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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary
… they operate. The resulting position is that ecological degradation continues unabated. In this situation citizens … of the surroundings of human beings including land, soil, water, atmosphere, climate, sound, odours, tastes and … 40 Water Pollution and Water Resource Management 41 Soil Pollution 44 Noise Pollution 44 Mineral Extraction 45 …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… alone provide a meaningful hedge against environmental degradation. Rather, those elements of society that serve as … National law 84 8.4.2 International law 84 Chapter 9. Soil 87 9.1 Introduction 87 9.2 National Law and the Courts … International Law 87 9.3.1 Desertification 88 9.3.2 Alpine soil treaty 88 Chapter 10. Biological Diversity and Nature …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… be the ultimate solution to stop future environ- mental degradation. At the same time, improving the implementation … such as rising of water-tables, salinity, waterlogging, soil erosion, ozone depletion and climatic changes. The … quarries in Doon Valley on the grounds that it would cause soil erosion, deforestation and river silting. The Supreme …
Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases
… Application Sri Lanka 4 Sovereignty International 6 Soil Pollution India 3 Special Fund Canada 5 Special Interest … been constructed on the sites resulting in environmental degradation but, the applicants argued, the Ministers … of vegetation typically adapted to life in saturated soil conditions." After the respondent begun placing fill …
The status of climate change litigation - A global review
… obligation to justify decisions that would result in the degradation of environmentally sensitive and valuable areas. … to the petitioner, because of the local environmental degradation, displacement, and coal-fed GHG emissions that … Rights”; of rights relating to the environmental degradation expected to result from burning coal to generate …
UNEP Global Judges Programme
… O G R A M M E v MESSAGE Success in tackling environmental degradation relies on the full participation of everyone in … compromised; • The people most affected by environmental degradation are the poor, and that, therefore, there is an … different sectoral topics such as water, energy, land and soil management and economic instruments. These will assist …