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Dramatic growth in laws to protect environment, but widespread failure to enforce, finds report

24 Jan 2019 News in

The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment

… document of the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. The Aarhus Convention’s twin protections for … in promoting environmental democracy and sustainable development. Ban Ki-Moon Secretary-General of the United … associations, organizations and groups to apply for legal aid, or measures exempting them from court fees or litigation …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) concerning the legal status of any country, … parallels the international consensus on taking an RBA to development, which was forged in the context of the 1996 … based actors is increasingly regarded as an indispensable aid against deforestation.11 Efforts to ensure that forest …
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The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

… goal of sustainable, equitable and environmentally sound development takes on even greater importance, as it concerns … Aarhus Convention—was a giant step forward in the development of international law in this field. I welcome the … decisions, which shall be used as a subsidiary means to aid in determining the rule of law. This is based on a …
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