This Act provides for the effective organization and management of disasters and other emergencies in Barbados. It ensures the public is informed in cases of hazard, disaster or emergency and establishes public participation provisions on policies and programmes, among others.
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Emergency Management Act (No. 20 of 2006)
01/04/2007 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental education BarbadosNational Environmental Policy (2006)
07/04/2006 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Environmental education Trinidad and TobagoThe National Environmental Policy is prepared pursuant to Section 18(1) of the Environmental Management Act and includes provisions which seek to encourage the establishment of institutional linkages locally, regionally and internationally to further the objects of the said Act, an analysis of...
Disaster Preparedness and Response Act (No. 4 of 2006)
01/03/2006 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental education BahamasThis act provides for a more effective organisation of the mitigation of, preparedness for, response to and recovery from emergencies and disasters in The Bahamas.
Décret portant sur la Gestion de l’Environnement
26/01/2006 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental education Environmental assessment HaitiThis Decree defines the national policy on environmental management and regulates the conduct of citizens for sustainable development. It reconizes the every person's right to a healthy and enjoyable environment.
Ley Orgánica de Pueblos y Comunidades Indígenas
08/12/2005 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental education Gender Mining Indigenous peoples VenezuelaLa ley establece los principios y bases para desarrollar los derechos de los pueblos y comunidades indígenas en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, establece los mecanismos de relación entre los pueblos y comunidades y los órganos del Poder Público y garantiza el ejercicio de los derechos...
Ley 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.
Ley de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres (Decreto No. 777)
31/08/2005 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Environmental education El Salvador La ley tiene como objeto prevenir, mitigar y atender en forma efectiva los desastres naturales y antrópicos en El Salvador país y además desplegar en su eventualidad, el servicio público de
Ley que reorganiza el Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil (Ley No. 7)
11/02/2005 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Environmental education Panama Esta ley crea el Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil (SINAPROC) como un organismo humanitario, encargada de ejecutar medidas, disposiciones y órdenes tendientes a evitar, anular o disminuir los efectos que la acción de la naturaleza o la antropogénica pueda provocar sobre la vida y bienes del congl
Ley General del Ambiente (No. 25.675)
28/11/2002 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Environmental education ArgentinaLa ley establece los presupuestos mínimos para el logro de una gestión sustentable y adecuada del ambiente, la preservación y protección de la diversidad biológica y la implementación del desarrollo sostenible en Argentina.
Disaster Management Act (No. 13 of 2002)
03/10/2002 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Environmental education Environmental assessment Antigua and BarbudaThe acts provides for the effective organisation of the preparedness, management, mitigation of, response to and recovery from emergencies and disasters natural and man-made in Antigua and Barbuda.