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.
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.
Sentencia de la Corte Suprema Justicia de Panamá (EXP. No. 748-11)
05/06/2012 Rights: Information Justice Topics: Biodiversity PanamaUna persona natural deduce recurso de Habeas Data en contra del Director General de la Dirección General de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Autoridad de los Recursos Acuáticos (ARAP).
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.
Physical Planning Act (No. 6 of 2003)
24/03/2003 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Cities Environmental assessment Antigua and BarbudaThis act regulates the development of land for planning and connected purposes and the construction of buildings in Antigua and Barbuda. It incorporates information and public participation provisions.
Physical Planning and Development Control Act (No. 25 of 2002)
13/09/2002 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Cities Environmental assessment GrenadaThe Act provides for the control of physical development, requires the preparation of physical plans for Grenada and protects the natural and cultural heritage.