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Guidebook for Evaluating Mining Project EIAs
Legal and Scientific Resources for Coastal and Marine Issues
Cases
Belize -- Belize v. MS Westerhaven Schiffahrts et al., Claim No. 45 of 2009 (2010.04.26) (Supreme Court of Belize) (Judgment) (Damages for ship grounding in reef)
India -- Beena Sarasan v. Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority & others (2005.11.08)
India -- Biju V.G. vs. Thalassery Municipality and others
India -- ICELA v. Union of India, WP 664/1993 (1994.12.12) (Coastal Zone Case)
India -- Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action v. Union of India, WP 664/1993 (1996.04.18) (Coastal Zone Case)
India -- Krishnadevi Malchand Kamathia & Others Versus Bombay Environmental Action Group & Others, IA 23/2010 in CA 4421/2010 (2011.01.31) (Supreme Court of India) (Judgment in Contempt Petition for Enforcement of Coastal Regulation Zone Notification)
India -- M.V.P. Social Workers Association v. V.U.D.A. and Others W.P. 26085/2001(2002.01.23)
India -- S. Jagannath v. Union of India, WP 561/1994 (1996.12.11) (Aquaculture case)
Philippines -- Philippine Earth Justice Center et al. v. Department of Environment and Natural Resourecs, et al. (2010.08.06) (Environmental Court, Mandaue City) (Challenge to proposed coal ash disposal facility)
Sri Lanka -- Withanage Don Hemantha Ranjith Sisira Kumara Vs. Director Coast Conservation, CA no. 551/2005 (2005.03.29) (Original Petition)
Sri Lanka -- Withanage v. Geological Survey and Mines Bureau and others (2004) (original petition)
EIAs
Belize -- Placencia Marina, A Project of Placencia Marina Limited at Blair Atholl, Placencia Peninsula, Stann Creek District (June 2009)
Mexico -- Pesca de Camaron en el Alto Golfo de California (July 2009)
Trinidad & Tobago: Notice of Refusal to the National Energy Corporation (NEC) for the establishment of a Port, Causeway, Turning Basin and Navigation Channel at Claxton Bay (2011.02.10)
General Publications
- Spain/España -- Destrucción a toda costa 2008. Informe de Greenpeace sobre la situación del litoral español (Facilitada por AJÁ gracias al apoyo de la Fundación Biodiversidad)
- Spain/España -- Destruction at all co(a)st 2008. Greenpeace Report on the Spanish Coast Situation (English summary) (Provided by AJA thanks to the support of Fundacion Biodiversidad)
Costa Rica -- Régimen legal de los recursos marinos y costeros en Costa Rica
Evaluating Environmental Effects of Dredged Material Management Alternatives --A Technical Framework (777 KB)
Laws
Australia -- STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY NO 14 COASTAL WETLANDS
India -- Coastal Regulation Zone draft Notification Discussion Paper, April 2010
India -- Coastal Regulation Zone draft Notification, April 2010
India – Coastal Zone Regulation Notification (As amended on 21st May, 2002)
Jamaica -- Beach Control Act (1956)
U.S. -- State of Michigan -- Sand Dunes Protection and Management Act
Other Resources
Guatemala -- Reglamento Para El Aprovechamiento Del Mangle
Central America -- Matrices del SAM/Matrix of Laws Mesoamerican Reef System
Guatemala -- Acuerdo Gubernativo 432-2002
Guatemala -- Decreto Numero 101-96
Guatemala -- Decreto Numero 4-89
Guatemala -- Decreto Numero 68-86
Guatemala -- Instrumento de Adhesión de la Convención Interamericana para la Protección y Conservación de las Tortugas Marinas
Guatemala -- Reglamento de la Ley Reguladora de las Areas de Reserva Territoriales
India -- Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project and the unconsidered high risk factors: Can it withstand them? (592 KB)
Related Links
E.U. -- site on Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Seaweb Aquaculture Clearinghouse: Aquaculture Policy and Regulation