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EIA Law Matrix
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Cases
Australia -- Leatch v. Director-General of National Parks & Wildlife Service and Shoalhaven City Council [1993] NSWLEC 191, No. 10376 of 1993 (1993.11.23) (Land and Environment Court of New South Wales) (Judgment)
Australia -- Van Son v Forestry Commission (1995) 86 LGERA 108 (1995.02.03) (Supreme Court of the New South Wales, Equity Division)
Chile -- Fallo Cortas Ilegales Alerce -- Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF) y Forestal Sarao Sa. v. Nicolás Florentino Soto
Chile -- Rol N° 5753-11, Segunda Sala de la Corte Suprema (11 septiembre 2012) (illegal trade in Alerce/Chilean Larch (Fitzroya cupressoides)) (espanol)
Ecuador -- Guevara Romero v. Alcalde y Procurador Sindico del Ilustre Municipio del Cantón Chambo, Tribunal Constitutional, Tercera Sala, Caso No. 1027-2004-RA (Abril 2006)
India -- In Defence of Environment and Animals v. Chief Conservator of Forests, WP 10098/2008 (2011.04.07) (High Court of Madras) (Protection of Elephant Corridors)
India -- IN RE. Versus Construction Of Park At Noida Near Okhla Bird Sanctuary Anand Arya & Others, I.A. NOS.2609-2610 OF 2009 IN WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.202 OF 1995 (Supreme Court of India) (2010.12.03)
India -- K.M. Chinnappa v. Union of India W.P. 202/1995(2002.10.30)(Mining in Forest Land)
India -- Kanyakumari District Planters Association v. Tamil Nadu W.P. 7275/1985 (2002.04.05)(Rubber Plantations)
India -- T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Through the Amicus Curiae v. Ashok Khot & Another, Contempt Petition (Civil) 83/2005 (2006.05.10)
India -- T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Versus Union of India, WP 202/1995 (2005.09.26) (Valuation of forests)
Inter American -- Mayagna (Sumo) Awas Tingni Community v. Nicaragua (2001) (Inter American Court of Human Rights - Eng. translation)
Inter American -- Mayagna (Sumo) Awas Tingni Community v. Nicaragua (2001) (Inter American Court of Human Rights - Esp/Sp)
Kenya -- Ogiek People v. District Commissioner Case No. 238/1999 (2000.03.23) (Indigenous Rights to Tinet Forest)
Pakistan -- Indus Development Organization v. The Department of Forests & Wildlife (Constitution Petition Under Article 199 - Prevention of Deforestation) (2010.05.29)
Pakistan -- Summary of Review Petition under Section 114 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 Against order dated 22.12.2010 Passed by this Hon'ble Court in Constitution Petition No. D-1666 of 2010
Uganda -- Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) v. Attorney General
General Publications
Australia -- The code of practice for timber production (1996) (2.1 MB)
Community Based Forest Governance: From Resistance to Proposals for Sustainable Use
Costa Rica -- Financing Environmental Services: The Costa Rican Experience and Its Implications (215 KB)
Croatia -- Analysis of the Benefits of Watershed Protection and Related Forestry Development in Croatia (317 KB)
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)
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 1, June 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 10, March 2005
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 11, April 2005
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 2, July 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 3, August 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 4, September 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 5, October 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 6, November 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 7, December 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 8, January 2005
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 9, February 2005
International Finance Corporation/ World Bank (April 2007) "Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines for Forest Harvesting Operationsfor"
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
Liberia -- What Every Pitsawyer Should Know: The Complete Handbook on Pitsawing in Liberia (February 2010)
Malaysia -- Sabah Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Guidelines for logging and forest clearance activities (January 2002) (3.47 MB)
Peru -- ¿Adios a los Bosques Amazónicos? La ecología política de implementar la nueva Ley Forestal en el Perú.
REDD Myths: A Critical Review of Proposed Mechanisms to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Developing Countries (2008)
Valuing Forests: A Review of Methods and Applications in Developing Countries (210 KB)
Laws
Bolivia -- Instructivo para desmontes IOP 007/2001 (en español)
Bolivia -- Ley Forestal (en español)
Costa Rica -- Ley Forestal 7575 (articulo 46 y 47)
Ghana -- Timber Resource Management Act, 1998
India -- The Scheduled Tribes & Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2005 [DRAFT]
Indonesia -- Number 41 1999 Stipulation to the Act on Forestry
Indonesia: Draft National REDD+ Strategy (ver. 1) (3 Sept. 2010)
Liberia -- Forest Sector Reform (Executive Order #1)
Nicaragua -- Fomento Del Sector Forestal (Forest Law - Spanish)
Paraguay -- Ley de Valoracion y Retribucion de los Servicios Ambientales (No. 3001/2006)
Paraguay -- Ley Forestale (No. 422/73)
Peru -- Ley Forestal y de Fuana Silvestre (en español)
Philippines: National REDD+ Strategy (August 2010)
Other Resources
Comments on the Draft Environmental Review of the Proposed U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (Chile, 2001)
India -- Majority Report of the Committee Constituted to Investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited for establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa
Peru -- Marco Legal para Aprovechar los Bosques Secos de la Costa Peruana
Sri Lanka -- EFL Position on Proposed Tropical Forest Agreement Under US Tropical Forest Conservation Act
Related Links
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
http://www.fao.org/docrep/V6530S/V6530S00.htm
http://www.fao.org/docrep/V6530E/V6530E00.htm
Forest Peoples Programme
Forests, Trees, and People Program (FAO Community Forestry)
Forests.org
Georgia -- environmental legislation
India -- Indian Environmental Legislation
The Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific
http://www.fao.org/docrep/W3646E/w3646e0c.htm
U.S. -- Oregon Department of Forestry Regulations
U.S. -- State Forestry Laws (Report by Defenders of Wildlife)
U.S. -- Sustainable Forestry on Wisconsin`s Menominee Indian Reservation (1997 article)
U.S. -- Tropical Forest Conservation Act, 22 U.S.C. sec. 2431 et seq. (2001)
U.S. -- Tropical Forest Conservation Act: Student Guide by the U.S. Forest Service
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