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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 Barbuda

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...

Minamata Convention on Mercury

16/08/2017 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Environmental education Environmental assessment Mining Pollutant Release Register

The 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 Register

The 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 Register

The 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.

Environmental Protection Act (No. 22 of 1992)

14/12/1992 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Pollutant Release Register Environmental education Belize

This Act establishes a comprehensive legal and institutional framework for environmental protection in Belize.