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 GenderMinamata 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 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.
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.
National Environmental Policy (2006)
07/04/2006 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Environmental education Trinidad and TobagoThe National Environmental Policy is prepared pursuant to Section 18(1) of the Environmental Management Act and includes provisions which seek to encourage the establishment of institutional linkages locally, regionally and internationally to further the objects of the said Act, an analysis of...
Décret portant sur la Gestion de l’Environnement
26/01/2006 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental education Environmental assessment HaitiThis Decree defines the national policy on environmental management and regulates the conduct of citizens for sustainable development. It reconizes the every person's right to a healthy and enjoyable environment.
Ley 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.