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Environmental Issue

Land-based Pollution
Biodiversity
Chemicals and Waste
Climate and Atmosphere
Land and Agriculture
Marine and Freshwater
Marine Pollution
Water Pollution
Air pollution
Climate Change
Forests
Wetlands
Wildlife

International Law

Common but Differentiated Responsibilities
Cooperation
Environmental Democracy
Non-Regression and Progression
Polluter Pays
Precaution
Prevention
Access to Information
Access to Justice
Public Participation
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Principles of Environmental Law
Sustainable Development Goals

Procedure Law

Corporate Personality
Admissibility
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Jurisdiction
Remedies
Res Judicata
Standing
Statutes of Limitation
Damages
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Specific Performance
Burden of Proof

Substantive Law

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Human Rights
Indigenous Rights
Property
Torts
Land Tenure
Land Use
Access and Benefit Sharing
Free, Prior Informed Consent
Causation
Liability
Valuation of damage
Environmental Defenders
Right to Clean and Healthy Environment
Rights of the Environment

Regulatory Tool

Permits
Resource Concessions
Audits
Environmental Impact Assessments
Inspections
Licences
Pollution Inventories or Registers
Protected Areas
Taxation
Whistleblower Protections

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