Law and Policy Database

The Green Growth Framework for Fiji: Restoring the Balance in Development that is Sustainable for Our Future identifies 10 thematic areas to stimulate the development and/or strengthening of an integrated and cross-cutting national enabling environment for future development which is sustainable and can be sustained in Fiji. Each of the 10 Thematic Areas includes a section on key challenges and a way forward, including actions and time-bound indicators, intended to support and complement those in the 2010-2014 Roadmap and successor national development plans.

Residents in Samarinda, Indonesia sued the central and local governments for failing to appropriately evaluate or monitor coal mines. The residents claimed that the defendants’ lack of commitment to climate change meant they had failed to evaluate and monitor coal mining permits, resulting in severe environmental degradation. The District Court found that the government had failed to meet its statutory obligations to take climate change into account when granting permits but did not cancel permit and instead, directed the government to review its coal mining policy.

The Act allowed the full entry of foreign banks in order to permit their operation in the Philippine banking system.

The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan provides a guiding framework for the management of Nepal’s biodiversity. It has been prepared to meet the national needs for managing biodiversity on a sustainable basis for the benefit of present and future generations, and also to fulfill the country’s international obligations.

The Act controls the discharge and emission of pollution in Vanuatu. It imposes an obligation to take pollution control measures, particularly requiring the owner or occupier of any premises to comply with prescribed standard for the discharge of pollution, waste water and the emission of noise, odor, or electromagnetic radiation from the premises. It provides for a permit to discharge pollutants, including the application process, revocation, suspension or variation, and transfer of the permit.

The Law provides statutory provisions on environmental protection activities; measures and resources used for the purpose of environmental protection; rights, powers, duties and obligations of regulatory bodies, agencies, organizations, households and individuals who are tasked with environmental protection. It also contains a portion on planning for environmental protection, strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact and environmental protection plan.

The Order established the laws relating to mental disorder, and the admission, detention, lodging, care, treatment, rehabilitation and protection of persons who have mental disorders.

The Environmental Conservation Rules of Myanmar provide for powers and duties of the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry (Ministry) and the Environmental Conservation Department (Department). The Rules mandate the preparation of necessary policies relating to environmental conservation for each sector.

The National Policy Guidelines on Vulnerable Groups in Disasters is an effort towards developing a more focused mechanism to prioritize, integrate, and address the needs and concerns of vulnerable groups. The Guidelines define vulnerability as the conditions determined by physical, social, economic, and environmental factors or processes, which increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazards. It broadly categorizes four segments of society as the most vulnerable groups, namely women, children, older persons, and persons with disabilities.

The National Strategic Plan of the Republic of the Marshall Islands was formulated as a framework to coordinate and align the medium-term development goals and objectives of the government at the national level. It covers five sectors with each sector broken down into several related strategic areas including social development, environment, climate change and resiliency, infrastructure development, sustainable and economic development, and good governance.