Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

An Ecuadorian court rules against a mining operation in a protected rainforest. The rights of nature, like all the rights established in the Constitution Ecuadorian law, have full normative force. Ecuador’s Constitutional Court ruled last week that mining in a protected region of the Los Cedros rainforest violates the rights of nature.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 17, 2022

These governments have developed jurisdiction-specific, regional, and partnership-wide efforts to achieve these goals, and this has culminated in a new call to action through what is being called the Manaus Action Plan for a New Forest Economy (MAP). Government and Public Policies. Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation.

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Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

So, what if all parties – government, private sector, environmental groups, the public more broadly -actually made difficult choices and compromises, sometimes even involving important principles, in the face of dire consequences.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 3, 2024

For readers who may not have heeded our warnings and even clients we have offered counsel and advice to before they make environmental marketing claims or disclosures required by governments (e.g., Make no mistake, the New York State government is coming for your cheeseburger with this greenwashing case.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The UK government has lauded the Glasgow Leaders Declaration on Forest and land use as the biggest step forward in protecting the world’s forests in a generation with more than 100 world leaders committed to halting forest loss as well as land degradation by 2030. . By Anders Lorenzen. Enabling deforestation.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill BNN Bloomberg PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:45 Monday, January 15, 2024 Read more Marcelo Rochabrun (Bloomberg) -- Repsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its involvement in Peru’s largest oil spill in 2022.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Those claims seem strongest to me when the preservation schemes are imposed, sometimes with government support, on local inhabitants. For instance, destruction of rainforest in South America is partly driven by global demand for soybeans, a good deal of which comes from China.

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Frontiers

APRIL 19, 2023

Tigers used to occur over vast areas of Asia: from the Black Sea of Turkey to the Korean Peninsula and south through the rainforests of south-east Asia to the islands of Java and Bali. Tigers are Asia’s iconic predator and, perhaps, the most recognizable species on the planet. Image: W Phumanee, WWF Thailand.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

The law would mesh with corporate climate disclosure regulations elsewhere, particularly in Europe, and would therefore represent a significant step toward assuring the accuracy, trustworthiness, and transparency of corporate climate performance reporting. 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

Across its islands, Indonesia has the third-largest area of primary rainforest in the world. He argues that the government should stop issuing mining licences in protected forests or conservation areas. “It Among the 26 countries investigated, this accounted for 58.2% In 2001, East Kalimantan had 126,000 sq km of primary forest.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

South America is home to the largest biodiverse rainforests on Earth. As a result, greedy businesses, financers and governments all across the globe have been exploiting the valuable resources these million-year-old forests hold. This is equivalent to a rainforest the size of the United Kingdom [3].

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Law Columbia

APRIL 21, 2023

Photo: Guss B on Unsplash Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the awe-inspiring wonders on this planet — a place full of biodiversity hotspots, from lush rainforests to scenic mountain ranges, home to rich, endemic species. We must also better prepare for climate change impacts that are already occurring or expected in the future.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. The Meat Atlas, a non-profit publication that tracks the industry, estimates that JBS slaughters 42 million chickens, 170,000 cattle and 350,000 pigs every single week. SA) agreed to pay $52.5

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. The Meat Atlas, a non-profit publication that tracks the industry, estimates that JBS slaughters 42 million chickens, 170,000 cattle and 350,000 pigs every single week. SA) agreed to pay $52.5

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Vermont Law

APRIL 13, 2020

In addition to carbon sequestration, tropical rainforests help to regulate the global temperature by. The proposed program could survive potential legal challenges if it is implemented as either mandatory or voluntary by the federal, or a state, government. It prohibits states from enacting laws that result in a. Supreme Court.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

They are elected to nine-year terms by the General Assembly and the Security Council upon the nomination of their home governments. Another way to formulate the question is, “What are the obligations of states under international law to protect the rights of present and future generations against the adverse effects of climate change?”.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With the largest rainforest in the world, the largest freshwater reserves on the planet and the most significant amount of arable land where food is produced, the importance of Latin America and the Caribbean in the fight against climate change is undeniable. By Maria Antonia Tigre, Florencia Ortúzar, Javier Dávalos.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

student, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, India August 17, 2023 I. State of Karnataka , the Karnataka High Court ordered the handover of a restaurant building under forest conservation law violations. EcoPerspectives Blog The Fad of Ecotourism in India: Discovering Paradise to Creating Purgatory?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

A rights-based approach provide s the missing link between international promises and domestic action, and has prompted courts worldwide to demand increased ambition from governments. Indeed, human rights and climate change cases are growing exponentially. In Neubauer, et al. In Leghari v. In Future Generations v. Next steps.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2022

Bill Shuster -- Perdue Foundation Supports New Educational Duck Pond At Hope Springs Farm For People With Developmental Disabilities In Hershey -- Warren Times: Time Explorers Theme Of Warren Conservation District Student Summer Camp -- Warren Times: Second Grade Classroom Turned Into Rainforest -- PA Outdoor Writers Assn.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 27, 2023

Oil India Limited (OIL), a government-owned fossil fuel exploration and production company is rebuilding one pipeline and constructing three from scratch as it seeks to expand production. Under law, reserved forests are protected from certain activities, although there are fewer restrictions than national parks and sanctuaries.)

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Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2021

The Amazon rainforest, the country’s not-so-secret weapon to mitigate climate change, features prominently in the litigation. Cases have targeted the federal government for failure to contain a surge in deforestation and the federal environmental agency for easing timber exportation requirements. 225), the San Salvador Protocol (art.

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Frontiers

JULY 12, 2022

From a young age, Wallace explored various career ideas like surveying, law, and mechanics. Darwin sympathized with Wallace’s financial instability and even pushed for a government pension in recognition of his contributions to science. Wallace admired the beauty of nature and treasured memories of an inviolate Amazon rainforest.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. and non-U.S. 19-50178 (5th Cir.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

It is a practice and a philosophy, utilizing scientific tools and methods with applied ethics, and, where necessary, regulation and environmental law to limit the use of certain materials. This applies to food resources such as fish, habitats such as rainforests, cultural monuments as a mark of respect for their human interest.

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Environmental Progress

MAY 21, 2020

MS: What do you say when governments ask what we should do? You could go to the government and say we need to to to the producers and somewhere the viruses. Any organization will say it needs more resources but we get good support from the US government. Governments need to act. Who pays the price? We won’t do that.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Courts Republican-led state sue to block environmental, social and governance retirement investing rule. Executive Branch Biden administration finalizes rule reinstating roadless protections for the Tongass National Forest. States New Mexico lawmakers advance climate legislation.

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Environmentalists hope new Maryland law will reduce nutrient pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. According to Venable law firm, in “Justice Kennedy’s ‘significant nexus’ test from Rapanos , the courts concluded that the wetlands on the Sacketts’ property have a significant nexus to a nearby lake and are therefore waters of the United States.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 9, 2015

As researchers struggle to understand the scope of the situation, local governments, non-profits, and universities are working on a host of creative solutions. For the plastic that remains solely on land, students from Yale University’s Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory discovered a . Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.

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ESA

MAY 9, 2022

These announcements are the start of a renewed commitment to and increased ambition on nature and people across the federal government. 4083 ) to overhaul the country’s hardrock mining law. A new report details how the federal government uses of prize competitions and challenges and crowdsourcing and citizen science.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

It is one of the reasons why there are such stringent food hygiene and safety laws. It is widespread in tropical rainforests where ants are prevalent and a vital part of the ecosystem. They cannot live without a host and sometimes, surgery is required to remove them although in most cases it will require simple oral medication.

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