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Polluter Pays Principle
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Fishermen and Friends of the Sea v. The Minister of Planning, Housing and the Environment [2017] UKPC 37 (Nov. 27, 2017)
Region and Country:
Caribbean
,
Trinidad And Tobago
Year:
2017
Resource Topic:
Administrative Law
,
Polluter Pays Principle
Summary
Trinidad and Tobago’s flat fee system for obtaining water pollution permits, which does not provide adequate funds to correct environmental damage, violates the polluter pays principle.
Centre for Environmental Justice v. Anura Satharasinghe et. al, W.P. 291 of 2015, Sri Lanka Court of Appeal (16 November 16, 2020) (Wilpattu forest case)
Region and Country:
South Asia
,
Sri Lanka
Year:
2020
Resource Topic:
Polluter Pays Principle
,
Protected Areas
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