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Legal and Scientific Resources for Sub-Saharan Africa
Cases
Ghana -- Center for Public Interest Law and another v. Tema Oil Refinery (2007.09.20)
Ghana -- Center for Public Interest Law and another v. Tema Oil Refinery (Statement of Claim) (2007.06.09)
Peter K. Waweru v. Republic, Misc. Civ. Appli. 118 of 2004 (2006)
South Africa -- Dawood and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and Others … (CCT35/99) [2000] ZACC 8; 2000 (3) SA 936; 2000 (8) BCLR 837 (7 June 2000)
South Africa -- Earthlife Africa v. Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, in the High Court of South Africa (Cape of Good Hope provincial division) (case No. 7653/03)
South Africa – Tergniet and Toekoms Action Group v. Outeniqua Kreosootpale Ltd., et al. (dd 2009.01.23)
Sri Lanka -- Environmental Foundation Limited vs. Ratnasiri Wickramanayake, C.A. App. No. 137/96
Tanzania -- Attorney General v. Aknonaay and Lohay, Civil Appeal No. 31 of 1994, Court of Appeal
Tanzania -- Rev. Christopher Mtikila v. the Attorney General, Civil Case No. 5 of 1993, High Court of Tanzania
Uganda -- Nyakana v. NEMA and others, Constitutional Petition 03/05 (Constitutional Court of Uganda at Kampala) (decided 2009.11.09)
Uganda -- Scheer Property Limited v. National Environment Management Authority (High Court of Uganda at Kampala) (2009.05.26) (land use case)
EIAs
Ghana -- Jubilee Field Development Tullow Ghana (August 2009)
Liberia -- ArcelorMittal Buchanan - Yekepa Railway and Service Roads Rehabilitation (March 2008
Liberia -- Exploratory Drilling at Gangra and Yuelliton Mountains, Western Area Iron Ore Deposits Nimba County (August 2008)
Liberia -- Iron Ore Mining Tokadeh, Gangra, and Yueliton Mountains; Transportation of Ore for Export via Buchanan Port (June 2008)
General Publications
Breaking the Curse: How Transparent Taxation & Fair Taxes Can Turn Africa's Mineral Wealth Into Development
FAO -- Code of Practice for Forest Harvesting in Asia-Pacific (1999) (604 kB)
FAO -- Regional Code of practice for reduced impact forest harvesting - in tropical moist forests of West and Central Africa (2003) (721 kB)
Liberia -- Code of Forest Harvesting Practices (2007)
Liberia -- Forestry Development Authority (2007) National Forest Management Strategy
Liberia -- Forestry Development Authority (June 2007) Guidelines for Forest Management Planning
Laws
Cameroon -- La Constitution du Cameroun (Francais)
Ghana -- Environmental Assessment Regulations, 1999
Ghana -- Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994
Ghana -- Timber Resource Management Act, 1998
Liberia -- Environment Protection Agency Act (275 kb)
Liberia -- Environmental Protection and Management Law (500 kb)
South Africa - National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (1.9 MB)
South Africa - SANS 10118:2009 Edition 3 - South African National Standard: The aerial application of pesticides
South Africa -- Listed Activities and Associated Minimum Emission Standards Identified in Terms of Section 21 of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (proposed standards)
South Africa -- National Environment Management: Air Quality Act, 2004
South Africa -- Regulations on use of Water for Mining and Related Activities Aimed at the Protection of Water Resources (1999)
Other Resources
Legal Research: Court Websites Database
Liberia – Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the Firestone-Liberia Rubber Company (March 2008)
Presentation of Francis Colee at the 2010 PIELC (6.02 MB)
Presentation of Kwesi Instiful at the 2010 PIELC (1.42 MB)
South Africa - Comments on Proposed Amendments to South African National Standard 10118, The Aerial Applications of Pesticides
South Africa - Submission concerning the Bilateral Investment Treaty Policy Framework Review Government Position Paper
South Africa -- Initial Policy Framework (annotated Policy Table of Contents) and Discussion Document
South Africa -- National Climate Change Response Policy (2004)(unfccc document)
Uganda -- Environmental Impact Assessment for the Proposed, Early Production System, Kaiso-Tonya Area, Block 2, Lake Albert, Uganda
Uganda -- Environmental Impact Assessment for the Proposed, Early Production System, Kaiso-Tonya Area, Block 2, Lake Albert, Uganda (Annexes)
Related Links
http://www.idrc.ca/ccaa/
http://www.fao.org/docrep/W3646E/w3646e0c.htm
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