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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary
… 52 Biodiversity and Protected Areas 53 Marine and Coastal Environment 56 1.3.2 Transboundary Environmental … Provisions of the NEA 85 2.6 Protection of the Marine and Coastal Environment 87 2.6.1 Coast Conservation Act (CCA) 87 … flood control, nutrient cycles etc.8, 9 For example, a wetland’s ecosystem services would include water regulation, …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… doctrines may be used for environmental protection. • Coastal zone management, fisheries and forestry law seek to … of flooding and the character of the site as a sensitive wetland. The tribunal found that the board had not acted in a … only the right but the duty of preserving and protecting coastal fisheries. Similarly, in the Island of Palmas …
Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases
… rights of occupation and allocated sites within the coastal conservation area to private individuals for very … rights of occupation and had allocated sites within the coastal conservation area to private individuals. As a result … of the Ordinance. The court had to decide whether the wetland filling restrictions were unconstitutional because …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… most of the water (internal straits and ponds) from this Wetland of International Importance. Following this, Vilkovo … and kill the coral reefs and other marine lives in the coastal areas. We have cut down our forests and abused nature … much as 80–90% because of the abuse we have heaped on our coastal resources. That everything has a price and that …