International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

	Global Push on Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements UNEP Workshop and Appointment of Senior Official on Enforcement UNEP Executive Director Klaus Topfer has designated a senior level position to galvanize global support and ...(more) G-8 Operational Workgroup on Environmental Crime: Lyon Group broadens mandate Environmental enforcement, and specifically the fight against international environmental crime received a substantial boost...(more)			Enforcement to Protect our Food and Drinking Water Supplies DIOXIN Contamination Threatens Food and Drinking Water in Several Countries Sao Paulo's Office of the Attorney General in Brazil has entered a first stage procedural settlement with a Belgian company...(more) FAO Requests Pesticide Inspector Training Materials The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is embarking on a project to develop training for the Sahal...(more)

HIGHLIGHTS

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Citizen Enforcement
Introducing the Aarhus Convention: A new international law on citizen’s environmental rights On June 25, 1998, Environment Environment Ministers from all over Europe and Central Asia adopted a new....(more)

Programs/Actions/Cooperation
Ecosystem Protection: Landmark Citizen Suit filed to clean up Manila Bay
In a landmark class action law suit, Concerned Residents of Manila Bay filed suit in the Fourth Judicial Region against the Philippines Government, all the polluting ...(more)

Water Basin Clean-up: New Enforcement Efforts in China
Until last year, regulatory requirements for water pollution have not been well enforced. Pollution in water bodies, especially in...(more)

Enforcement and Tourism
July 21, 1999. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., operator of one of the world’s largest cruise lines, agreed to pay 19 million dollar criminal fine for violating U.S. environmental laws, ...(more)

CFC: International Cooperation to Combat Illegal Trade
May 29, 1998. The U.S. District Court for the District of Bangor in Maine sentenced two Canadian citizens for violations of the U.S. Clean Air Act. Larry Joseph LeBlanlc ...(more)

Economic Instruments: Industrial
Compliance in Thailand
Currently, the Department of Industrial Works under the Ministry of Industry in Thailand is in the process of amending the Factory ...(more)

Bonaire’s Economic Controls on Public Event Littering
The littering at public events poses an environmental problem in Bonaire, the Netherlands Antilles as well as other parts of the world. Regardless of how ...(more)

Enforcement for Clean Vehicles has International Impact
October 22, 1998. Marking the largest U.S. Clean Air enforcement action in history, seven diesel engine manufacturers settled with the U.S. Department of Justice ...(more)

Regional Networks

*Mercusol Regional Network

Asia and Pacific

*ASPA-INECE

*SACEP

Africa