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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… year from diseases related to air pollution (WHO, 2003). Species are becoming extinct at an unprecedented rate, taking … . . . . . . . . . 14 International Labor Convention 169 on Indigenous People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … be protected by being designated as sacred or taboo. Many indigenous people have a special relationship with the land …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… Grid Argentina 1 Australia 5 United Kingdom 2 Endangered Species Australia 5 Kenya 1 ECJ 16 United States 7 xxi … Canada 6 Illegal Mining Antigua and Barbuda 1 India 19 Indigenous Peoples Australia 4 Brazil 3 Canada 8 Chile 1 New … Plaintiff claimed that it conserved nature by maintaining indigenous vegetation. The boundary of the land was the …
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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… 5.2.1 The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), 1973 148 5.2.2 … contribute to the preservation of the environment. The indigenous people of Sri Lanka, be er known as the Veddas, … designed to recognise and strengthen the role of indigenous people and their communities. In general, …
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The status of climate change litigation - A global review

… as a Bridge? Beyond Dialectics of Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, 31 AM. INDIAN L. REV. 675 (2007). … Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act. The first Clean Air Act case was Massachusetts … review on these grounds.127 Finally, the Endangered Species Act has provided a basis for legal challenges where …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… genetic resources, hazardous materials transportation to indigenous and traditional community rights. Regardless of … a natural area which contained threatened and endangered species of fauna. In partic- ular, the Yellow Bellied Glider … 2003, Philippine Judicial Academy, Tagaytay City. The species Homo sapiens sapiens But before I proceed, let me ask …
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