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dc.titleEnvironmental Governance Indicators for Latin America & the Caribbean
dc.contributor.authorVizeu Pinheiro, Maria
dc.contributor.authorRojas Sánchez, Laura
dc.contributor.authorLong, Sarah Chamness
dc.contributor.authorPonce, Alejandro
dc.contributor.editorVizeu Pinheiro, Maria
dc.contributor.editorRojas Sánchez, Laura
dc.contributor.editorLong, Sarah Chamness
dc.contributor.editorPonce, Alejandro
dc.contributor.editorCaudillo, Estefany
dc.contributor.editorFrerichs, Emma
dc.contributor.editorFuentes, Aurea María
dc.contributor.editorGonzález, Kirssy
dc.contributor.editorMorales, Jorge A.
dc.contributor.orgunitEnvironment, Rural Development and Risk Management Division
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageDominican Republic
dc.coveragePeru
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.coverageUruguay
dc.coverageJamaica
dc.coverageBolivia
dc.coverageEl Salvador
dc.coverageCosta Rica
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2020-06-04T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2020-06-04T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractA healthy environment is critical to public health, ecosystem vitality, and the sustainability of societies. A majority of countries have endorsed this view and adopted environmental framework laws or included the right to a healthy environment in their constitutions. However, implementation often lags behind environmental laws, and to date, there have been very little data to help understand and address this implementation gap. The Environmental Governance Indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean (EGI) represent the first-ever effort to address this challenge by measuring how environmental governance functions in practice in ten countries in the region: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Jamaica, Peru, and Uruguay. The EGI provides new data organized around 11 primary indicators of environmental governance for each country: 1) Regulation and Enforcement; 2) Civic Engagement; 3) Fundamental Environmental and Social Rights; 4) Access to and Quality of Justice; 5) Air Quality and Climate; 6) Water Quality and Resources; 7) Biodiversity; 8) Forestry; 9) Oceans, Seas, and Marine Resources; 10) Waste Management; and 11) Extraction and Mining. In addition, this report presents key third-party data on each countrys governance context, institutional capacity, laws and regulations, and environmental performance in order to provide a more complete picture of contextual issues impacting or resulting from the state of environmental governance.
dc.format.extent68
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002398
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Environmental-Governance-Indicators-for-Latin-America--the-Caribbean.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Indicadores-de-gobernanza-ambiental-para-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/portuguese/document/Indicadores-de-Governanca-Ambiental-para-a-America-Latina-e-Caribe-Uma-avaliacao-da-governanca-ambiental-na-pratica-na-Argentina-Bolivia-Brasil-Colombia-Costa-Rica-El-Salvador-Jamaica-Peru-Republica-Dominicana-e-Uruguai.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectInstitutional Capacity
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectPublic Expenditure
dc.subjectAir Quality
dc.subjectTransparency and Anticorruption
dc.subjectWater Quality
dc.subjectEnvironmental Impact
dc.subjectEnvironmental Indicator
dc.subjectEnvironmental, Social and Governance
dc.subjectEnvironmental Rule of Law
dc.subjectWaste Management
dc.subjectWater Pollution
dc.subjectMining Industry
dc.subject.jelcodeQ56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth
dc.subject.jelcodeQ53 - Air Pollution • Water Pollution • Noise • Hazardous Waste • Solid Waste • Recycling
dc.subject.jelcodeO44 - Environment and Growth
dc.subject.jelcodeK32 - Environmental, Health, and Safety Law
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00328
idb.operationRG-T3371
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