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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Policy instruments
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 BarbudaGreen State Development Strategy: Vision 2040
01/05/2019 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Certification Environmental education Energy Gender Mining Indigenous peoples GuyanaThe 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...
National 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.
Disaster Preparedness and Response Act (No. 10 of 2000)
21/06/2000 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental education BelizeThis Act provides for the organisation of State actions for the mitigation of, preparedness for, response to and recovery from disasters in Belize. It includes requirements for public inquiries in the decision-making process of plans, programmes and policies.
Environmental Management Act (No. 3 of 2000)
13/03/2000 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Environmental education Trinidad and TobagoThis act aims to promote and encourage among all persons a better understanding and appreciation of the environment, encourage the integration of environmental concerns into private and public decisions and ensure the establishment of an integrated environmental management system in Trinidad and...
National Disaster Management Act (No. 5 of 1998)
01/06/1999 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental education Saint Kitts & NevisThis Act provides for the effective management and control of disasters and related or incidental matters in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Environmental Protection Act (No. 11 of 1996)
05/06/1996 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Environmental education GuyanaThis Act provides for the management, conservation, protection and improvement of the environment, the prevention or control of pollution, the assessment of the impact of economic development on the environment, the sustainable use of natural resources and other related matters in Guyana.
Environmental Protection Act (No. 22 of 1992)
14/12/1992 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Pollutant Release Register Environmental education BelizeThis Act establishes a comprehensive legal and institutional framework for environmental protection in Belize.
