Law and Policy Database

This is a case against PT Inti Indorayon Utama, a paper milling company in Sumatra, which paved the way for standing in environmental cases in Indonesia. The court recognized Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia’s standing to file the case based on two grounds. First, the court regarded the environment as “common property,” stressing that there is a public interest in environmental preservation. Second, the environment itself is a legal subject with an intrinsic right to be sustained.

The Law defines Environmental Protection and Management as systematic and integrated efforts to preserve the functions of the environment and prevent environmental pollution and/or destruction, and specifies certain aims towards this. It identifies certain prohibited acts, as well as supervision and administrative sanction, settlement of environmental disputes, and investigation and criminal penalties. It also provides for litigating rights (i.e., the right to file litigation for compensation against activities causing environmental pollution, damage or environmental loss) of the government, communities and environmental organizations.

The Act amends the 1978 law which established the Urban Development Authority. The amendments include empowerment of the Authority to enter into joint venture agreements, a new section on Planning and Procedure for development areas, and amendments on offenses and penalties.

The Act provides for the conservation of biodiversity, its sustainable use and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the utilization of genetic resources. It promotes research on biodiversity and biological resources – leading towards biotechnological inventions and their commercial utilization.

Papua New Guinea's (PNG) Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution 2020 (NDC), is aligned with national strategies, as well as sectoral policies, plans and strategies. The NDC commits to maintaining PNG's high forest cover and reducing emissions from two out of four emitting sectors in PNG (i.e., agriculture, forestry, and other land use and energy sectors). In terms of adaptation, the NDC focuses on agriculture, health, transport and infrastructure.

The Petroleum and Alternative Liquid Fuels Strategies and Investment Plan (PET-ALT SIP) is intended to address one of the Solomon Islands National Development Strategy goals to "increase the access of safe, affordable and reliable petroleum products and alternative liquid and gaseous fuels." The purpose of developing this PET-ALT SIP is to provide a clear vision of how best to plan, manage, coordinate and lead the petroleum sector.

The Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity has the objective of a fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources, including by appropriate access to genetic resources and by appropriate transfer of relevant technologies. In order to achieve fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources, parties shall take legislative, administrative or policy measures as appropriate.

The Water Resources Regulation provides for the form of applications for water use permit, including the permit to take, dam or otherwise use water, discharge water or waste or for water investigation. The forms for the applications, permits, and various fees are appended as schedules of the Regulation

The 2015 formulation of the National Disaster Risk Management Plan identifies three disaster risk management targets, namely, ensuring overall readiness of the national disaster risk management system, cultivate a lifelong learning culture of all sectors of society to gain a better grasp of disaster risk management and increase public safety awareness. It contains portions on Disaster Risk Management Principles, Disaster Risk Reduction, Emergency Management, and Disaster Recovery.