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 BarbudaSentencia de la Corte Suprema de Chile (Rol Núm. 5888-2019)
28/05/2019 Rights: Information Justice Topics: Environmental education Pollutant Release Register ChileLa Corte de Apelaciones de Valparaíso negó las pretensiones de un recurso de protección interpuesto por la Defensora de la Niñez, varias ONG’S en representación de ciudadanos y otros actores en contra del Presidente de la República, del Ministerio de Ambiente, del Ministerio de Salud, de...
Ley por la cual se establecen Directrices para la Gestión del Cambio Climático (Ley No. 1931)
27/07/2018 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Climate Change Pollutant Release Register ColombiaLa ley tiene por objeto establecer las directrices para la gestión del cambio climático en las decisiones de las personas públicas y privadas, la concurrencia de la Nación, Departamentos, Municipios, Distritos, Áreas Metropolitanas y Autoridades Ambientales principalmente en las acciones de...
Minamata 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.
Reglamento del Registro de Emisiones y Transferencias de Contaminantes
02/05/2013 Rights: Information Topics: Pollutant Release Register ChileEl reglamento regula el Registro de Emisiones y Transferencias de Contaminantes, en adelante RETC, que es una base de datos accesible al público, destinada a capturar, recopilar, sistematizar, conservar, analizar y difundir la información sobre emisiones, residuos y transferencias de...
Reglamento del Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de Contaminantes
03/06/2004 Rights: Information Topics: Pollutant Release Register MexicoEl reglamento desarrolla la Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente en materia de Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de Contaminantes (RETC) en México. El RETC integra la información de los establecimientos sujetos a reporte sobre sus emisiones y transferencia de...
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).
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
24/02/2004 Rights: Information Topics: Pollutant Release RegisterThe Rotterdam Convention entered into force in 2004. It aims to promote shared responsibility and cooperation among Parties in addressing the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals, in order to protect human health and the environment from potential harm.
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.