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Environmental Framework Act (No. 97 of 2020)

07/05/2020 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Indigenous peoples Suriname
The Environmental Framework Act contains rules for sustainable environmental management in Suriname. It aims to develop a national environmental strategy and planning for sustainable development under a coordinated approach.

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...

Green State Development Strategy: Vision 2040

01/05/2019 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Certification Environmental education Energy Gender Mining Indigenous peoples Guyana

The Green State Development Strategy: Vision 2040 is Guyana’s twenty-year, national development policy that reflects the guiding vision and principles of the ‘green agenda’: “An inclusive and prosperous Guyana that provides a good quality of life for all its citizens based on sound education and...

Freedom of Information Act (No. 6 of 2018)

23/05/2018 Rights: Information Participation Justice Saint Kitts & Nevis

The Freedom of Information Act makes provisions for the disclosure of information held by public bodies or by persons providing services for them for connected purposes in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Planning and Subdivision Act (No. 4 of 2010)

16/03/2010 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Cities Bahamas

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...

National Environmental Policy (2006)

07/04/2006 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Environmental education Trinidad and Tobago

The 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...

Amerindian Act (No. 6 of 2006)

14/03/2006 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Mining Indigenous peoples Guyana

The Act provides for the recognition and protection of collective rights of Amerindian Villages and Communities in Guyana and the promotion of good governance.

Disaster Preparedness and Response Act (No. 4 of 2006)

01/03/2006 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental education Bahamas

This 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 Haiti

This 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. 

Physical Planning and Development Act (No. 29 of 2001)

01/07/2003 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Saint Lucia

The Act makes provisions for the development of land, the assessment of the environmental impacts of development, the grant of permission to develop land and for other powers to regulate the use of land, and for related matters in Saint Lucia.

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