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The National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan discuss the issues and opportunities in biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. The strategies and action plan envision a happy and resilient Bhutanese community, nurtured by rich spiritual and cultural traditions, valuing biodiversity and living in harmony with it. They set national targets based on the issues, threats, gaps and opportunities identified through a series of stakeholder consultation workshops carried out throughout the country.
Petitioners filed a Writ of Kalikasan against respondents due to the grounding of the United States military ship USS Guardian over the Tubbataha Reefs, which was declared as a World Heritage Site and a National Marine Park of the Philippines.
The Kiribati Joint Implementation Plan (KJIP) on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management KJIP was formulated with the aim of increasing resilience using sustainable climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction using a whole-of-country approach. The KJIP complements and supports the Kiribati Development Plan, operationalizing an integrated approach to incorporating climate change and disaster risks in national and community development planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluations.
The National Climate Compatible Development Management Policy of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is driven to achieve the mission to build a climate resilient and carbon neutral pathway for climate compatible development in PNG. The Policy focuses on nine sectors, namely, land-use, transport, energy, natural resources, green development, economic development, hazard management, public health and public infrastructure.
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.