Vecinas de la Laguna del Carpintero, en el Municipio de Tampico, Tamaulipas, reclamaron en amparo la violación de su derecho a un medio ambiente sano como consecuencia del desarrollo de un proyecto de Parque Temático Ecológico, al considerar que se estaba afectando el manglar existente en la...
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Sentencia de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México (Amparo de Revisión núm. 307/2016)
14/11/2018 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Environmental assessment MexicoSentencia de la Corte Constitucional de Colombia (T-361 de 2017)
30/05/2017 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Mining ColombiaDurante el año 2013, en el contexto del procedimiento de delimitación del Páramo de Santurbán, organizaciones civiles presentaron derecho de petición ante Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible con el objetivo de que se llevaran a cabo audiencias públicas que permitieran a los sujetos...
Sentencia de la Corte Suprema de Chile (EXP. No. 55.203-2016)
16/03/2017 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Mining ChileEn el año 2011, la autoridad de evaluación ambiental de la Región de Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, calificó favorablemente el proyecto de explotación de carbón “Mina Invierno”.
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.
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.
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).
