INECE Regional Network for South America

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New Publications on Indicators from FARN
FARN has developed two new publications on indicators, one presenting a case study of identifying, designing, and using enviornmental compliance and enforcement indicators in Argentina and the other on the applicability of indicators for environmental justice. The publications are available through FARN's website.

INECE Announces the the Appointment of INECE Executive Planning Committee Member Antonio Benjamin to the Brazilian Supreme Court (STJ)
Antonio Herman Benjamin, founder of the Brazilian NGO Instituto O Direito por Um Planeta Verde and Co-chair of INECE’s Executive Planning Committee, has been appointed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to become a Justice on the Supreme Court (Superior Tribunal de Justiça) of Brazil. See http://inece.org/updates/benjamin.html for more information.

Law for a Green Planet Institute to Host 10th International Conference on Environmental Law
The 10th International Conference on Environmental Law: Human Rights and the Environment and the 11th Conference on Brazilian Environmental Law: Law and Biodiversity will be held from 6 June - 9 June 2006 in São Paulo, Brazil.

RADA Anunció: La justicia impide la instalación de un feed lot (engorde intensivo de ganado) en la ciudad de Balcarce
La Justicia prohibió instalar un feed lot en las inmediaciones de Balcarce pues además de violar disposiciones municipales, traía aparejados innumerables inconvenientes, como ser la acumulación de gran cantidad de desechos y la propagación de intensos malos olores.
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INECE and Law for a Green Planet Institute Host Workshop to Plan an Enforcement Cooperation Project on Illegal Logging in the Amazon
On 30 August, participants from INECE, Law for a Green Planet, the Brazil Ministry of the Environment (MMA), the Brazil Environmental Agency (IBAMA), the State Court of Amapá, the Sociedad Peruana Derecho Ambiental, IMAZON, and the U.S. Embassy discussed general guidelines for an enforcement cooperation project, including a seminar to build enforcement capacity against illegal logging and deforestation in the Amazon. Participants agreed that the seminar will take place in Amapá, Brazil, on August 2006. The target of this seminar will be judges, public prosecutors, lawyers from IBAMA, and lawyers from state environmental agencies. The seminar will focus on training with multidisciplinary approach.

INECE e o Instituto "O Direito por um Planeta Verde organizaram reuniões de trabalho em Brasília
A INECE - International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement e o Instituto "O Direito por um Planeta Verde" organizaram em Brasília duas reuniões de trabalho, nos dias 30 e 31 de agosto. Continuação...

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