Resources
Inter-Ministerial Prakas on Classification of EIA for Projects of all Kinds of Construction Minerals Exploitation or other Minerals with the Characteristic of Handicraft or Small-Scale Exploitation
This Prakas aims at classifying projects of all kinds of construction minerals exploitation such as limestone, Marble, sandstone, aggregate, lateritic, gravel, sand, dirt, clay, phosphate, kaolin or other minerals with the characteristic of handicraft or small scale Business, such as: Gold minerals, Gem minerals which require the Contract of Environmental Protection, IEE or EIA. This version if the unofficial translation.
Prakas (Declaration) on General Guidelines for Developing Initial and Full Environmental Impact Assessment Reports
The Prakas aims to provide general guidelines on the development of initial Environmental Impact Assessments (IEIA) and full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). This version is the unofficial translation.
Act 226: National Parks Act 1980
An Act to provide for the establishment and control of National Parks and for matters connected therewith.
Act 686 International Trade in Endangered Species Act - 2008
An Act to implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and to provide for other matters connected therewith.
Urgenda Case - Court of Appeals Decision 9-10-2018
The proceedings on appeal in this climate case concern Urgenda’s claim to order the State to achieve a level of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by end-2020 that is more ambitious than envisioned by the State in its policy.
A Summary Report of the World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability
The World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability was held in Brazil, from 17-20 June 2012, with the aim to contribute to the support of Chief Justices, Attorneys General, Auditors Generals and other legal experts to the achievement of sustainable development and to provide inputs to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Rio +20.
Law on Forestry
This law defines the framework for management, harvesting, use, development and conservation of the forests in the Kingdom of Cambodia. The objective of this law is to ensure the sustainable management of these forests for their social, economic and environmental benefits, including conservation of biological diversity and cultural heritage.
Wong Keng Liang - The Lizard King Case
In the instant Appeal, originating from the Magistrate’s Court, the Accused had pleaded guilty without reservation, and indeed unconditionally, to an offence under s.10(a) of the International Trade in Endangered Species Act 2008 (“s.10(a)”), to wit, exporting without permit 95 Boa Constrictor snakes (“the snakes”) which belong to a scheduled species in the Third Schedule, Appendix 2 to the said Act.
Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Alam Sekitar & Anor v.Kajing Tubek & Ors & Other Appeals
The respondents are three of the 10,000 natives living in that part of Sarawak where the Bakun Hydro-Electric Project (‘the Project’) is situated. Following the commencement of the Project, steps were taken by the appellants to compensate the respondents and also to resettle them. The respondents did not challenge the compensation or the resettlement, but claimed that (i) the Project, if carried through, would adversely affect their fundamental rights in that their livelihood would suffer from the resulting impact on the environment.