Date of Release:
Apr 28 2008
On April 29, 2008, the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) formally launched environmental compliance assistance centers in the Laguna de Bay region. The establishment of the centers is a milestone for ensuring compliance with environmental regulations geared to reducing pollution loading into the Laguna de Bay, the largest freshwater lakes in the country. The virtual centers will provide information on applicable pollution control policies and regulations, technology options, potential funding sources, and best practices for the swine and meat processing industries.
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Date of Release:
Apr 24 2008
The Executive Committee of the USAID-funded Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (AECEN) met on April 25, 2008 in Bangkok and welcomed new members from Indonesia, India, Japan, and Singapore. At the meeting, the Committee developed plans for the AECEN Award for Excellence for Women, a program for sharing best practices by “twinning” member agencies, and the AECEN Regional Forum which will be held in Bali, Indonesia on November 24-26, 2008.
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Date of Release:
Mar 20 2008
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board of India has joined the Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (AECEN). With support from USAID and World Bank, West Bengal will establish an environmental compliance assistance center to address pollution generated by small- and medium-sized enterprises. Established in 2005, AECEN works to promote improved compliance with environmental legal requirements in Asia through regional exchange of innovative policies and practices.
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Date of Release:
Mar 6 2008
The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) and Philippines's National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) organized an orientation for regulators at the Compliance Assistance Center (CAC) for Slaughterhouses in the Laguna de Bay Region in Calauan, Philippines on March 7, 2008. As one of the CAC's first activities, the workshop involved briefing regulators on the CAC's services and the relationship between the CAC and the implementation of environmental laws.
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Date of Release:
Feb 6 2008
On February 7-8, 2008, with support from AECEN, Thailand 's Pollution Control Department (PCD) conducted consultation workshops with local pig farmers in Nakornpathom and Chachoengsao Provinces on the establishment of environmental compliance assistance centers for the swine sector in the Tha Chin and Bang Pa Kong river basins. Based on the stakeholder consultations and positive endorsement of proposed plans, the national government will establish the centers at each river basin.
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Date of Release:
Jan 28 2008
On January 29, 2008, the Supreme Court of the Philippines and the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA) and other stakeholders discussed strategies to support and strengthen the Philippines's newly designated environmental courts.
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Date of Release:
Jan 17 2008
The environment courts will handle all types of environmental cases. As part of the resolution, the Supreme Court will also conduct training seminars for environmental and appellate court personnel. The Supreme Court developed concrete recommendations to designate specific municipal and regional trial courts to handle environmental cases with technical assistance from AECEN.
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Date of Release:
Oct 14 2007
On October 15, 2007, the Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (AECEN), the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), and the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) of the Philippines launched a compliance assistance website (http://www.slaughterhousecac-phil.org), the first of its kind in the Philippines, to provide clear and updated information for the regulated industry to help them understand environmental regulations so they are able to comply with their obligations.
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Date of Release:
Oct 14 2007
The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology of Nepal has joined the Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (AECEN). The Ministry assigned the Joint Secretary of the Law and Convention Division to serve as their representative to AECEN. Established in 2005, AECEN works to promote improved compliance with environmental legal requirements in Asia through regional exchange of innovative policies and practices. CLICK HERE to read more about AECEN members.
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Date of Release:
Aug 15 2007
On August 16, 2007, the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) of Sri Lanka signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the USAID Environmental Cooperation-Asia (ECO-Asia) program, through the Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (AECEN), to cooperate on a program to implement a Wastewater Discharge Fee (WDF) system. The CEA Chairman emphasized that the proposed WDF system was long overdue and that AECEN support will now enable the CEA to accelerate the process for establishing a wastewater discharge fee system to counter water pollution from industrial sources.
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Date of Release:
Jul 19 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to regulate greenhouse gases have been under attack ever since the 2007 Massachusetts v. EPA Supreme Court ruling that confirmed its authority to do so. In 2010, just before efforts to pass a cap-and-trade climate bill were abandoned in the Senate, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski sponsored failed legislation to nullify the Supreme Court decision and block EPA from moving forward with greenhouse gas regulations. Attempts to undermine EPA’s regulatory authority were once again thwarted last month when the U.S.
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Date of Release:
Jul 3 2012
A team will be set up to investigate 96 waste disposal factories that are suspected of dumping illegally.
The 30-member team will finish the investigations within one month, says Industrial Works Department (DIW) director-general Prapat Vanapitak.
Factories that dispose of waste illegally will be subject to penalties, including fines and the shutdown of the facility.
The move came after reports of harmful and illegal wastewater dumping at Samut Prakan's Bang Pu Industrial Estate.
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Date of Release:
Jul 2 2012
A 26 June ruling by a United States federal court has upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) first-ever regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards. The move clears the way for the federal environmental agency to move forward with broader implementation of GHG regulation across the US.
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Date of Release:
Jun 22 2012
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 Rio +20 Conference on Sustainable Development.
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Date of Release:
Mar 30 2012
National leaders of environmental, biodiversity and natural resources agencies, and departments with law enforcement responsibility, have gathered for the first time to design a global compliance and enforcement strategy to address environmental security.
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Date of Release:
Mar 20 2012
In this issue we announce and highlight our unprecedented event of the year, the International Chiefs of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement where environmental enforcement leaders from around the world will come together to develop an international strategy for environmental security.
Feel free to forward the newsletter on to other interested parties and please note that the newsletter can also be downloaded by visiting http://www.interpol.int/Crime-areas/Environmental-crime/Resources.
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Date of Release:
Mar 16 2012
Indonesia has asked the UK to take back 1,800 tonnes of suspected contaminated waste, the Environment Agency has revealed.
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Date of Release:
Mar 6 2012
On 29 February, a facilitated online discussion that INECE initiated on strategies and best practices for enforcing the requirements of environmental impact assessments (EIAs), was concluded. This dialogue was a follow-up to a successful workshop during the INECE conference in Canada in 2011. It elicited the views and insights of leaders in the EIA field from around the world, covered a wide range of issues concerning all stages of the EIA process and involved many types of participants and stakeholders.
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Date of Release:
Mar 5 2012
The National Environmental Management Act, read together with the Criminal Procedure Act, provides for individuals to institute private criminal prosecutions for the protection of the environment. This is a risk for companies which have reached an accommodation with the authorities regarding environmental laws, only to be faced with a private prosecution. While the act facilitates such proceedings, there are limitations.
Read full story: http://www.internationallawoffice.com/Newsletters/Detail.aspx?g=2cd62443...
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Date of Release:
Mar 5 2012
The legal effects of contravening the legislative provisions on the export of waste for disposal or recovery to developing countries can be substantial. The Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency recently proposed an increase in the criminal penalties for illegal export of waste.
Read full story: http://www.internationallawoffice.com/Newsletters/Detail.aspx?g=266f0d5b...
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