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An Action Plan for Environmental Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean
(Read the original story at: http://insights.wri.org/news/2013/04/action-plan-environment...)
Without the right laws and safeguards in place, development can come at the expense of the environment and local communities. This point is especially evident in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Newspapers across the region regularly document conflicts over land and natural resource use, hydroelectric power development, oil exploitation, expansion of agriculture into virgin forests, and the disruption of indigenous practices.
India National Green Tribunal landmark judgment on Access to Information
Save Mon Region Federation and Ors Vs Union of India and Ors M.A 104 of 2012. Judgment dated 14-3-2013
Segunda edición del boletín TAI sobre el proceso del P10 en América Latina y el Caribe
Les invitamos a informarse del proceso de implementación un instrumento regional sobre el Principio 10 (acceso a la información, participación y justicia ambiental), acordado en la Declaración sobre la aplicación del Principio 10 de la Declaración de Río sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe, y del cual son suscriptores los gobiernos de Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Jamaica, México, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, República, Dominicana, Trinidad y Tobago, y Uruguay.
South-South Initiative to establish Access to Justice and Green Tribunal in Madagascar
From March 20-23, 2013, Ritwick Dutta of LIFE/Access Initiative India visited Madagascar, in response to an invitation from DELC/Access Initiative Madagascar. The trip and program were supported by GIZ, the German Cooperation through its Civil Society Organizations Program. The objective of the visit was to share India’s experience on Green Tribunal, drawing lessons for Madagascar in its earlier process to establish a Green Tribunal.
