This 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...
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Environmental 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 BarbudaMinamata 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.
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
16/05/2004 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Environmental education Gender Pollutant Release RegisterThe Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants came into force in 2004. It aims to protect human health and the environment from Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
21/03/1994 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Climate Change Environmental education Pollutant Release RegisterThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in force since March 1994, has been ratified by all 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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.
Environmental Protection Act (No. 22 of 1992)
14/12/1992 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Pollutant Release Register Environmental education BelizeThis Act establishes a comprehensive legal and institutional framework for environmental protection in Belize.
Ley General de Equilibrio Ecológico y Protección al Ambiente
28/01/1988 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Environmental education Environmental assessment Gender Indigenous peoples Pollutant Release Register MexicoLa ley establece los presupuestos mínimos para la preservación y restauración del equilibrio ecológico, así como a la protección al ambiente, en el territorio nacional y las zonas sobre las que la nación ejerce su soberanía y jurisdicción.