The objects and purposes of this Act are to provide for a land use planning based development control system led by policy, land use designations and zoning, promote sustainable development in a healthy natural environment, maintain and improve the quality of the physical and natural environment...
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Planning and Subdivision Act (No. 4 of 2010)
16/03/2010 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Cities BahamasLey 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.
Development Control and Planning Act (No. 14 of 2000)
03/10/2000 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Cities Mining Saint Kitts & NevisThis Act makes provisions for the orderly and progressive development of land in both urban and rural areas and for the protection of the environment and improvement of the amenities thereof and provides for the grant of permission to develop land and for other powers of control over the use of...
Ley General sobre Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Ley No. 64)
18/08/2000 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Environmental assessment Energy Cities Environmental education Mining Dominican RepublicLa ley establece las normas para la conservación, protección, mejoramiento y restauración del medio ambiente y los recursos naturales, asegurando su uso sostenible.
Ley Orgánica del Ambiente (Ley No. 7554)
04/10/1995 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Cities Environmental education Certification Costa RicaLa presente ley dota al Estado y a los ciudadanos de los instrumentos necesarios para conseguir un ambiente sano y ecológicamente equilibrado.
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.
Town and Country Planning Act (No. 45 of 1992)
15/07/1992 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Cities Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesThis Act enables the orderly and progressive development of land and the proper planning of town and country areas in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.