fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources.
Ley Marco de Cambio Climático (Decreto 7-2013)
04/10/2013 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Climate Change Environmental education GuatemalaLa ley tiene por objeto establecer las regulaciones necesarias para prevenir, planificar y responder de manera urgente, adecuada, coordinada y sostenida a los impactos del cambio climático en Guatemala.
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.