Upholding Land and Environment Court decision declaring that an open-cut coal mine should not be allowed to expand because the economic benefits of continued mining do not outweigh the impacts to nearby residents and loss of biodiversity.
The International Court of Justice held that design and implementation of Japan’s scientific research programme on whaling violated the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling.
Applying the precautionary principle, the Supreme Court of the Philippines permanently banned field trials of genetically-modified crops, including Bt talong (eggplant), until a new administrative order on biosafety is adopted.
The Federal Court of Australia fined a Japanese whaling company AUS$1 million for continuing whaling activities in the Australian Whale Sanctuary in violation of court orders.
This project has been made possible by the generous support of the Philip Stoddard Brown and Adele Smith Brown Foundation
