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… people in Asia die every year from diseases related to air pollution (WHO, 2003). Species are becoming extinct at … 29 3.3.1 National law 29 3.3.2 International law 29 3.4 Access to Justice 30 3.5 Environmental Quality 30 3.5.1 … Diversity (CBD). The CBD itself calls for access to genetic resources on agreed terms and requires that such …

… played an important role in the process leading up to this publication. The panel, comprising of Justice … or as public interest petitioners, must all necessarily access the courts system to ensure that both state and … influence on vulnerability to some diseases than internal genetic factors.23 In Sri Lanka, there are no statistics that …

… vii Preface ix 1 Helping make rights a reality: support to the judiciary in implementing Mozambique’s new natural … (PIL). Nevertheless, insufficient rules on public access to and sharing of environmental information, as well … land, water, fisheries, wildlife, food, biodiversity and genetic resources – literally hundreds of new laws have been …

… of everyone in society. It is essential, therefore, to forge a global partnership among all relevant stakeholders … and enforcement of environmental law, and promoting access to justice for the settlement of environmental … and sustainable use of biological diversity; access to genetic resources and benefit sharing; biosafety; protection …

… INTRODUCTION The Compendium has been developed in response to requests made by Chief Justices and senior Judges of over … that most judges from developing countries do not have access to books on environmental law in their libraries. Some … In the judicial review of Law 208 of 1995 (Statute of the Genetic Engineering International Centre), the constitutional …