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4 Cases found

ONG Costa Legal and others vs. Municipality of Florianópolis and others

At issue: NGO's seek the declaration of rights of the Conceição Lagoon and structural measures to protect it.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Santa Catarina (SC)
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Institute of Amazonian Studies v. Federal Union and Federal Environmental Agencies (IBAMA and ICMBio) (Chico Mendes Extraction Reserve)

At issue: Seeking to prevent the continuation of illegal deforestation in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve (RESEx), to recover the deforested areas and to hold the defendants responsible for their failure to protect the environment.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Acre
      • 2nd Federal Civil and Criminal Court of the Judiciary Section of Acre
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Federal Public Ministry vs. Federal Union (Zoning of Sugar Cane)

At issue: Whether a government decree allowing for the expansion of sugarcane activities in the Amazon and Pantanal biomes violates the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Amazonas
      • 7th Federal Environmental and Agrarian Court of the Judiciary Section of Amazonas
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ADI 7095 (Complexo Termelétrico Jorge Lacerda)

At issue: Whether the Just Energy Transition Program, which provides subsidies to a coal generating complex, is unconstitutional.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Federal Supreme Court
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