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 Framework Act (No. 97 of 2020)
07/05/2020 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Indigenous peoples Suriname The Environmental Framework Act contains rules for sustainable environmental management in Suriname. It aims to develop a national environmental strategy and planning for sustainable development under a coordinated approach.
Director of Physical Planning v Anne Hendricks Bass
15/06/2017 Rights: Information Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Saint Kitts & NevisIn an appeal against the judgement of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, High Court of Justice (Civil), Anne Hendricks Bass v.
Anne Hendricks Bass v. Director of Physical Planning
25/01/2017 Rights: Information Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Saint Kitts & NevisIn January and February of 2016 the claimant attempted to gain access to information relating to a resort development on Nevis including the copies of a site plan, a drainage plan and an Environmental Impact Assessment.
St Hill v. Chief Town Planner and Attorney General
25/11/2016 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment BarbadosA company submitted an application for planning permission to develop 210 acres of land at Six Men’s State, which required permission for a change of use from agriculture, subdivision of the land into lots and the comprehensive development of the land.
Sooknanan And Fishermen And Friends of The Sea v. Environmental Management Authority And Minister of Energy And Energy Affairs
03/07/2016 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Trinidad and TobagoA fisherman and a non-profit organization representing fishing communities sought to review the decision of the Environmental Management Authority to grant a Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) to a petroleum company wishing to carry out a 3-Dimensional Seismic Survey in the Gulf of...
Maharaj and Concerned Residents of Cunupia v. Minister of Planning and R.P.N. Enterprises Ltd.
26/04/2016 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Trinidad and TobagoHaving received complaints from the first claimant and other residents of Cunupia, the Town and Country Planning Division investigated the establishment of a Concrete Batching Plant which stood on the premises of a company.
Belize Tourism Industry Association v. National Environmental Appraisal Committee; Department of Environment and Belize Island Holdings Ltd.
13/01/2016 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment BelizeA multinational cruise line company planned on building a cruise tourism centre in the South of Belize.
Concerned Residents of Cunupia v. Environmental Management Authority and RPN Enterprises Limited
07/08/2015 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Trinidad and TobagoA non-profit organization representing the residential communities of Cunupia sought judicial review of the decision of the Environmental Management Authority to enter into a consent agreement with a company in respect of the establishment of a concrete batching plant.
Ulric ‘Buggy’ Haynes Coaching School Et Al v. Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development
16/06/2015 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Trinidad and TobagoOn 8 July 2013, the claimants became aware of the plans by the Government to establish a sporting development on the Orange Grove Savannah, a public open space utilized daily by a wide cross section of the public (coaching schools, youth and retirees, among others).