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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 … land use touches upon the protection of endangered or threatened species. But modern environmental law has moved … and realization that the environment increasingly was threatened, incited governments to take action. In some …
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 … fish production. Sri Lanka’s freshwater resources are threatened due to pollution and over-extraction, which … Op. cit. 149 IUCN and MENR. 2007. The 2007 Red List of Threatened Fauna and Flora of Sri Lanka. IUCN and Ministry of …
The status of climate change litigation - A global review
… of Law No. 1450 of 2011 and of Law No. 1753 of 2015 that threatened high- altitude ecosystems, called páramos. The … struck down as unconstitutional statutory provisions that threatened high-altitude ecosystems, called páramos, which … Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act. The first Clean Air Act case was Massachusetts …
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 … District of Mombasa, Kenya. They argued that the licences threatened the security of their environment and health and … their rights to the trust property which was potentially threatened by the proposed mill. An injunction was …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… conflicting stakes in terms of government credibility, the threatened supremacy of law, significant economic interests, … build a link road through a natural area which contained threatened and endangered species of fauna. In partic- ular, the Yellow Bellied Glider …