Links to Environmental Legislation

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General

• Internet Resources--Environmental Law -- http://www.brunel.ac.uk/research/cer/resource/law.htm -- A paper which examines standards, including ISO 14000, provides links to environmental legislation in a number of countries, and provides information on the status of environmental conventions.

• Center for International Environmental Law -- http://www.ciel.org/ --  A public interest, not-for-profit environmental law firm promoting international and comparative environmental law, policy, and management around the world. Includes databases of environmental law.

• CPEQ EcoSource Laws and Regulations  -- http://www.cpeq.qc.ca/anglais/ecosource/lois/lois.html -- Links to web sites about various country's environmental laws and reguations. National and international resources and documents.

• Virtual Environmental Law Library -- http://www.law.pace.edu/legal_resources/databases.html -- Pace University School of Law. International, US, and various nations. Includes comparative areas, impact assessments, etc.

• Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) -- http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/ -- comprehensive online search service for finding information about environmental treaties and national resource indicators.

• Environmental Legal Instruments -- http://www.unep.org/SEC/ -- international resources from UNEP

• International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement -- http://www.inece.org/ -- international partnership to promote effective environmental compliance and enforcement of requirements of domestic environmental laws and international environmental agreements
  

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Canada

• Environment Canada Legislation and Regulations -- http://www.ec.gc.ca/legis_e.html --  This site lists acts administered in whole or in part by Environment Canada and provides texts which can be downloaded. (French also available)

• Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy -- http://www.cielap.org/ -- research and development of environmental law and policy

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North America

• North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation -- http://www.cec.org/  -- created by Canada, Mexico and the U.S. to address regional environmental concerns, help prevent potential trade and environmental conflicts, and to promote the effective enforcement of environmental law - complements the environmental provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Includes a summary of Environmental Law in North America.

• US Environmental Law Materials --http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/environmental.html -- Texts of the US National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1970, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act, the Environmental Education Act and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

• United States EPA--Access to specific regulations and legislation pertaining to environmental protection-- http://www.epa.gov/epahome/rules.html -- This site provides the text of regulations, proposed rules, codified regulations and legislation which can be downloaded.

• Environmental Laws --http://www.usaep.org/resources/links/links_policy.html -- links to collections of environmental laws, by U.S.-Asia Environmental Partnership

• Environmental Laws Administered by the U.S. EPA -- http://www.cnie.org/nle/leg-8.html -- summaries or details of environmental legislation

• Environmental Law Institute -- http://www.eli.org/ -- extensive and current resources, also 'This Week in Environmental Law'

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Europe

• European Environmental Law Homepage -- http://www.eel.nl/ -- Full text cases, legislation and other materials related to European Environmental Law. Apart from these primary sources, several dossiers and articles offer a more in depth view on specific issues.

• European Environment Legislation -- http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/legis_en.htm -- full text of legislation in force, pending proposals, overview and implementation

• Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL) -- http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/impel/index.htm -- an informal Network of the environmental authorities of the Member States of the
  European Union

• European Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (European Union) -- http://eippcb.jrc.es/ -- The European IPPC Bureau exists to catalyse an exchange of technical information on best available techniques under the IPPC Directive 96/61/EC and to create reference documents (BREFs) which must be taken into account when the competent authorities of Member States determine conditions for IPPC permits.

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Asia

• Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) -- http://sunsite.nus.edu.sg/apcel/ -- This database provides the full text and key information on major global environmental treaties and soft law instruments, instruments from the Asia-Pacific region and environmental laws of countries in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its observer states.

• APEC Virtual Center for Environmental Technology -- http://www.apec-vc.or.jp -- includes section on laws and regulations applicable to Asia

• Australian Environmental Legislation -- http://www.ea.gov.au/about/legislation.html -- Australia's Environmental Legislation and related policies

• Japan Ministry of the Environment -- Laws and Regulations -- http://www.env.go.jp/en/lar/index.html -- A translation of Japan's Basic Environment Laws

• New Zealand--Mistry for the Environmental, Laws and Treaties -- http://www.mfe.govt.nz/laws/ -- Provides descriptions of much of New Zealand's environmental legislation and downloadable texts of key legislation.

• Determinants of Pollution Abatement in Developing Countries: Evidence from South and Southeast Asia (1996) -- http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/work_paper/det-abs.htm -- World Bank paper discusses what factors make pollution controls effective

• Hong Kong Environmental Protection Dept. --   http://www.info.gov.hk/epd/english/laws_regulations/
  envir_legislation/laws_maincontent_el.html  -- laws and regulations

• Pakistan Cleaner Production Program -- http://www.cpp.org.pk/ -- includes information on relevant legislation

• For information about China's environmental legislation, see CP in China -- Environmental Legislation and CP Policy and Guidelines in China and China Links - Environment and Government

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Africa

• South Africa-- National Environmental Management Bill --  http://www.polity.org.za/html/govdocs/legislation/1998/act98-107.html -- 

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See also:

• Environmental Tools - Environmental Taxes

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